Mauritania vs Algeria (1-0) FT( They make history)

[Coach]

A lack of seriousness amongst certain players is by no means a forfeiture. Many factors impact a team’s functioning. The Beautiful Orange (the Dutch national side), brimming with club level brilliance, were a complete catastrophe when tournaments came around. Not a case of “not taking things seriously” rather the tendency for dysfunction when certain personality traits come together.

Algeria are spent and most likely suffering the ramifications of Al Hajji big cashes on campus.

[txj]

By now you should know that I'm not a subscriber to your Wakanda Forever approach to African football.
I call it as the game reveals itself.

Enough of the self denigrating talk.

This AFCON has been awesome for sure. The quality of football and refereeing have all improved.

I believe that other teams have improved a lot and have closed the gap. It has nothing to do with the top teams regresing. Morocco were in the WC semis just a few months ago

Mahrez is collecting big cash at club level to throw a step over, cut inside, play a slide-rule pass and track back with the commitment of the 1990s Seleção’s Romario after two wraps of pounded yam washed down with odeku. Large.

On a wider scale, the quality at the top is regressing and that at the bottom giving chase. The perfect storm for a frivolously exciting AfCON, end to end like NBA jam, packed full of bonkers and all the trimmings.

That is the absolute bottom line!

While one must laud the work being put in by the 2nd tier sides- they absolutely deserve their results, there is very little doubt that the top African teams are in poor shape. Just look at Nigeria, Cameroon, CIV, Algeria, Egypt, Maroc, etc; all playing the same wishy-washy football...

The net result of this is happy-happy football tournament, plenty of flash brothers moments, but little in the way of modern and proper tactical organization outside Cape Verde and Senegal...

True, quality of football will always suffer in such heat and humidity, but AFCON's been poor for a long, long time...

[lacidi]

Lol I remember when people were masturbating over the Algerian coach. How CE people were parayibg that we get a coach like that. So what happened?

[danfo driver]

You sound like an apologist for the poor performance of Les Fennecs. But even the Algerians aren't saying that their players were disinterested. They are being realistic by acknowledging that many of their players are over the hill.

Actually, I'm a realist. I can't even imagine how a thinking person can believe Mauritania is now better than Algeria. You must have to jump through some incredible hoops to believe that.

I am sorry, but do you understand football? I dont know if Mauritania is better than Algeria, but we watched the game and Mauritania outperformed Algeria IN THIS GAME! That is how football works! There are games like the CIV v EQG game, where CIV was the better performing team, but lost. This was not the case here Mauritania outplayed them completely and should have scored more. This is a fact! Additionally, Algeria fought! They didnt throw the game away, like you are trying to say - for whatever reason. The competed and Mauritania was better on the day and dealt with them!

My observations didn't just come from this AFCON. I've seen the pattern going back decades.

Who said they threw the game?

In football, the difference between 95% commitment and 100% commitment can make the difference between winning or losing.

let it go