World Cup 2010 Blog: “Ivory Coast Confirmed As Elephants.” plus 1 more |  |
| Ivory Coast Confirmed As Elephants. Posted: 15 Jan 2010 12:43 PM PST It was billed as the game of the groups, the tournament’s two favorites coming in and, with Ivory Coast’s disappointing show against Burkina Faso in the books, it was as close as ever. Then the whistle went for 90 minutes and Ghana were left wondering what the hell just happened. Ivory Coast won 3-1, but the scoreline hardly tells the story. The art of the counter followed by a genius free kick – never even trying to fool the keeper, looking upper 90 the entire time – and then Kader Keita’s street skills inside the box finished off by you know who – with the latter two down to ten men. It was a thorough display of just how to put the ball in the back of the net from all angles. Ghana now needs to beat Burkina Faso to advance, while the Ivory Coast are already into the knockouts. And so the favorites just became…even bigger favorites.
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| Soundoff: That Tournament in Africa. What Do You Call It? Posted: 15 Jan 2010 07:10 AM PST
Chris raised this question in his 10 Things You Need to Know post recently, and basically concluded that it doesn’t matter what you call it. I’d agree to some extent, but have also become ever so slightly obsessed with this question. I want answers. I want to know what it’s called. Personally I flit back and forth between the Africa Cup of Nations and the African Cup of Nations, but not so long ago I was calling it the African Nations Cup. I’m not asking what the correct name is, because I’d agree with Chris that that doesn’t matter. The Confederation of African Football would inevitably tell us that the sponsored version is correct anyway. What I really want to know is what do you call it?
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The 16 team tournament that happens every two years on the continent of Africa goes by many names. I’ve seen it variously referred to as (deep breath) the African Cup of Nations, the Africa Cup of Nations (no “n”), the sponsorrific Orange Africa Cup of Nations, the old school African Nations Cup, the abbreviated AFCON, CAN, ACN and probably a few others too. That’s before we get into any French language names.| You are subscribed to email updates from World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
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