Mali 3 vs Kenya 1

La Reussi · Post by **La Reussi** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 3:38 pm

Kanoute don hang again o!

La Reussi

KoC · Post by **KoC** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 3:39 pm

Kanoute again! Brilliant solo goal. 3-1 Mali

Sampo · Post by **Sampo** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 3:39 pm

juventuss,

There you have it, Kanoute just broke the chain of 2-1 scoreline. Mali now leads 3-1.

old_obsession · Post by **old_obsession** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 3:40 pm

Final Four (Deja vu):

Mali
Nigeria
cameroon
Senegal

i had a vision guys. kanoute top scorer with 5 goals

KoC · Post by **KoC** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 3:40 pm

Latched onto a scrambled pass, held off his marker and squeezed the ball past the keeper to bottom left hand corner.

Post by **juventuss** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 3:41 pm

thank God, i was tired of the 2-1 score line. Hopefully Naija can top that with 4-1

La Reussi · Post by **La Reussi** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 3:42 pm

Kenya has five minutes to get anything from this match.

LA Reussi

odi · Post by **odi** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 3:44 pm

old_obsession wrote:Final Four (Deja vu):

Mali
Nigeria
cameroon
Senegal

i had a vision guys.

Stuff ya vision!!

You haven't even seen Nigeria or Senegal play yet!

Akamoke · Post by **Akamoke** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 3:44 pm

Odi, no mind am

Sampo · Post by **Sampo** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 3:45 pm

juventuss wrote:thank God, i was tired of the 2-1 score line. Hopefully Naija can top that with 4-1

You sef.. you keep shifting the goal post

Anyway man no mind your predictions, the higher numbers for Naija the better. 8)

Sampo · Post by **Sampo** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 3:47 pm

90 minutes played.. 4 minutes of injury time added.

Oba · Post by **Oba** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 3:49 pm

juventuss wrote:thank God, i was tired of the 2-1 score line. Hopefully Naija can top that with 4-1

Now, why do you think every single team must concede a goal? Nigeria did not concede any goal at the last ANC till the semi-finals. Why should that change now? Abeg, Nigeria wins 4 - 0. The first outstanding victory in the tournament (if Senegal don't give a blood bath today).

old_obsession · Post by **old_obsession** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 3:49 pm

Visions are not based on the evidence of what is seen but the substance of what has been revealed.....or something like that.

Final Four (Deja vu):

Mali
Nigeria
cameroon
Senegal

i had a vision guys. kanoute top scorer with 5 goals

shaq · Post by **shaq** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 3:49 pm

Will Mali still go past the first round?

Sampo · Post by **Sampo** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 3:50 pm

FT: 3-1

La Reussi · Post by **La Reussi** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 3:50 pm

Keeper saves at Kanoute's feet on 92minute.

La Reussi

theYemster · Post by **theYemster** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 3:51 pm

Those Kenyas should stick to marathon races...they're just not cut out for footy. Somethings you can't force.

charlie · Post by **charlie** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 3:52 pm

YUJAM wrote:I watched 35 mins of the game b4 leaving for work.

The goal for Mali resulted from a mix-up in the Kenyan defense allowing Sissokho of Valencia to steal the ball and score.

Overall, Mali have dominated with Kanoute trying to take on Kenyan defense all alone quite frequently. However, the Kenyan attackers have stretched the Malian defense on several occasions.

Mali looks to be a bit overrated. They are not very good collectively and too often play as individuals rather than a team.

You know, the same thing has been said about the Super Eagles more than a few times, and that hasnt stopped us from posting strong ANC performances.

I wouldnt judge any team yet based on just the first game...

marko · Post by **marko** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 3:53 pm

seem like kanoute is doing quite well-kenya are poor opposition-got to be said though

Oba · Post by **Oba** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 3:54 pm

Well, congrats to the French boy. He is the top goal scorer of the ANC. But do you guys think any of our strikers can emerge top goal scorer? I see Nigeria playing the typical Brazil role: Field and all attack squad, where anybody and everybody scores including defenders like Yobo and Babayaro. Unless we massacre all the teams, We are likely to spread goals amongst players. But then, so long as we play our game, we would prolly have 5,6 players with 3 or 4 goals in the tournament. If our Enyeama doesn't become Apere master as some of us fear, Naija is winning this cup. Our games would be all about who outscores who, unless Chukwu shows us that he is the defender handling an all-attack squad.

Sampo · Post by **Sampo** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 3:58 pm

shaq wrote:Will Mali still go past the first round?

Remains to be seen. You can put your money on them at your own risk.

They somewhat raised their games a bit, but are _very_ porous at the back. They need to thank Siddibe, their goalie, partly for today's result. Keita, Coulibaly and, who else, Kanoute made a whole lot of difference going forward. Were Kenya any of the North or other West African teams facing that defence, your guess is as good as mine...

Robbynice · Post by **Robbynice** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 3:59 pm

Sampo wrote:80' Kanoute makes it 3-1 for Mali

Kanoute!!!!

Goldleaf · Post by **Goldleaf** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 3:59 pm

King Kanoute has proved to represent the arrow head of Mali. He has proved his goal scoring pedigree and if Mali improves on this performance, as they are most likely to do, you will have to count them as serious contenders. Having said that, I'm not sure about their defence holding out against an Aghahowa or Diouf. The defence struggled against 37 year old Mike Okoth and 17 year old Oljech who were not overly technically proficient.