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Eagles’ semi is in Bouake not Abidjan
Our game on Wednesday means we’re playing in a different stadium (and on a different pitch) in Bouake for the first time, all our games so far have been in Abidjan
Stade de la Paix, Bouake (capacity 40,000)
The Felix Houphouet-Boigny Stadium pitch in Abidjan has been particularly difficult to play on and has made the brutal heat and humidity even harder to cope with
From what I saw of the first round games in Bouake the playing surface looks much better than the two in Abidjan we’ve played on
Stade de la Paix, Bouake (capacity 40,000)
The Felix Houphouet-Boigny Stadium pitch in Abidjan has been particularly difficult to play on and has made the brutal heat and humidity even harder to cope with
From what I saw of the first round games in Bouake the playing surface looks much better than the two in Abidjan we’ve played on
IN OUR CASE, THERE IS NO TIME. NO SERIOUS COACH WILL TAKE THIS JOB
Pasamu on Monday Feb 22nd 2010 post ANC- I will repeat again, the problem with our team was never ability or personnel or even tactics . It was confidence pure and simple confidence. Amodus team had been spat upon, anything they did was dismissed as insignificant To see the team going from playing brilliant football against Egypt in the first half of their ANC group game to the cautious fear laden play against Zambia was sad.
Pasamu on Monday Feb 22nd 2010 post ANC- I will repeat again, the problem with our team was never ability or personnel or even tactics . It was confidence pure and simple confidence. Amodus team had been spat upon, anything they did was dismissed as insignificant To see the team going from playing brilliant football against Egypt in the first half of their ANC group game to the cautious fear laden play against Zambia was sad.
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Even our home pitch is worse than any pitch in CIV. E no blow matter.
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RSA or Cape Verde, who do you prefer?
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Interesting. One more reason i strongly feel we are taking this cup to Nigeria! My father was born in Bouake, i was born in Abidjan. Kai!!!tedder89 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 03, 2024 2:19 am Our game on Wednesday means we’re playing in a different stadium (and on a different pitch) in Bouake for the first time, all our games so far have been in Abidjan
Stade de la Paix, Bouake (capacity 40,000)
The Felix Houphouet-Boigny Stadium pitch in Abidjan has been particularly difficult to play on and has made the brutal heat and humidity even harder to cope with
From what I saw of the first round games in Bouake the playing surface looks much better than the two in Abidjan we’ve played on
Now talking about the stadiums (or stadia), i haven't seen the pitches and years ago, the FHB stadium was the best in CIV and the lighting was the best in Africa.
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This is a semi final, anyone who makes it through will be worthy and I don’t feel like one will be easier than the other
Angola showed our much heralded 3 man defense can be opened up if we sit too deep due to fatigue or brain farts, thank God we have a proper goalie….
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Pasamu on Monday Feb 22nd 2010 post ANC- I will repeat again, the problem with our team was never ability or personnel or even tactics . It was confidence pure and simple confidence. Amodus team had been spat upon, anything they did was dismissed as insignificant To see the team going from playing brilliant football against Egypt in the first half of their ANC group game to the cautious fear laden play against Zambia was sad.
Pasamu on Monday Feb 22nd 2010 post ANC- I will repeat again, the problem with our team was never ability or personnel or even tactics . It was confidence pure and simple confidence. Amodus team had been spat upon, anything they did was dismissed as insignificant To see the team going from playing brilliant football against Egypt in the first half of their ANC group game to the cautious fear laden play against Zambia was sad.
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I strongly believe we will beat RSA or Cape Verde. However, RSA is in our world cup group so I don't want to play them right now. The more RSA plays us the more opportunity we are giving then to adjust to our style. I will rather we play Cape Verde.
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And your grandpa was born in Ejigbo?lukemana wrote: ↑Sat Feb 03, 2024 4:20 amInteresting. One more reason i strongly feel we are taking this cup to Nigeria! My father was born in Bouake, i was born in Abidjan. Kai!!!tedder89 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 03, 2024 2:19 am Our game on Wednesday means we’re playing in a different stadium (and on a different pitch) in Bouake for the first time, all our games so far have been in Abidjan
Stade de la Paix, Bouake (capacity 40,000)
The Felix Houphouet-Boigny Stadium pitch in Abidjan has been particularly difficult to play on and has made the brutal heat and humidity even harder to cope with
From what I saw of the first round games in Bouake the playing surface looks much better than the two in Abidjan we’ve played on
Now talking about the stadiums (or stadia), i haven't seen the pitches and years ago, the FHB stadium was the best in CIV and the lighting was the best in Africa.
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Eagles vs Springboks (Bafana Bafana), Afrobeats vs Amapiano would make for a mouthwatering clash, even more so since Fury’s pulling out of Riyadh season.
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I’d rather RSA.
I feel we have the psychological edge over them.
However, I feel CV will beat them.
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The pitch in Uyo is far better than any of the pitches in the current AFCON!EMIR KONGI JAFFI JOFFA wrote: ↑Sat Feb 03, 2024 2:40 am Even our home pitch is worse than any pitch in CIV. E no blow matter.
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scholl, you are not the only person that read this!scholl wrote: ↑Sat Feb 03, 2024 5:18 amAnd your grandpa was born in Ejigbo?lukemana wrote: ↑Sat Feb 03, 2024 4:20 amInteresting. One more reason i strongly feel we are taking this cup to Nigeria! My father was born in Bouake, i was born in Abidjan. Kai!!!tedder89 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 03, 2024 2:19 am Our game on Wednesday means we’re playing in a different stadium (and on a different pitch) in Bouake for the first time, all our games so far have been in Abidjan
Stade de la Paix, Bouake (capacity 40,000)
The Felix Houphouet-Boigny Stadium pitch in Abidjan has been particularly difficult to play on and has made the brutal heat and humidity even harder to cope with
From what I saw of the first round games in Bouake the playing surface looks much better than the two in Abidjan we’ve played on
Now talking about the stadiums (or stadia), i haven't seen the pitches and years ago, the FHB stadium was the best in CIV and the lighting was the best in Africa.
Why didnt you do like the others?
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Something has always been off about Bafana Bafana football; watching them sometimes feels like I am watching a female football team. They are short of something I cannot yet put my hand on.Damunk wrote: ↑Sat Feb 03, 2024 8:06 amI’d rather RSA.
I feel we have the psychological edge over them.
However, I feel CV will beat them.
SE would likely play better against them.
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It’s a legit question borne out of curiosity. No ill intent here.ANC wrote: ↑Sat Feb 03, 2024 11:20 amscholl, you are not the only person that read this!scholl wrote: ↑Sat Feb 03, 2024 5:18 amAnd your grandpa was born in Ejigbo?lukemana wrote: ↑Sat Feb 03, 2024 4:20 amInteresting. One more reason i strongly feel we are taking this cup to Nigeria! My father was born in Bouake, i was born in Abidjan. Kai!!!tedder89 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 03, 2024 2:19 am Our game on Wednesday means we’re playing in a different stadium (and on a different pitch) in Bouake for the first time, all our games so far have been in Abidjan
Stade de la Paix, Bouake (capacity 40,000)
The Felix Houphouet-Boigny Stadium pitch in Abidjan has been particularly difficult to play on and has made the brutal heat and humidity even harder to cope with
From what I saw of the first round games in Bouake the playing surface looks much better than the two in Abidjan we’ve played on
Now talking about the stadiums (or stadia), i haven't seen the pitches and years ago, the FHB stadium was the best in CIV and the lighting was the best in Africa.
Why didnt you do like the others?
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So could a better playing surface allow us to play more expansively?
The second half vs Angola was hard to watch as we tired and sat deeper and deeper….
The second half vs Angola was hard to watch as we tired and sat deeper and deeper….
tedder89 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 03, 2024 2:19 am Our game on Wednesday means we’re playing in a different stadium (and on a different pitch) in Bouake for the first time, all our games so far have been in Abidjan
Stade de la Paix, Bouake (capacity 40,000)
The Felix Houphouet-Boigny Stadium pitch in Abidjan has been particularly difficult to play on and has made the brutal heat and humidity even harder to cope with
From what I saw of the first round games in Bouake the playing surface looks much better than the two in Abidjan we’ve played on
IN OUR CASE, THERE IS NO TIME. NO SERIOUS COACH WILL TAKE THIS JOB
Pasamu on Monday Feb 22nd 2010 post ANC- I will repeat again, the problem with our team was never ability or personnel or even tactics . It was confidence pure and simple confidence. Amodus team had been spat upon, anything they did was dismissed as insignificant To see the team going from playing brilliant football against Egypt in the first half of their ANC group game to the cautious fear laden play against Zambia was sad.
Pasamu on Monday Feb 22nd 2010 post ANC- I will repeat again, the problem with our team was never ability or personnel or even tactics . It was confidence pure and simple confidence. Amodus team had been spat upon, anything they did was dismissed as insignificant To see the team going from playing brilliant football against Egypt in the first half of their ANC group game to the cautious fear laden play against Zambia was sad.
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I would like to know about this too as my mum is from a small village close to Ejigbo and spent some of herscholl wrote: ↑Sat Feb 03, 2024 12:43 pmIt’s a legit question borne out of curiosity. No ill intent here.ANC wrote: ↑Sat Feb 03, 2024 11:20 amscholl, you are not the only person that read this!scholl wrote: ↑Sat Feb 03, 2024 5:18 amAnd your grandpa was born in Ejigbo?lukemana wrote: ↑Sat Feb 03, 2024 4:20 amInteresting. One more reason i strongly feel we are taking this cup to Nigeria! My father was born in Bouake, i was born in Abidjan. Kai!!!tedder89 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 03, 2024 2:19 am Our game on Wednesday means we’re playing in a different stadium (and on a different pitch) in Bouake for the first time, all our games so far have been in Abidjan
Stade de la Paix, Bouake (capacity 40,000)
The Felix Houphouet-Boigny Stadium pitch in Abidjan has been particularly difficult to play on and has made the brutal heat and humidity even harder to cope with
From what I saw of the first round games in Bouake the playing surface looks much better than the two in Abidjan we’ve played on
Now talking about the stadiums (or stadia), i haven't seen the pitches and years ago, the FHB stadium was the best in CIV and the lighting was the best in Africa.
Why didnt you do like the others?
Formative years growing up in the town… I also have extended family from Ejigbo who have lived in Abidjan for most of their life.. curious to hear about Lukemana’s family journey
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i never said that. My grand-father hails from Abeokuta, From what i heard, he migrated to CIV in the late 1800s!scholl wrote: ↑Sat Feb 03, 2024 5:18 amAnd your grandpa was born in Ejigbo?lukemana wrote: ↑Sat Feb 03, 2024 4:20 amInteresting. One more reason i strongly feel we are taking this cup to Nigeria! My father was born in Bouake, i was born in Abidjan. Kai!!!tedder89 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 03, 2024 2:19 am Our game on Wednesday means we’re playing in a different stadium (and on a different pitch) in Bouake for the first time, all our games so far have been in Abidjan
Stade de la Paix, Bouake (capacity 40,000)
The Felix Houphouet-Boigny Stadium pitch in Abidjan has been particularly difficult to play on and has made the brutal heat and humidity even harder to cope with
From what I saw of the first round games in Bouake the playing surface looks much better than the two in Abidjan we’ve played on
Now talking about the stadiums (or stadia), i haven't seen the pitches and years ago, the FHB stadium was the best in CIV and the lighting was the best in Africa.
Cheers!
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While all our games so far have been in Abidjan, they have not been in the same stadium. The first two games were in the new Olympic stadium, which, by the way, was the much harder, more cut up field to play on.tedder89 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 03, 2024 2:19 am Our game on Wednesday means we’re playing in a different stadium (and on a different pitch) in Bouake for the first time, all our games so far have been in Abidjan
Stade de la Paix, Bouake (capacity 40,000)
The Felix Houphouet-Boigny Stadium pitch in Abidjan has been particularly difficult to play on and has made the brutal heat and humidity even harder to cope with
From what I saw of the first round games in Bouake the playing surface looks much better than the two in Abidjan we’ve played on
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Small correction: Wednesday game will NOT be the first time we are playing in Bouake. During the Nations Cup of 1984, we played there and i remember we beat Ghana 2-1. It was in the time of Clement Temile, Henry Nwosu, Muda Lawal, Stephen Keshi (rip), goal King Rashidi Yekini (rip), llebu Chidozie or Chibudor(not sure of the name any more) etc... Ghana had the likes of Opoku Nti, Papa Arko, Seth Ampadu, Kofi Badu etc...tedder89 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 03, 2024 2:19 am Our game on Wednesday means we’re playing in a different stadium (and on a different pitch) in Bouake for the first time, all our games so far have been in Abidjan
Stade de la Paix, Bouake (capacity 40,000)
The Felix Houphouet-Boigny Stadium pitch in Abidjan has been particularly difficult to play on and has made the brutal heat and humidity even harder to cope with
From what I saw of the first round games in Bouake the playing surface looks much better than the two in Abidjan we’ve played on
Chief Oningbinde was our coach then and we lost the final game against Cameroon 1 - 3.Cameroon had a good machine then, Abega Theophile (rip), Audu, the great Thomas Nkono, Roger Milla etc.... Kai, the good old days.
Cheeers!
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Thanks for clarifying, I forgot to include the second Abidjan stadium which we played in, horrible pitch as wellwaka-man wrote: ↑Sat Feb 03, 2024 5:33 pmWhile all our games so far have been in Abidjan, they have not been in the same stadium. The first two games were in the new Olympic stadium, which, by the way, was the much harder, more cut up field to play on.tedder89 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 03, 2024 2:19 am Our game on Wednesday means we’re playing in a different stadium (and on a different pitch) in Bouake for the first time, all our games so far have been in Abidjan
Stade de la Paix, Bouake (capacity 40,000)
The Felix Houphouet-Boigny Stadium pitch in Abidjan has been particularly difficult to play on and has made the brutal heat and humidity even harder to cope with
From what I saw of the first round games in Bouake the playing surface looks much better than the two in Abidjan we’ve played on
IN OUR CASE, THERE IS NO TIME. NO SERIOUS COACH WILL TAKE THIS JOB
Pasamu on Monday Feb 22nd 2010 post ANC- I will repeat again, the problem with our team was never ability or personnel or even tactics . It was confidence pure and simple confidence. Amodus team had been spat upon, anything they did was dismissed as insignificant To see the team going from playing brilliant football against Egypt in the first half of their ANC group game to the cautious fear laden play against Zambia was sad.
Pasamu on Monday Feb 22nd 2010 post ANC- I will repeat again, the problem with our team was never ability or personnel or even tactics . It was confidence pure and simple confidence. Amodus team had been spat upon, anything they did was dismissed as insignificant To see the team going from playing brilliant football against Egypt in the first half of their ANC group game to the cautious fear laden play against Zambia was sad.
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I was referring to this competition only but thanks for the memories!lukemana wrote: ↑Sat Feb 03, 2024 5:54 pmSmall correction: Wednesday game will NOT be the first time we are playing in Bouake. During the Nations Cup of 1984, we played there and i remember we beat Ghana 2-1. It was in the time of Clement Temile, Henry Nwosu, Muda Lawal, Stephen Keshi (rip), goal King Rashidi Yekini (rip), llebu Chidozie or Chibudor(not sure of the name any more) etc... Ghana had the likes of Opoku Nti, Papa Arko, Seth Ampadu, Kofi Badu etc...tedder89 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 03, 2024 2:19 am Our game on Wednesday means we’re playing in a different stadium (and on a different pitch) in Bouake for the first time, all our games so far have been in Abidjan
Stade de la Paix, Bouake (capacity 40,000)
The Felix Houphouet-Boigny Stadium pitch in Abidjan has been particularly difficult to play on and has made the brutal heat and humidity even harder to cope with
From what I saw of the first round games in Bouake the playing surface looks much better than the two in Abidjan we’ve played on
Chief Oningbinde was our coach then and we lost the final game against Cameroon 1 - 3.Cameroon had a good machine then, Abega Theophile (rip), Audu, the great Thomas Nkono, Roger Milla etc.... Kai, the good old days.
Cheeers!
You’re thinking of late Chibuzor Ehilegbu RIP
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Pasamu on Monday Feb 22nd 2010 post ANC- I will repeat again, the problem with our team was never ability or personnel or even tactics . It was confidence pure and simple confidence. Amodus team had been spat upon, anything they did was dismissed as insignificant To see the team going from playing brilliant football against Egypt in the first half of their ANC group game to the cautious fear laden play against Zambia was sad.
Pasamu on Monday Feb 22nd 2010 post ANC- I will repeat again, the problem with our team was never ability or personnel or even tactics . It was confidence pure and simple confidence. Amodus team had been spat upon, anything they did was dismissed as insignificant To see the team going from playing brilliant football against Egypt in the first half of their ANC group game to the cautious fear laden play against Zambia was sad.
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To be honest. Neither. Either one will give the SE a tough time.
In recent years, South AFrica have been difficult for the SE. I remember Percy Tau tormenting the SE and although he is now retired, and the game may have been 8 or 9 yrs back, I will always remember Tokelo Rantie tormenting the SE (maybe with Omeruo playing).
As for Cape Verde, they are a tough team to play against. They did very well in the group stage against Ghana and Eygpt. I am watching their game against Bafana Bafana now and they are a good team.