Africa Football Discussion Thread || Current discussion: African teams at Qatar.

[muratsink]

Senegal and Egypt again, that means this time Senegal will go home because Egypt is not suppose to allow Senegal to defeat again from world cup qualifiers, mane and Salah. Over Nigerian and Ghana, both teams are strong enough, but at looking from Africa world performance, Nigeria tried and Nigeria was expectations of people to win the cup, but i can't guarantee Nigeria over Ghana because i believe that Ghana will use the same method Tunisia apply to defeat Nigeria and defeat them for this world qualifiers cup

Two teams who are equally favorites to both walk into the world cup as representatives of Africa must beat each other in the play-off round, according to my prediction this time Egypt has a great chance to advance to the world cup, because Egypt must have learned from yesterday's defeat and will overhauling their pattern of play, with a meeting between the two countries it is certain that one of them will be absent from this year's Qatar world cup.

@ropyu1978 I agree with your analysis that Egypt would want to extract revenge, and the only way to do it is to dump Senegal from the play off round. Furthermore as I had said before and I’ll repeat again that Salah will have to rise up and make sure Egypt win, because if he doesn’t perform well then it’ll be very difficult for Egypt to win against Senegal.

Egypt has a very big advantage, and they have Salah, he is a very complete player and at any moment he can define a match, however I don't see it being that difficult to take out Senegal, although Senegal has World Cup experience they can apply it to be able to have a higher rate of effectiveness, although for me the best team in Africa has always been Nigeria, because just remembering that they had Samuel Etó, it was a pleasure to see the happy football they showed, so I think that Senegal has its style of football very well defined, while Egypt is establishing itself so far with quite a mix of football thanks to its variety of players with different technique.

The world cup play-off match between Senegal vs Egypt may be a very hot match that we will see in the struggle for a ticket to the Qatar world cup this season, so automatically we cannot see one of the stars who will take part in the four-year event where both players between Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah, it is certain that they will miss defending their country in the World Cup because they have to kill each other in the playoffs to fight for a ticket to Qatar this season, with the absence of one of the players who competed in the African Cup final a few weeks ago.it is certainly very important. It's a shame because they have strong enough potential to compete in the four-year event

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[uneng]

Egypt was lucky to have ended the AFCON in a penalty shoot out and still lost after all. Senegal would defeat Egypt with a clear margin because Egypt lack the squad to hold down senegal not even for a draw Mane would do what didn't have the chance to do against Egypt. Its only Salah i am seeing in Egypt and him alone can't move the team

Being prepared is different from Luck. Go and check the table and history, Egypt is very well known for winning AFCON 7 times, in fact, no country in Africa has done it the way Egypt has won but as I said, in football, as you have said it was luck but saying they lack the squad, it does fit Egypt players because they tried their best that day.
It was a first for Senegal, they can enjoy it for now, who knows by the next Afcon Mane would want to retire. 

Egypt doesn't have the most skilled players as a whole, but besides having a tier 1 player that is Salah, they are also a very strategical and organized team. And that is the reason they managed passing so many challenges at african cup, defeating stronger teams and reaching the finals. Moreover, the final game wasn't an easy one for Senegal. That match was unpredictable until the end exactly like the next game between Senegal and Egypt is also going to be. I don't underestimate Egypt. If they repeat their performance on the next match, but being a little more lucky this time, it's perfectly possible to overcome Senegal.

If possible, they shouldn't try pushing the game to the penalties, because that is too risky against aggressive goalscorers such as the senegalese.

[gantez]

Unfortunately, present day Football is about Goal numbers and popularity and doesn't look into the other contributions the player makes in the team. It why we barely see any deep sitting midfielder or defender winning any accolades like Balon D'or or AFCON player of the year.

Otherwise, Sadio Mane is a very excellent and valuable player who deserves some recognition.

Not all the time that players are bought over because of goals that they score. Some players got sign up for many reasons either some for contribution, that others for assist like mane is doing in Liverpool, not only the amount of goals that the player score because not only strickers get new contract from other clubs.
And some times the players star won't shine if they remain in one club for a long time, I expect that Salah will got hot and attractive bid in the transfer window.

[CryptopreneurBrainboss]

Naturally anyone who does not like cheating will want Egypt to take a revenge on Senegal for denying them the trophy. All that is sentiment though. If Egypt does not get fully prepared for the world cup qualifiers to confront the superior Senegal, Senegal will still shame them again both home and away.

I don't understand, are you trying to say Senegal stole the trophy from Egypt, did you even watch the tournament or watch the finals. All through Senegal were the better team. Egypt were even luck they had the technical team researching on the Cameroonian players and gave the goal keeper the potential corners the players were to play the penalty. They used that technique to win the Cameroonian in the shoot out, without that they shouldn't even be in the finals.

In the finals as well, Senegal outplayed the Egyptian. Egypt just have a good history of goal keepers that's their luck for staying in the competition. When the world cup qualifiers will be played, senagal is likely going to out play the Egyptian as well. On and off paper, they have better team structure than the Egyptians.

[gantez]

who knows by the next Afcon Mane would want to retire.  : This will not be

I don't think mane will be old not to play in the next Afcon cup next tournament that is next two years. Mane is 29 years now, he was born in April 10, 1992, so he will be 31 by that time and we have older players still on the pitch like mercy, and Christian Ronald.

In the finals as well, Senegal outplayed the Egyptian. Egypt just have a good history of goal keepers that's their luck for staying in the competition. When the world cup qualifiers will be played, senagal is likely going to out play the Egyptian as well. On and off paper, they have better team structure than the Egyptians.

Yes judging with the last match, that is the final, Senegal was far ahead of the Egyptians in both ball possession, scoring chances and target. They are the true champions that defeated Egypt.

[Gosgosking]

He is a good player even in Liverpool but it is Salah who taking more glory than him, he deserves to leave go get a fresh air and get recognition for his labour. At home, mane is very well appreciated among those youths and people

I expect that soon Sadio Mane will have offers from bigger clubs after his victorious outing at the AFCON. I expect that to happen. He has to leave Liverpool FC to become bigger in fame. Back home in Senegal, he is well loved because of the way he sympathises with the lack and poverty of his people. He plans to make life better for them at the risk of living a more luxurious lifestyle like other footballers. That makes his people love him even more.

Sadio mane is a talented player, even as he is still a Liverpool player he is still recognised,  the reason why salah takes more glory from fans is because salah is old in the game of football, but with time sadio mane will reign it is just the matter of time. Going for a new club is not what will make the talented player to be more recognised , consistency and as time goes on will bring more glory.

[Gosgosking]

He is a good player even in Liverpool but it is Salah who taking more glory than him, he deserves to leave go get a fresh air and get recognition for his labour. At home, mane is very well appreciated among those youths and people

I expect that soon Sadio Mane will have offers from bigger clubs after his victorious outing at the AFCON. I expect that to happen. He has to leave Liverpool FC to become bigger in fame. Back home in Senegal, he is well loved because of the way he sympathises with the lack and poverty of his people. He plans to make life better for them at the risk of living a more luxurious lifestyle like other footballers. That makes his people love him even more.

Sadio mane is a talented player, even as he is still a Liverpool player he is still recognised,  the reason why salah takes more glory from fans is because salah is old in the game of football, but with time sadio mane will reign it is just the matter of time. Going for a new club is not what will make the talented player to be more recognised , consistency and as time goes on will bring more glory.

I don't think looking for a new club to be famous is the right thing. Many great players just because they want to be the main character in a club, many end up being in vain, lack of expertise to destroy their own career. Examples like Coutinho and Neymar, you can see how now Coutinho and Neymar's prestige has faded after they left the club that raised them. so my advice stay in Liverpool, sadio mane is as great as wrong.

Liverpool is the best place sadio  mane should be , he is good player and Liverpool is good club  that can make him to be well known. To me I still see sadio mene as one of the best player in his club. This tournament Senegal won will also make him to be well popular too.

[Desmong]

What's best for him if not Liverpool ?
Sadio Mane has given he's best for the club, he has represented very well.
I know they're gonna try hard to remove Egypt once more from the World Cup qualifies.

[D-law]

I don't think they can scrap Egypt once more.
I know it's a fifty fifty chance for that game.
At the end of the game will surely decide, Salah will be back for a possible revenge.

[LUCKMCFLY]

He is a good player even in Liverpool but it is Salah who taking more glory than him, he deserves to leave go get a fresh air and get recognition for his labour. At home, mane is very well appreciated among those youths and people

I expect that soon Sadio Mane will have offers from bigger clubs after his victorious outing at the AFCON. I expect that to happen. He has to leave Liverpool FC to become bigger in fame. Back home in Senegal, he is well loved because of the way he sympathises with the lack and poverty of his people. He plans to make life better for them at the risk of living a more luxurious lifestyle like other footballers. That makes his people love him even more.

Sadio mane is a talented player, even as he is still a Liverpool player he is still recognised,  the reason why salah takes more glory from fans is because salah is old in the game of football, but with time sadio mane will reign it is just the matter of time. Going for a new club is not what will make the talented player to be more recognised , consistency and as time goes on will bring more glory.

I don't think looking for a new club to be famous is the right thing. Many great players just because they want to be the main character in a club, many end up being in vain, lack of expertise to destroy their own career. Examples like Coutinho and Neymar, you can see how now Coutinho and Neymar's prestige has faded after they left the club that raised them. so my advice stay in Liverpool, sadio mane is as great as wrong.

What happens is that Neymar Jr next to Messi and Mbappé know something else, I think that any player could feel confident, however Messi has been harshly criticized by many seeing that Mbappé saves his life in games, Mane is a player exceptional, although I think that the Africa League should be strengthened more, as Balotelli said, it would be great if at least 5 new world-class stadiums were built in Africa so that the African League is quite showy, so the African players would not have to go to Europe nor go through racist chants, this would be great, at least I really like the football of Senegal, Nigeria, Cameroon, Ghana...

[coco23]

I don't think they can scrap Egypt once more.
I know it's a fifty fifty chance for that game.
At the end of the game will surely decide, Salah will be back for a possible revenge.

I still think Senegal is the stronger team. For a 50-50 payout I would definitely go for them. Egypt will need a good strategy and a bit of luck to be able to beat them. The qualification game will be a different style compared to the final I think. It could be more open, and more inviting for the attackers.

[Issa56]

According to this report CAF has increased the number of substitutions in a match to 5 players amidst the increasing numbers of Covid-19 cases, recall many of the participating countries had some infected players, funny enough one of the rules stated if a country could not produce eleven players in a particular match may be due to covid-19 that team should have considered losing the match 2-0, covid-19 is really having an impact on this upcoming African Nation Cup some key players might not taste action or sidelined due to the pandemic thus such matches wouldn't be competitive to watch.
Link: https://www.cafonline.com/total-africa-cup-of-nations/news/totalenergies-afcon-202-update-on-number-of-substitutions-and-minimum-number-of-

Increasing the number of substitution in a match is really a nice idea, but if a team can't produce upto eleven players due to Covid19, the team will be considered losing the match is really a bad idea, Covid19 is a global pandemic, which have affected every part of the world and I don't think contacting Covid19 the players should be blamed because it's not really the players fault, it can be contacted at anywhere so I don't think losing the match is really a good idea the best thing I think they should do is to postpone the match.

[Maestro75]

Naturally anyone who does not like cheating will want Egypt to take a revenge on Senegal for denying them the trophy. All that is sentiment though.

I don't understand, are you trying to say Senegal stole the trophy from Egypt, did you even watch the tournament or watch the finals. All through Senegal were the better team.

No, I did not mean cheating in the real sense. I meant cheating like when someone would like equality. Since Senegal defeated Egypt in the last meeting that it will be a natural thing for Egypt to pull one back on Senegal. That was what I mean. It is the same way that the Ghanaians will be expected to retaliate on Nigerians. All that is expectations and does not mean it will happen.

When the world cup qualifiers will be played, senagal is likely going to out play the Egyptian as well. On and off paper, they have better team structure than the Egyptians.

I advise you do not bet heavily on that. Football is not always predictive. Like they say that it is like biscuits that can break any way. If Egypt was an easy team to beat the Senegalese would have defeated them within 90 minutes at the AFCON.

[CryptopreneurBrainboss]

I advise you do not bet heavily on that. Football is not always predictive. Like they say that it is like biscuits that can break any way. If Egypt was an easy team to beat the Senegalese would have defeated them within 90 minutes at the AFCON.

They would have if not for Mane that missed the penalty in the early minutes that should have given Senegal more confidence. Senagal also had other chances but Egypt had a good goal keeper in-between the goal post. Without Egypt goal keeper Egypt didn't stand a chance against Senegal. The team that won the AFCON 7 times isn't this current Egypt team so we shouldn't think they're that goal.

Go rewatch the highlight or full match again, hardly will you see Egypt putting senagal defense under pressure. Mo Salad didn't even stress Mandy, the AFCON final probably was his easiest final so far as he wasn't called upon to save the day excluding the penalty shootout. The world cup qualifiers will be played in March, let wait until then to see the outcome.

[Maestro75]

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Football is a game of chance like every other sport and you also need to remember that it is not every time that the team with the most ball possession wins. Sometimes the team that outplays the other gets to lose. We have seen that alot of time happen. Luck has a big part to play in soccer. We shall see how this battle for supremacy between Senegal and Egypt will end by the time both countries play each other for the world cup qualifiers. Let us leave the argument for now.

[Kakmakr]

So these teams will fight it out to qualify ...the winners of the two-legged qualifiers in March, will represent Africa at Qatar 2022. 

Egypt v Senegal
Cameroon v Algeria
Nigeria v Ghana
DR Congo v Morocco
Mali v Tunisia

I think Algeria and Ghana is going to fall out of the race... with Senegal (Africa Cup of Nations 2021 winner) going through to the World Cup. I am not sure about Congo and Morocco and Mali and Tunisia. 

[dbc23]

So these teams will fight it out to qualify ...the winners of the two-legged qualifiers in March, will represent Africa at Qatar 2022. 

Egypt v Senegal
Cameroon v Algeria
Nigeria v Ghana
DR Congo v Morocco
Mali v Tunisia

I think Algeria and Ghana is going to fall out of the race... with Senegal (Africa Cup of Nations 2021 winner) going through to the World Cup. I am not sure about Congo and Morocco and Mali and Tunisia. 

Algeria, Ghana and Egypt and I am also considering adding Tunisia to the list of teams that will likely drop out because the have no team and no coordination the only manage to play for a draw. Ghana and Algeria is even worst. Senegal are sure to go through, Nigeria is another team and I am pretty sure with the squad Nigeria either Senegal or Nigeria will make it through semifinals

[Rockstarguy]

So these teams will fight it out to qualify ...the winners of the two-legged qualifiers in March, will represent Africa at Qatar 2022. 

Egypt v Senegal
Cameroon v Algeria
Nigeria v Ghana
DR Congo v Morocco
Mali v Tunisia

I think Algeria and Ghana is going to fall out of the race... with Senegal (Africa Cup of Nations 2021 winner) going through to the World Cup. I am not sure about Congo and Morocco and Mali and Tunisia. 

Algeria, Ghana and Egypt and I am also considering adding Tunisia to the list of teams that will likely drop out because the have no team and no coordination the only manage to play for a draw. Ghana and Algeria is even worst. Senegal are sure to go through, Nigeria is another team and I am pretty sure with the squad Nigeria either Senegal or Nigeria will make it through semifinals

I disagree with you if you think that Egypt lack ball coordination,  you can't rate Egypt with teams like Ghana, Algeria. Go back and check football history and performance of Egypt they have been doing better. Teams you can rate Egypt with as the same in level of performance are teams like Nigeria, Senegal,  Cameroon, this are good teams we all know they are trying.

[Issa56]

So these teams will fight it out to qualify ...the winners of the two-legged qualifiers in March, will represent Africa at Qatar 2022. 

Egypt v Senegal
Cameroon v Algeria
Nigeria v Ghana
DR Congo v Morocco
Mali v Tunisia

I think Algeria and Ghana is going to fall out of the race... with Senegal (Africa Cup of Nations 2021 winner) going through to the World Cup. I am not sure about Congo and Morocco and Mali and Tunisia. 

Egypt VS Senegal is going to be a tight match as the Egyptians will do all they can to pay back the Senegalese for winning them in the afcon final, but Senegal still the favourite to win though. Cameroon (Africa Cup of Nations 2021 hosts) is the better team to proceed with the performance they put up in the competition.... Nigeria is a better team than Ghana and are the match favourites.
I think Morocco is likely to win Congo, Mali to win Tunisia though Tunisia has got a good team as well but i think they are not as good as Mali.

[bekti3]

So these teams will fight it out to qualify ...the winners of the two-legged qualifiers in March, will represent Africa at Qatar 2022. 

Egypt v Senegal
Cameroon v Algeria
Nigeria v Ghana
DR Congo v Morocco
Mali v Tunisia

I think Algeria and Ghana is going to fall out of the race... with Senegal (Africa Cup of Nations 2021 winner) going through to the World Cup. I am not sure about Congo and Morocco and Mali and Tunisia. 

this will be a repeat of the final match and of course Egypt must be better prepared but indeed for Senegal of course they are already very favored with champion status some time ago.
I don't really look at other countries and just focus on Egypt now. Moreover, if you really see Nigeria vs Ghana, of course in this match it will probably be one-sided and will be more inclined to Nigeria