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It's time for AFCON 2017, an actually good continental tournament with sixteen teams. That's right sixteen, not twenty four. It's time for a tournament where teams play exciting football, 3rd place garbage teams are rightfully sent packing, and fans are actually good. AFCON 2017 will be taking place in Gabon, a tiny west African country of 1.5 million people that most of you probably only know about because of Aubameyang.  Groups  Gabon, Cameroon, Algeria, Senegal (?), Ivory Coast, Congo, Ghana, and Egypt (?) should probably make it out of their respective groups. Morocco lost like four starters and everything else seems pretty straight forward. I predict returning champions Ivory Coast will run the table and meet either Gabon or Ghana in the finals and become back to back champions. The Ivory Coast has lost some fire power up front but has a good defense which is a rarity in this tournament. Good Goals https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfQIdekYjm8 Good Fans    Shenanigans    Click on Gervinho's forehead to get pumped 
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curried lamb of God posted:I'm a lunatic living in the Congo so I'm rooting for them Did you think about going to this cup? Gabon is close (assuming you're in Kinshasa and not the heart of darkness) and the tickets are dirt cheap.
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Jan 11, 2017 19:05
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Bein sports running Barca over this, some bullshit. At least the Cameroon game is live.
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Jan 14, 2017 17:11
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Gigi Galli posted:You know this, but for anyone watching in the U.S. that doesn't, if Barca or Real Madrid are playing, that's what's on Bein. Yea half my posting history in TRP is probably complaining about bein. THis is what their official stream looks like on highspeed internet.  Oh yeah and I'm using firefox to view it because chromes isn't supported. Russian streams are legitmately much higher quality than bein's official streaming service but I guess they don't care about afcon because I can't find any. e- Is Lemina any good? Seltzer fucked around with this message at 17:29 on Jan 14, 2017 |
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Jan 14, 2017 17:26
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trem_two posted:I wouldn't have spent my precious avatar money on him if he wasn't lol nice, I've had avatars turned off for like three years now.
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Jan 14, 2017 17:29
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I love long throw ins into the box. Ndong looks pretty poo poo and Guinea Bissau have figured out Gabon's "get the ball to Aubameyang gameplan"
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Jan 14, 2017 17:42
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That Gabonese player stumbling over himself in the box was A-League level.
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Jan 14, 2017 17:44
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I was just about to write I was surprised that this was being reffed rather well + fairly and then that happened
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Jan 14, 2017 17:47
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 Not a card! Also nice halftime rap concert
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Jan 14, 2017 18:04
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The get the ball to Aubameyang trick worked
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Jan 14, 2017 18:12
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This crowd is going nuts for their average keeper who plays in Belgium. I love when countries rally around their crap keeperstrem_two posted:Periodic reminder that Milan essentially just gave him away to St Etienne Why?
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Jan 14, 2017 18:17
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And the opening day win is ruined for Gabon. They were asleep for most of the second half so it's not undeserved.
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Jan 14, 2017 18:50
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Nice freekick from Cameroon. They've been really good so far, I barely recognize anyone though, I guess a lot of the old guard retired.
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Jan 14, 2017 20:35
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How did he not pass that. lol
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Jan 14, 2017 20:46
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So they're on strike but they will play....
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Jan 15, 2017 17:19
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Also Algeria Zimbabwe is on Bein and 2 minutes behind espns score tracker. I just learned that the hard way, 1-1.
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Jan 15, 2017 17:20
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Thats a highly questionable pen
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Jan 15, 2017 17:32
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Also it appears Rais M'Bohli the Algerian keeper best known for almost knocking Germany out of the last world cup and then completely skipping out on his contract with the Philadelphia Union now appears to have a teardrop face tatoo. quote:On 30 July 2014, M'Bolhi was unveiled as a new signing of Major League Soccer club Philadelphia Union.[17] M'Bohli was previously linked to Trabzonspor, where he could have joined manager Vahid Halilhodžić and team-mate Carl Medjani.[18]However, his debut was delayed until 25 August (a 4:2 home win over San Jose Earthquakes)[19] after he was involved in a car accident in Paris, France and had to resolve paperwork issue. M'Bolhi was presented with number 92 shirt for the club.[20][21]However, as of 8 April, M'Bolhi was benched by the Union's head coach, Jim Curtin, citing poor performance during the Philadelphia Union vs. Sporting Kansas City game on 5 April.[22]After playing in only 9 matches in the 2015 season, head coach, Jim Curtin said that M'Bolhi will never play again for Philadelphia.[23] M'Bohli is rated as one of the worst signings in club history.[24]
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Jan 15, 2017 17:34
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Yea, Also btw Mahrez bailed Algeria out, they could've easily still lost 3-2. Slimani was garbage. I forgot Senegal had certain players like Mane and Keita so they'll probably do better than I originally expected.
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Jan 15, 2017 20:41
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Things are not looking good for Gabon atm. Good game so far
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Jan 18, 2017 17:23
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Gabon is going to have to draw or beat cameroon to advance. Burkina Faso is on the same points and GD. BF or Guinea Bissau will leapfrog Gabon if Gabon draws and one of those two win. Cameroon has actually been decent this tournament so that should be tough. I'd like Gabon to go through but the team is one dimensional and all about Aubameyang.
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Jan 18, 2017 22:49
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Is the guy who plays in Astana any good or just having a good tournament?
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Jan 20, 2017 17:32
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The games have been either really bad or really good thus far. Some surprising results when it comes to the standings with one game left in the groups. Gabon needs a result against a really good Cameroon team tomorrow to advance. Or they need to hope that they draw and Guinea and Burkina Faso draw as well. Algeria has been the overhyped underperformer of the tournament thus far, the AFCON Belgium if you will. They need a win against Senegal who have been the best team along with Ghana (imo). Ivory Coast has looked good but also underperformed and they need a win over morocco on tuesday to advance. Ghana and Egypt are already through. I think Ivory Coast have been unlucky and Morocco only have one win over a lovely team so the Ivory Coast should advance. Good games coming up! Seltzer fucked around with this message at 23:39 on Jan 21, 2017 |
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Jan 21, 2017 23:35
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Much like the continent of Africa, this Afcon thread is being largely ignored by the rest of the world. A shame! Gabon is now officially out of the cup after a ridiculous 0-0 draw. Gabon had about 10 legit chances in the first twenty minutes to get a goal but continued to choke. Aubameyang missed a sitter that he would bury 99 times out of 100 at one point in big-game Higuain fashion. http://streamable.com/emeex Burkina Faso and Cameroon advance. Algeria and Tunisia are battling for 2nd place in group B at the moment with Tunisia in the driver's seat.
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Jan 23, 2017 20:27
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curried lamb of God posted:I'm still watching, but a lot of these matches have been pretty boring I've been watching live on the weekend and dvring during the week and most of the matches have been entertaining imo. As much as some of the hyped up teams have disappointed the minnows have been exciting. The knockouts will be good, e- 3-0 Tunisia, rip Algeria you were a poo poo Belgium. Gigi Galli posted:That is baaaaad You can watch this thrilling action live too on Bein!
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Jan 23, 2017 20:39
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I'm bummed the Ivory Coast is out, shameful showing.
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Jan 24, 2017 22:07
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Those are all exciting matchups. The BF Tunisia one is least appealing/probably the weakest but I'll probably watch the rest. I'm thinking Egypt vs ??? in the final. My predictions have been poo poo so far.
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Jan 25, 2017 22:57
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The reffing has been pretty light all tournament but since the games haven't gotten out of hand I like it
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Jan 28, 2017 17:39
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curried lamb of God posted:Hahahaha that was some goal for Burkina Faso, their defense cleared a Tunisian corner into the opposite half and the Tunisian keeper misjudged it, allowing a Burkina player to latch on and pass it into the net Yea that was dumb but Burkina Faso has had a good tournament. Tunisia was slow and boring. The french Bein commentary is so much better than the english.
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Jan 28, 2017 19:13
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I want Senegal to take this. I like both teams though. Also Matteo Bonetti sounds like he needs to be given a swirly
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Jan 28, 2017 21:44
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How are they not scoring right now
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Jan 28, 2017 21:48
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Ffs Balde
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Jan 28, 2017 22:21
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Ondoa bailed Cameroon out of that game multiple times
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Jan 28, 2017 22:48
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Man I missed this one. What happened?
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Jan 29, 2017 19:17
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I want Burkina Faso to win. They've been having a nice tournament.
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Feb 1, 2017 22:11
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Salah is gonna sky it
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Feb 1, 2017 22:31
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Also I'm the Burkina Faso player wearing a gold chain and no shirt on the pitch talking to the keeper
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Feb 1, 2017 22:32
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here we go!
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Feb 1, 2017 22:37
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The keeper took the 4th penalty, why!
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ffs
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