ACN 2013 Return of the Vuvuzela

...watching South Africa - Cape Verde. Had forgot how much I hated the vuvuzela.

Loved how the crowd out-vuvuzela'd the dude trying to make a speech right at the start.

Vuvuzela >

What a poor game to open the ACN. Infact both opening day games ended 0-0.

Ghana's my team, Albert Adomah n.10 .

Eurosport's coverage is so annoying, the commentators are a second or two behind the action.

They're probably off-tube.

Eurosport commentators have always been second rate though. At least here in Norway.

We already have ourselves a goalkeeper of the tournament.

does anybody know who the technical sponsor / kit supplier for niger is? i can't recognize the logo on their jerseys.
thanks a lot!

The quick google attempt I made tells me they wear kits by Errea.

Same supplier as Norwich, Parma and the Iceland national team.

Tovio (of Burkina Faso lol)

Wiki told me they wear Errea

They did - in last year's ACN.

Kind of like that they're sponsored by an African based kit manufacturer.

jonas, excellent catch, thanks much!
franck, what jonas wrote -- congo-kinshasa is equipped by erreà, however -- apparently they (or airness) didn't renew the sponsorship contract.

all kasi from botswana supplied the botswana national football team with kits (haven't found out if their contract is still valid, i read somewhere that umbro took over). the all kasi kit had a great cut, nice pattern too.

Goalkeeper should be banned for at least ten games. Appallingly reckless.

His leg goes all weird and rubbery which I found a bit disturbing

Nutrition problems.

Ivory Coast 1-0 Togo at the mo and Tunisia and Algeria later \o/

Should be an ace game.

Força Cabo Verde!

A good prof of what this tournament is all about; Morocco with players like Benatia (Udinese), Amrabat (Galatasaray), Belhanda (Montpellier), El Ahmadi (Aston Villa) and El Hamdaoui (Fiorentina) in the starting line-up underperforming and are lucky to only be behind by one goal, against a good collective where the biggest "star", Ryan Mendes, plays for Lille and have only started two games for them this season. Gotta love it.

Zambia - Nigeria at 3, should be good.

Ethiopia have been wasteful and find themselves a goal down again in this game with Burkina Faso.


Earlier the Zambian goalkeeper scored a penalty to deny Nigeria a win and keep the group very wide open

Great final day action in Group A, with Cape Verde going through thanks to 90th minute winner. Tournament is picking up its pace.

Cape Verde \o/

Jessica Elvis, of the Association of Nigerian Prostitutes, said: “We want them to bring back our lost glory.

“To show our support for the team, we’ll declare one week of free sex if the Super Eagles can win the trophy.”

Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/feeds/smartphone/scotland/4773260/Hoops-star-Efes-hooker-sex-cup-win-reward.html#ixzz2JrNeHBt3

Nigeria 2-1 Côte d'Ivoire FT.



MENTAL

Burkina Faso to the final. Well awesome. They hadn't won a group game since 1998 or something and now they've gone all the way to the final. Just too bad that Jonathan Pitroipa, one of the best players of the tournament, will miss out as he was sent off after being booked two times, last one for diving.

Deserves it then, shouldn't dive.

Watch the highlights, you smug tosser, he's hacked down in the area, it's a ridiculous decision.

Over-reaction of the year is it?