DR Congo veteran right back Joel Kimuaki Mpela says the Leopards of DR Congo can hardly wait to play Ghana in the quarter final of the Orange African Nations Championship on Sunday 26th January. The versatile defender was speaking to Cafonline.com ahead of the encounter at Free State Stadium in Mangaung. “We have just had a walk –about on the pitch and for me the Polokwane pitch was better but maybe it’s because l got used to it. Nevertheless we are used to playing on different fields on the continent and our focus will be on winning and we intend…
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Gabon and Libya clash in a quarter final encounter at Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane with the winner of the tie dating the Warriors of Zimbabwe who await in the semis as the Orange African Nations Championship nears the end. Sunday 26th January sees the last two quarter finals with Ghana and DR Congo also playing at Free State Stadium in Mangaung. The winner of that game has the Super Eagles of Nigeria to play in the semis, after Stephen Keshi’s boys completed a great comeback from 3-0 down to beat Morocco 4-3.Back in Polokwane, two sides who both left…
Jordan Opoku captains Ghana at the Orange African Nations Championship and as he leads his team mates into a quarter-final battle against DR Congo the significance of the match is not lost on him. The Ghanaian is the only player in the current squad to have played in the 2009 side that lost (2-0) to the Leopards of Congo in the final. Come Sunday 26 January Opoku faces DR Congo again for a place in the semi-final. The skipper took time to talk to Cafonline.com ahead of the clash scheduled for Mangaung’s Free State Stadium.Cafonline.com: How much will this match…
Zimbabwe tore the form book apart when they stunned favourites mali 2-1 in an absorbing Chan quarter-final encounter at Cape Town Stadium on Saturday evening. The West Africans who took to the pitch having won two and drawn their three group stage matches were outdone by a resolute Warriors team that worked their socks out and were full value for their win. Ian Gorowa’s side scored in each half and the few chances that mali created were expertly absorbed by the hardworking Warriors defence, save for the consolation effort in the dying minutes of the match. From yesterday’s showing, Zimbabwe…
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Normal 0 false false false EN-ZA X-NONE AR-SA Nigeria completed one of the most amazing comebacks in modern football when they came from three goals down at half-time to beat a shocked Morocco 4-3 and progress to the semis of the Chan tournament in a compelling game played at Cape Town Stadium on Saturday afternoon. The Atlas Lions had raced to a 3-0 in the first 45 minutes but Nigeria’s never-say-die attitude saw them overhaul that mammoth deficit in an electrifying second half to take the match into extra-time. Buoyed by the second half fight-back, they stunned the shell-shocked Moroccans…
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Number of points (descending)7 – Gabon, Ghana, Mali,6 – Nigeria, DR Congo5 – Libya, Morocco, Zimbabwe4 – South Africa, Burundi, Congo, Uganda,1 – Burkina Faso0 – Ethiopia, Mauritania, MozambiqueWins (in descending order)2 – Gabon, Ghana, Mali, Nigeria, DR Congo1 – South Africa, Burundi, Congo, Libya, Morocco, Uganda, Zimbabwe0 – Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Mauritania, MozambiqueGoals scored (in descending order)8 – Nigeria5 – South Africa, Gabon, Libya, Mali4 – Burundi, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique3 – Congo, Ghana, Uganda, DR Congo2 – Burkina Faso1 – Zimbabwe0 – EthiopiaGoals conceded (in ascending order)0 – Zimbabwe1 – Ghana2 – Gabon, Morocco, DR Congo3 – Congo, Libya,…
Ghana and DR Congo met on Sunday 26th January at the quarter final stage of the Orange African Nations Championship- South Africa 2014 with each side keen to be first to get a second CHAN win between the two sides. The Black Stars and Leopards were in the same group at the inaugural CHAN final in Ivory Coast in 2009. Ghana cantered to a 3-0 win during the group stage but when they met again in the final the Leopards turned the tables to win (2-0) and capture the trophy.The runners-up tag has since not sat well with Ghana who…