Need a second goal. Don't want an unnecessary upset.
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.
Very worrying performance in that second half.
Ended 1-0. After a good first half that was such a worrying and disappointed second half. Lots of improvement need to be done and that includes Salah too. Trezeguet being subbed out literally killed our attack or so.
Tomorrow matches :
DR Congo vs Uganda
Nigeria vs Burundi
Guinea vs Madagascar
DR Congo vs Uganda
Nigeria vs Burundi
Guinea vs Madagascar
The second half was a waste of life.
I thought Salah looked good in the first half.
He started the match pretty well, during the first 15 minutes or so but the rest of the match he was only focused on scoring a goal himself.
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I miss you too, kou.
Uganda 2 up on DR Congo, 20 minutes left.
Bit of an early shock.
Bit of an early shock.
These times are ridiculous.
Uganda have been decent for the last 2 years, thet almost went to the last world cup and they were only bested by Egypt
their victory against Congo is no suprise to me and they played good football as well , they really could top this group ahead of Egypt
Wasn't it Congo that Egypt beat on the last day?
Iwobi created a glorious chance that was wasted a few minutes ago
Nigeria have been excellent in the build up. Just haven't been able to score.
I will be in Egypt while this is on. Hopefully they are still in the tournament.
Excellent back heel assist by Aina
How did Nigeria play ? A bit like us yesterday ? @adexkola
That assist was utterly absurd
Very wasteful in front of goal. A lot of intricate buildup but either the final pass or shot was missing. Thought the team defended well for the most part, Ekong was a rock.
Indeed. Wrongfooted the entire defense.
We did similar things in the first half yesterday before dropping down in second half. I think big teams are going to gain more momentum the more matches they play.
Ighalo's goal
So happy my team Nigeria won but boy, what a nervy one it was. Aina (LB) was my MOTM. Central defense was a bit all over the place. Maybe Balogun will help but I thought Ekong did great.
Ndidi was imperous as always as was Etebo. Mikel was terrible and rightly got subbed off allowing Iwobi to come to the number 10 position and allowing Musa to come on killing them with pace at outside left.
I was so excited to see Chukwueze of Villareal play but he was underwhelming. Boy has world class potential. Up top the new boy was gash. Didn't worry the Burundi defense till Ighalo came in and showed why he's still Nigeria's number 1 forward.
Ndidi was imperous as always as was Etebo. Mikel was terrible and rightly got subbed off allowing Iwobi to come to the number 10 position and allowing Musa to come on killing them with pace at outside left.
I was so excited to see Chukwueze of Villareal play but he was underwhelming. Boy has world class potential. Up top the new boy was gash. Didn't worry the Burundi defense till Ighalo came in and showed why he's still Nigeria's number 1 forward.
Guinea leading 1-0.
1-1.
Madagascar score their first ever goal in AFCON history. Huge moment for them.
Madagascar score their first ever goal in AFCON history. Huge moment for them.
Madagascar lead 2-1!! Incredible scene.
Unbelievable, Madagascar coming from behind to lead 2-1 against Guinea!
Guinea equalize via pen. 2-2.
It’s funny that CAF decided to use VAR only from the quarters.
Ended 2-2, far better match than expected.
What a finish to the Guinea v Madagascar match
Tomorrow matches :
Morocco - Namibia
Senegal - Tanzania
Algeria - Kenya
Some big teams kicking off their start to the tournament.
Morocco - Namibia
Senegal - Tanzania
Algeria - Kenya
Some big teams kicking off their start to the tournament.
Indeed. I was following this more passively than the first two matches of the day (having the distraction of Peru v Brazil and Norway v Australia in other competitions initially) but as the match progressed, I got more and more captivated.
Yeah exactly. I predicted this to be the worst match out of the 3 today, but ended up being great thanks to Madagascar efforts.
Chelsea boy of course!
Annoyingly he didn't get a chance in the first team, we just sold him to Torino for £9 million.
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Pity the commentator in Madagascar game looking at their two scorers!
Interesting half, absolutely garbage atmoshpere.
Sorry, wrong thread. Following two matches at the same time.
Senegal leading 2-0. Easy game for them.
Can anyone let me know how this guy played 2 days ago?
Really hope we're in for him!
Really hope we're in for him!
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If you are referring to Samuel Chukwueze I'd say he didn't have a particularly good game by his standards. He was a bit selfish early on and broke down a few attacks. But having watched him quite a bit at club level, its safe to say that he played below his level and the boy will be a star in the near future (ceteris paribus).
That said, even though he didn't do too well I thought he was our most dangerous player in the first half. At the start of the second half he was not really seeing the ball. My personal opinion on that is that his teammates weren't feeding him anymore because he was a bit selfish in the first half.
He also had moments of brilliance when he skipped past a few opposition players only to get unlucky with the follow up shot.
That's my sense of how he fared yesterday.
Algeria winning 2-0. No upsets today.