African Cup Of Nations 2022

[Patrick Thistle]

Well I'm happy with that. Mali will be wondering how they didn't get all the points.

[Sporting]

Why did people prefer Gambia over Mali? Innocent and probably stupid question.

[Patrick Thistle]

I used to live in Gambia so I'm supporting them. I don't know if anyone else was preferring them.

[Sporting]

Ta

[Antepli Ejderha]

Underdogs I'd guess.

[Wouter D]

Ivory Coast get a deserved penalty, the taker takes a Zaza-style twatty run-up, and the Sierra Leone goalkeeper saves it. I enjoyed that.

[Jah Womble]

Splendid equaliser from Musa Kamara of Sierra Leone.

The tournament’s starting to warm up a smidge.

[Jah Womble]

Bizarre second equaliser for Sierra Leone in the dying seconds, following a monumental f***-up by goalkeeper Sangare - who was subsequently injured and replaced in goal by Serge Aurier…

[Ray de Galles]

That absurd equaliser ;

https://twitter.com/skyfootball/status/1482773641947406337?s=21

[Wouter D]

Sorry for Sangare. He looked unbeatable in the first half.

[Patrick Thistle]

The pitch cut awfully up so I wouldn't be surprised if the goalie's knee is fucked up.

[Patrick Thistle]

Goal for Equatorial Guinea against Algeria. Very much against the run of play. 1-0

[Wouter D]

Belaīli with a stunner of an equalizer, but he was offside.

[Patrick Thistle]

Wow. Quite a result. Proper celebrations at the end.

[Wouter D]

Algeria will now have to beat Cote d'Ivoire, or they're almost certainly out. Any win will likely do, but that does not strike me as simple.

[Jah Womble]

Neither side looks as imperious as billed. Still, this has gone some way to making the tournament interesting.

[MarkF]

Algeria will now have to beat Cote d'Ivoire, or they're almost certainly out. Any win will likely do, but that does not strike me as simple.

Oo I dunno, might be an outside chance...

[Edit] As clearly everyone upthread already knew. I'll get me coat etc.

[Wouter D]

No worries, the still that is shown when you don't play that video is pretty artful.

1st round of games: 12 matches, 12 goals.
2nd round of games: 12 matches, 29 goals.

Pretty clear that the tournament has perked up somewhat. Roll on round 3.

[Jah Womble]

Burkina Faso lead Ethiopia with a well-taken goal from Bayala.

No score in t'other game thus far.

[Toby Gymshorts]

Cameroon 1-0 up.

[Wouter D]

One for the tournament highlight reel. Lovely long ball, excellent finish.

[Jah Womble]

Already-eliminated Zimbabwe have a two-goal lead over Guinea at half time - the first goal converted by the excellently-named Knowledge Musona.

No score between Malawi and Senegal.

[Wouter D]

Malawi got a soft penalty, which was overturned by VAR for reasons utterly unclear to me. It was a judgement call whether this was a foul at all, so it would have been fine if the referee wouldn't have given it, but once given, I cannot see how VAR can conclusively determine that this was a clear and obvious error. It felt more like the VAR judge decided that the attacker could've stayed on his feet and therefore didn't deserve a penalty.

It probably won't matter much for the qualification for next round: Senegal top the group, Malawi are third with four points and 0 goal differential, and I expect the third-placed teams from groups D and E to achieve a worse result than that.

[Wouter D]

Things are not going well for Ghana this tournament.

[Wouter D]

Seriously not well.