World Cup 2010 Blog: “Breaking: Togo Nat’l Team Attacked By Rebels, Machine Guns.” plus 1 more

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Breaking: Togo Nat’l Team Attacked By Rebels, Machine Guns. Posted: 08 Jan 2010 09:17 AM PST Update: The attack has been claimed by FLEC, an Angolan guerrilla group. *** Nearly surreal news coming from Angola today: the Togo national team was crossing into Angola from the DRC when they were attacked by Angolan rebels, who fired into the bus with machine guns. At least three players and the bus driver have reportedly been hit, and according to Thomas Dossevi, there may be more. “I am fine but several players are in a bad way,” Nantes striker Thomas Dossevi told Radio Monte Carlo. “We are still at hospital. We were attacked like dogs and had to hide for 20 minutes under the seats to avoid the bullets.” Dossevi also said that the team no longer wanted to play at the tournament. Obviously the tournament is secondary, but this could have a tremendous effect on the next few weeks. Now hoping for the best possible news to come from the hospitals. Sky Sports is now reporting the driver is dead and four others are injured. According to French news, two of the injured players are Kodjovi Obilala and Serge Akakpo. “The Angolan driver was killed on the spot,” said a Togolese sports ministry spokesman in Lome, adding that the attack took place in the restive Angolan region of Cabinda. He said the wounded included two squad members and two medics. [BBC] Man City have announced that Adebayor is unhurt.

Soundoff: Who Will Win The African Cup O’Nations? Posted: 08 Jan 2010 06:40 AM PST Simple question and yet such a complicated answer: - The bookies say it’s going to be the on-paper favorite Ivory Coast. - History says it will be Egypt, two-time defending champions. - Your gut says it won’t be either. Then who will it be? Everything, at least right now, points to two teams: Ghana & Ivory Coast. Which is why they, along with Cameroon, are the top three teams heading in on odds. i. They have two of the deepest, most balanced teams in the tournament. ii. They both dominated World Cup Qualifying. iii. This is perhaps most important: they’ll both have a very difficult game heading into the knockouts via the groups – against each other. Coaches can’t stress enough the importance of getting their teams tested against good opposition (tough loss better than an easy win and all that hullabaloo). The Ivory Coast does have a little bit something extra, however, which makes them the favorites: an in-form Didier Drogba. They’re a very good team sans Drogba, sure, with a very good international strikeforce, but let’s not pretend an in-form Drogba doesn’t make them an entirely different team. He is, when hot, the best striker in the world and one of football’s greatest difference makers. This season’s he’s scalding: 19 goals in 24 games. Plus he scored the only goal in the Ivory Coast’s warmup versus Tanzania to boot. Good team with the best weapon, simple as that. Does it mean they’ll win? No, but it’s precisely why they’re the favorites. That said, I’m picking Cameroon. Where’s the fun in picking the favorites?

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