Posts tagged: ivory coast

Africa’s hopes blighted by poor planning

Africa’s World Cup teams are in trouble. Nigeria and Ivory Coast both sacked their coaches after disappointing performances in the Africa Cup of Nations. Cameroon didn’t sack Paul Le Guen but the team’s tepid performance in Angola hardly augured well for South Africa. Algeria reached the semi-finals but their complete loss of discipline in their [...]

Friday March 12th, 2010 in , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

“Haitians and Togolese, we think of you”

The way the African Football Confederation (CAF) dealt with the attack on the Togolese squad was nothing short of shameful. CAF officials were quick to lay the blame on Togo for driving rather than flying, did little to support the team following the attack, and once Togo had left released a technocratic and heartless statement [...]

Saturday January 16th, 2010 in , , , , , | No Comments »

Philosophy lessons from Ivory Coast’s coach

The night before Ivory Coast left their pre-Africa Cup of Nations training camp in Tanzania, the team’s Bosnian coach, Vahid Halilhodzic, was sat in the lobby of Dar es Salaam’s five-star Kempinski hotel, staring into the middle distance. Three hours earlier Didier Drogba had complained of a slight strain in his groin and had been [...]

Friday January 15th, 2010 in , , , | No Comments »

Africa Cup of Nations: What we’ve learnt so far

The favourites could be knocked out in the first round Ivory Coast are in trouble. Togo’s disqualification/withdrawal (see below) has left Group B with just three teams. Ivory Coast, the tournament favourites, drew their opening match with Burkina Faso meaning they need to beat Ghana tomorrow to guarantee a place in the quarter-finals. Anything less [...]

Thursday January 14th, 2010 in , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment »