So much talk about the Algerian team. No doubt the Algerian team is very good, however, in every tournament, upsets do happen. In 2012 Star-studded Ivorien team could not defeat Zambia even after being awarded a penalty. In 2013, again, the less fancied Nigerian team defeated Ivory coast, including Drogba, Toure & Kalou. In 2019, Egypt playing at home lost to SA. The Benin Republic defeated Morrocco. Watch out for upsets!

humility33:


You expect too much from this guys


Don't be surprised this technical and coaching crew members are not even engaging in something like you put up there or it come across their mind

Sir,is a must for any technical team to engage in tactical analysis like that of Dr Terry.....even in 2013 during Afcon Sylvanus quicksilver Okpala did the same thing for Keshi.

samtol4:
So much talk about the Algerian team. No doubt the Algerian team is very good, however, in every tournament, upsets do happen. In 2012 Star-studded Ivorien team could not defeat Zambia even after being awarded a penalty. In 2013, again, the less fancied Nigerian team defeated Ivory coast, including Drogba, Toure & Kalou. In 2019, Egypt playing at home lost to SA. The Benin Republic defeated Morrocco. Watch out for upsets!

Yes you are right,upsets do happen but we just need to rate different teams on paper and I want to say Algeria is a team to beat,also Senegal but Nigeria,Tunisia,Egypt and Cote d' voire are not pushover.

JohnBullMySon:
So you would prefer Musa replaced with Amoo

The man is injured bro.

Curtisaxel10:


The man is injured bro.

Any update on Musa injury.

Kog45:
Yes you are right,upsets do happen but we just need to rate different teams on paper and I want to say Algeria is a team to beat,also Senegal but Nigeria,Tunisia,Egypt and Cote d' voire are not pushover.

Well said bro. The second round fixture likely to be Algeria vs Egypt or Algeria vs Nigeria �� from what I saw on the fixtures

Curtisaxel10:


The man is injured, bro.

are you sure the guy was not nursing injury before? It is not the best going to a tournament with injured player

Unfortunately for me i can't watch this afcon, coz i was posted to a village with no light and no network and no water, for my youth service... Anyway, I wish super eagles the best of luck

Btw somebody should tell me, when will Salah catch his own covid 19

joxxy01:
Unfortunately for me i can't watch this afcon, coz i was posted to a village with no light and no network and no water, for my youth service... Anyway, I wish super eagles the best of luck

hahahaha

Ajuwaya

Service to the motherland

Kog45:
Yes you are right,upsets do happen but we just need to rate different teams on paper and I want to say Algeria is a team to beat,also Senegal but Nigeria,Tunisia,Egypt and Cote d' voire are not pushover.

Historically, the most rated team on paper more often does not win the AFCON.

Also there is the factor of Climate/weather. North African teams struggle when the AFCON is held outside of North Africa. They perform best when the AFCON is played in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia or Egypt. But when the AFCON comes to sub-saharan Africa they more often struggle.

I am predicting that this AFCON is going to either a West African team or Cameroon.

joxxy01:
Btw somebody should tell me, when will Salah catch his own covid 19

Some players and staffs in the Egyptian sqaud tested positive, but they never announced their names ..

Curtisaxel10:


The man is injured bro.

Do you know the extent of the injury? Players get injured and return for the next game or miss just a game. Not every injury is a serious one. He might have been taken out as a precautionary measure.

samtol4:
Well said bro. The second round fixture likely to be Algeria vs Egypt or Algeria vs Nigeria �� from what I saw on the fixtures

All this Algeria you people are mentioning. This is the AFCON .Make e no shock una o

samtol4:
Well said bro. The second round fixture likely to be Algeria vs Egypt or Algeria vs Nigeria �� from what I saw on the fixtures

We just need to do the needful against Egypt,at least a draw.

Kog45:
We just need to do the needful against Egypt,at least a draw.

I am being positive in the game against Egypt. We are supposed to win that game.

JohnBullMySon:
So you would prefer Musa replaced with Amoo

This shouldn't even be a question

Icon4s:


All this Algeria you people are mentioning. This is the AFCON .Make e no shock una o

Realistically, Algeria are the most in form team at the moment.. There's no question of them being favorite to win the tournament..
But again, anything can happen..

Icon4s:


All this Algeria you people are mentioning. This is the AFCON .Make e no shock una o

The only upset that came up was Zambia winning it in 2012 and relatively 2013 due to highly rating of Cote d'voire team.If any of Algeria,Senegal,Nigeria,Tunisia,Cote d'voire,Egypt wins it not a surprise but outside aforementioned teams then we can talk of upsets.

On paper, considering their squad strength and recent form, my top 10 ranking of the teams likely to win the AFCON is:

1. Algeria
2. Senegal
3. Morocco
4. Nigeria
5. Ivory Coast
6. Cameroon
7. Egypt
8. Tunisia
9. Mali
10. Ghana

AndSunGorilla:


Wow injury just before the tournament, not good but such things happen. I would encourage the gaffer not to rush his return, infact it might just be better long term to let him sit out this tournament so that the injury doesn't recur. Wait o, can he be replaced now with Amoo since CAF allows replacement of injured players.

Bad belle, you want use style comot Musa

joxxy01:
Unfortunately for me i can't watch this afcon, coz i was posted to a village with no light and no network and no water, for my youth service... Anyway, I wish super eagles the best of luck

There is always that year in a Man's life. Mine was the 2005 FIFA U20 WC. I was on Youths service in a remote village. I missed all our group matches, plus the second round match. I managed to watch our quarter final game against Holland because I traveled to Lagos for an aptitude test. But for the semi and final, I traveled a long distance to go watch them and came back to the corpers lodge at the middle of the night

Icon4s:


I am being positive in the game against Egypt. We are supposed to win that game.

Chief,yes is a game we must win but a draw is not bad.We must not start Afcon on a losing note.

Kog45:
The only upset that came up was Zambia winning it in 2012 and relatively 2013 due to highly rating of Cote d'voire team.If any of Algeria,Senegal,Nigeria,Tunisia,Cote d'voire,Egypt wins it not a surprise but outside aforementioned teams then we can talk of upsets.

What of Cameroon winning it in 2017? Were they the highest rated team?
Even in 2019, before the kickoff of the tournament Algeria was not the highest rated team to win it. It was Senegal and Egypt. Nigeria was even rated higher than Algeria in terms of probability of winning.

Ebuehi performing swiftly in camp already

Icon4s:


There is always that year in a Man's life. Mine was the 2005 FIFA U20 WC. I was on Youths service in a remote village. I missed all our group matches, plus the second round match. I managed to watch our quarter final game against Holland because I traveled to Lagos for an aptitude test. But for the semi and final, I traveled a long distance to go watch them and came back to the corpers lodge at the middle of the night

Oh my God it was 1999 in Dutse Jigawa state,nothing like GSM and the satellite network was bad,am always on the road to Wudi(police college) in Kano State to watch matches cos a friend was serving in police college.

Burkina Faso also has a strong team. They played against Algeria twice during the qualifiers and both games ended a draw.

Icon4s:


What of Cameroon winning it in 2017? Were they the highest rated team?
Even in 2019, before the kickoff of the tournament Algeria was not the highest rated team to win it. It was Senegal and Egypt. Nigeria was even rated higher than Algeria in terms of probability of winning.

Bookers rated teams based on rankings rather than on current form. Algeria had amazing form before the AFCON, those were the early days of their current unbeaten streak. FIFA was just not fair to them in the rankings but everyone knew they were good.

samtol4:
Burkina Faso also has a strong team. They played against Algeria twice during the qualifiers and both games ended a draw.

Exactly why I say BFaso will top Cameroon in group A. To go toe to toe with Algeria the way they did without even Bertrand Traore, they have to be good. Trust me, they’ll blow Cameroon out of the water.

Gammfreak:
Ebuehi performing swiftly in camp already

Pls are you in Goura Cameroon.

If you are,pls we need you here for live updates.

Ebuehi is having his first training today cos he came in yesterday..

Icon4s:


Historically, the most rated team on paper more often does not win the AFCON.

Also there is the factor of Climate/weather. North African teams struggle when the AFCON is held outside of North Africa. They perform best when the AFCON is played in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia or Egypt. But when the AFCON comes to sub-saharan Africa they more often struggle.

I am predicting that this AFCON is going to either a West African team or Cameroon.

All this una talk na to give una self hope

Algeria will win and there's nothing any of you can do about it

Senegal will get to the finals and either Morocco or Egypt or Tunisia will place third

Nigeria with their shoddy preparation and Olosho-loving players will be lucky to smell the Quarter finals

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And If I end up being wrong, I will deliver a public apology

drDoom3:


Bookers rated teams based on rankings rather than on current form. Algeria had amazing form before the AFCON, those were the early days of their current unbeaten streak. FIFA was just not fair to them in the rankings but everyone knew they were good.

For booker's that really understand the AFCON and have followed the tournament decade after decade, you cannot rate teams to Win the AFCON based only on FIFA ranking and current form. There are some typical AFCON teams, that no matter the strength of the team they present they are always a force to be reckoned with when it comes to the AFCON. Such teams are Egypt, Cameroon and Nigeria. Little wonder that in the last 30 years they have won the AFCON the most.

And there are some teams that would always be rated high based on FIFA ranking and current form but would end up breaking the hearts of their fans: Senegal, Ghana, Morocco, Ivory coast. Algeria belonged to this group until 2019.

I know a lot of people would not fancy a team like Cameroon but I am tipping them as one of the tip favorites to win it. I also rate Nigeria ahead of Senegal and Ivory coast to win this tournament.