Cool to see two London boys (Aina and Iwobi) doing well for Nigeria.
AFCON Egypt 2019
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik and Imran hold a long overdue conversation about United's awful league form with 1 win in 7. They discuss a disappointing draw at Bournemouth, a not so disappointing draw against Liverpool and a crushing defeat at Chelsea - Is time nearly over for Erik Ten Hag?
Then in a special second half of the pod, Nik welcomes Natalie ( https://twitter.com/natalie_17) to discuss the fortunes of Manchester United Women as they booked a place in the FA Cup Final after a historic first ever win vs. Chelsea.
in an Arsenal Shirt it wouldn't be a goal.
Great assist by Ighalo
One current theme in this tournament is how defenses struggle to clear the ball or how blunders from CBs directly lead to goals
Nigeria have been far better in this half.
Indeed they have been. Their lead is fully deserved. Great half of football though, back and forth, even if the overall quality is a bit average.
Gordon Banks save from Oh Nana.
Very entertaining match
Nigeria to QF. Great match to watch.
Almost Egy vs SA time.
Very very fortunate to have been in the stadium to see Nigeria Vs Cameroon. Good seats too, VIP right behind the Cameroon bench. Absolutly star struck by Seedorf and Kluivert. Kluivert seems like a studious type, fiddling with his laptop most of the time. Etoo regularly saluted the crowd and managed to get a selfie with Kanu. Not to mention it was an amazing game.
Is Stuart Baxter still the South Africa coach?
Yep.
Ha cheers. He's had a Hodgson esque nomadic career abroad, managed South Africa (twice), Finland, Helsingborgs, Lyn Oslo, Vissel Kobe, Vitoria Setubal and Genclerbigli in his 35 year managerial career.
I'm getting full Brazil 2014 vibe from this team. It's going to end badly at one point. Our GK is the only reason we haven't conceded a goal in this tournament so far.
Did you guys even qualify for Brazil? Or you referring to your 7 goal 1st leg playoff loss to Ghana?
Sigh them good times.
I mean what happened to Brazil in WC 2014 on their pitch, kept winning with unconvincing performance till they lost 7-0 eventually.
I’d say we’ve been well on top thus far, haven’t we @el3mel ?
Fully still expect an Egypt win though. They can only improve in the second half. And we’re not capitalizing on a few half chances.
Fully still expect an Egypt win though. They can only improve in the second half. And we’re not capitalizing on a few half chances.
You have been far better.
That's an absolutely terrible performance so far. Our GK is the only standout player. Will need to improve massively in second half.
South Africa (who qualified 3rd of their group!) playing much better than I expected, going toe to toe with Egypt. They look quite dangerous each time they go forward. @el3mel I fully understand your worry. Egypt haven’t looked most convincing.
Yeah, Egypt have struggled but on the positive side, you can only improve on that!
Honestly how the feck is Nenny playing with Arsenal ? I don't get this. One of the worst midfielders I have seen starting for us. The midfield is non existent with him around. So this guy plays in Arsenal and someone like Ahmed Hassan couldn't manage anything better than Anderlecht, unbelievable stuff. Football is unfair.
Really don't like the current generation much tbh. Too much centralized about Salah and the rest of the team is mostly poor. Still think we'll win eventually today though, but will need a miracle to reach the final.
Terrible finishing from Trezeguet.
Seems so strange to me to have an Egyptian called Trezeguet. Is he from a French background?
It's a nickname. His name is Mahmoud Hassan.
An Egyptian youth team coach nicknamed several players like this. Bechkam, Trezeguet, Benzema, Nedved etc.
And he gets to put that on his shirt?
I wish we allowed nickname like that in England. "Slabhead" on a shirt would be incredible.
Aren't a lot of Brazilian names just nicknames? I'm not convinced Everton was granted at birth
100% yes. Hulk for example.
It's a strange one. I remember Hasselbaink wanted "Jimmy" on his shirt but was not allowed (Jimmy is a nickname, not his first name).
Brazilians get a pass to have whatever they want.
Yep. Spanish too.
Start a campaign to get everybody to commonly refer to him as Slabhead instead of his name, and it will be possible
Seems destined for extra time this.
It was coming.
As I type that, we score. 1-0.
Ahem.
Holy shit 
What a crap generation. Honestly I'm glad they're fecking off.
the perfect jinx duffer 
Ffs for one second my stream dies and RSA scores 