The teams which emerged from the group stages were those most of the experts expected to end up there. With two surpises. Guinea (0-5 against the Ivory Coast)and Angola (1-2 against Egypt) upset the continent in their group matches and although both of them crashed out of the tournament in their respective quarterfinal matches they left a wonderful impression with me. It's good to see that the hosts went through though. Ghana (2-1 against Nigeria) have always been my favourite team in Africa, especially because of their players who played in Germany. And when they show the crowd and you can see Anthony Baffoe sitting there it just feels good.
It's a shame they have to cope with such conditions though. The pitch doesn't seem to be in best shape on all grounds. Nonetheless the games have been very exciting so far. Where in European football most of the matches on an international level seem to be frozen in tactics in Africe it's just do or die. The players make the game very fast and there is a constant change in direction. Adding up to that are wonderful goals, especially from long distance shots. The equalizer in the Egypt vs Angola match was a stunner.
Right now it's Cameroon vs Tunesia and the untamable lions are up 1-0 (Eto'o, who else).
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