Wednesday, February 1, 2012

ANC: Group Stage Review



The group stages finished with some surprising results, late drama and all round excitement.Yours truly hasn't been able to watch any games due (Time zone differences et al.). I have however had a chance to catch up on the goals and highlights. Here are my thoughts on the first set of matches

Disappointment Of The Round:
Senegal. The Teranga Lions have a lot of quality strikers who did not live up to expectation. With Newcastle strikers, Ba and Cisse failing to score in the competition. For one of the pre-tournament favourites this has to be a disastrous showing.

Home Comforts:
The host nations both qualified for the knockout stages wins with Gabon especially looking impressive in topping their group.

Still Favourites:
Ghana and Ivory Coast have looked good without setting the competition alight yet. The knockout stages should  confirm or disprove their favourite status

Match Of The Round:
I'm picking Gabon v Morocco with the late goals that swung the tie back and forth.

Surprise Team:
Sudan. I never will have picked them to get out of the group and they've got a chance against Zambia.

Dark Horse:
Zambia. They've got a decent  chance of making the semi-finals and who knows how far they could go.


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