Cape Verde used to suffer from Portugal sweeping up all their best players / the ones eligible for them (Nani is of Cape Verdean descent, for example), but sounds like they're managing to keep hold of more these days.
Going to be a huge challenge for Sierra Leone to get anything out of that game. Be great to see Sullay weave a bit of magic against the joint favourites though.
Probably less the case for us as we're rarely on TV (although we're always on iFollow somewhere in the world), but it's usually just the three sides in view of the camera.
That's a great point for Sierra Leone against the current holders. Bag a win against Ivory Coast or Equatorial Guinea and they have a good chance of progressing for the first time ever.
Beat Equatorial Guinea in their final group game and their through - although a draw might be good enough to make them one of the four best third-placed teams.
@ReturnToSenda said:
Draw tomorrow and Sierra Leone will go through (as will Equatorial Guinea, so maybe they can just pass it to each other for 90 minutes...?)
They'd play Cameroon if I've understood the complicated best third-placed teams system correctly
@ReturnToSenda said:
Draw tomorrow and Sierra Leone will go through (as will Equatorial Guinea, so maybe they can just pass it to each other for 90 minutes...?)
They'd play Cameroon if I've understood the complicated best third-placed teams system correctly
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Cape Verde used to suffer from Portugal sweeping up all their best players / the ones eligible for them (Nani is of Cape Verdean descent, for example), but sounds like they're managing to keep hold of more these days.
Going to be a huge challenge for Sierra Leone to get anything out of that game. Be great to see Sullay weave a bit of magic against the joint favourites though.
Not a surprising result. In the FIFA rankings Cape Verdi are 73rd, whilst Ethiopia are way down at 137.
Yep, Ethiopia's sporting success tends to come on the thing that goes around the pitch!
Only time Ethiopia will be running rings round the opposition.
Muskwe on the bench for Zimbabwe as they lose to a 97th-minute Sadio Mané pen
Didn't know the country had a reputation for world class advertising
Mind you, we've managed to do an Oxford with three sides!?♂️
Shhhh, people don't notice when watching on the tele!
Most grounds only have LEDs around three sides - they're there for TV purposes mainly.
That's also what I was LED to believe
Thank's @ReturnToSenda, I didn't know that.
Probably less the case for us as we're rarely on TV (although we're always on iFollow somewhere in the world), but it's usually just the three sides in view of the camera.
Kaikai on the bench
He's on!
Given the players they have in their team, Algeria have been pretty awful so far.
That's a great point for Sierra Leone against the current holders. Bag a win against Ivory Coast or Equatorial Guinea and they have a good chance of progressing for the first time ever.
Sierra Leone play Ivory Coast at 4 today, Sullay on the bench again
Sullay is on and the co-commentator just mentioned how well the mighty Wycombe are doing at the moment
Absolutely comical equaliser for Sierra Leone deep into stoppage time
What an equaliser for Sierra Leone
It gets more comical every time I see it
Was their 'keeper really injured or just too embarrassed?
Beat Equatorial Guinea in their final group game and their through - although a draw might be good enough to make them one of the four best third-placed teams.
Draw tomorrow and Sierra Leone will go through (as will Equatorial Guinea, so maybe they can just pass it to each other for 90 minutes...?)
They'd play Cameroon if I've understood the complicated best third-placed teams system correctly
Reliant on Algeria losing no?
Losing or drawing - well spotted!
Well tbf Algeria have been awful this year so expect Cote d'Ivoire to breeze past them.
Absolute rip-roarer to put Equatorial Guinea ahead
Well Sullay's coming home early.