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If it's January in an even number year, it must be time for top-level teams around the world (and also scrub teams like, Liverpool.. hah! I kid!), to lose their players for a month to six weeks as it's time for the African Cup of Nations, and every time we do this, we get a reminder about how players are making sacrifices to play for their nation. No, we're not talking about voodoo or anything like that, this time. In this case, it's nearly losing an entire national team in a plane crash because the plane had no loving working oxygen. That's right, far from the glamor jet flights of top level international football, we get tiny propeller based aircraft that have to turn around nine minutes into a flight because there was no loving oxygen working. Players were already falling unconscious due to lack of oxygen before the plane made an emergency landing. Oh, and as an added "gently caress YOU", The Gambia (you have to say "The Gambia", right?) officials then tried to put them on the very same small propeller-based plane for the trip again, claiming the problem had been fixed. Needless to say, the players said "gently caress NO" to that. and I don't blame em https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/39285300/gambia-players-staff-say-oxygen-failed-plane-afcon
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Ivory Coast looked decent in their first match, not as good as the Drogba/Yaya Toure era but still good.
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African Football Corrupt Oh No
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incredible last minute bed making GBS threads from ghana there. wonder if they can get essien to come out of retirement.
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the hardest competition in the world imo
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Thassa pen
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Cape Verde, led by United legend Bébé, have already won their group ahead of Egypt, Ghana, and Mozambique.
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Turns out he actually carved out a really nice career playing for relegation battlers in La Liga.
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“Bebé is just a late bloomer” or “goalie could’ve done better”?  https://twitter.com/meninblazers/status/1748361510563336404?s=46&t=Jl91I_6B7i5oyOtlhhpf1w
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Mo will miss Egypt's next group game, and potentially the round of 16 match, with a hamstring strain. I hope Egypt get knocked out ASAP
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Mandrea is a funny name, for a man.
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paddyboat posted:Baghdad is a funny name, for a man.
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Feel it Equatorial Guinea are here
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3-0 lmao. Ivory coast in shambles
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4-0 and the stewards are wading into the crowd. It's getting tasty
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They're Ivory Toast
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Fun ending to the moz-ghana game
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Nuclear Spoon posted:afcon kicks rear end
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I thought the announcer might give himself a heart attack at the end of Egypt/Cape Verde, he was so excited. It was a pretty great last 10 minutes!
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Nuclear Spoon posted:afcon kicks rear end This afcon has been so loving crazygoddamit. Cameroon Gambia was one of the craziest matches ever. So many upsets in this event, similar to Asian Cup. Great for betting on underdogs lol. Senegal to me see like the most well rounded team, great gk, good defense, midfield and Sadio Mane is the best forward of the tournament with Salah gone.
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Nuclear Spoon posted:afcon kicks rear end
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Grimson posted:algeria?? more like byegeria
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Holy gently caress Mauritania just beat Algeria like that ok. This is an amazing tournament so far.
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we getting funny with it now https://twitter.com/lequipe/status/1750539133187948762 ivory coast sacked their coach yesterday saying he didn't live up to their contract for failing to qualify for the r16 stage as they finished 3rd in the group. despite there still being a possibility of getting through as one of the four best third-placed teams in the groups. and of course thats what happened and now they're asking france to please lend them the womens national team coach until the end of the afcon.
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Grimson posted:we getting funny with it now Unreal
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Shrapnig posted:Everyone wants a bit of Big Herve reminder of one of footballs greatest moments https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdTS9q1RzuI
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Egypt AFCON star ruled out of next game with concussion after trying backflip in training Egypt's most impressive midfielder Emam Ashour has been ruled out of the side's next fixture in another huge blow to the nation's hopes of winning the Africa Cup of Nations An Africa Cup of Nations player has been ruled out of his country's next match after suffering a head injury while performing a backflip. Emam Ashour has played a key role for Egypt at AFCON this month, playing all three group stage matches. He starred against Ghana and Cape Verde - but he has now been ruled out of the last-16 clash with DR Congo following a bizarre injury. The 25-year-old will not feature on Sunday as a result of a concussion he suffered during training. It is reported that the central-midfielder landed on his head while performing a backflip. 
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Nuclear Spoon posted:well. that's not great for angola Nice save from the backup off the ensuing set piece
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