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Ivory Coast Vs Algeria – Toppling the Elephants, a Mammoth Task?

   

Ivory Coast Vs Algeria, an encounter relished by all Algerian fans. Ivory Coast, with its star players playing in top clubs all over Europe, is without a doubt Africa’s best Africa team. It is the team with most chances to do great things in this summer’s South Africa World Cup, some say it could even reach the final. The Elephants, the Ivory Coast selection, are a team featuring Europe-based stars like English Premiership duo Drogba of Chelsea and Emmanuel Eboue of Arsenal, then there are Kolo Toure of Manchester City and younger brother Yaya Toure who lines up with European and world champions Barcelona…All the other players are with European clubs.


The Elephants have finished second and fourth in the two previous editions of the biennial African football showcase and the media jury believes unanimously that they will go all the way in Angola this time. One man in particular is very keen on this and it is non other than Didier Drogba for whom that will be his last Africa Cup of Nations. Last month, in a press conference in Abidjan, Didier, 31, told his supporters:

“I think I’m in great form as we head for my last Nations Cup,”.
“From the bottom of my heart, I’m desirous to come back from Angola with a glorious result to give joy to the Ivorian people. To this end, my team-mates and I will be sweating it out as much as we can,” he said.”From the bottom of my heart, I want to return home with a glorious result that will give joy to the Ivorian people. My team-mates and I will be sweating it out as much as we can.”

He currently plays for Chelsea in the English Premier League and is the captain and all-time leading scorer of the Côte d’Ivoire national football team. He has scored more goals for Chelsea than any other foreign player and is currently Chelsea’s 8th highest goal scorer of all time.

In this tournament, Ivory Coast played against Burkina Faso and Ghana (Togo was the 4th team). Like Algerians, they started the tournament with difficulties. Against Burkina Faso, the Elephants only managed a 0-0 draw. They dominated the first half but Burkina Faso was strong on defense and managed to contain the Ivorians.

Ivory Coast secured their first victory of the Africa Cup of Nations in Cabinda.
Gervinho finished off a fluid counter-attacking move after 23 minutes to give Ivory Coast the lead, but they were reduced to 10 men after 55 minutes when Emmanuel Eboue was shown a straight red card for a reckless two-footed tackle. Ivory Coast secured their first victory of the Africa Cup of Nations in Cabinda. Their first win was against Ghana, Gervinho opening the score following a counter attacking move. At 55’, Ivory Coast’s Emmanuel Eboue was shown a straight red card for a reckless two-footed tackle. Still, the Elephants manage to win the match against the young Ghanaian team.

The Elephants’coach is 57-year-old Bosniac Vahid Halilhodzic, he took the reins in 2008 and has since led them to qualification for the World Cup in South Africa. With a squad full of stars, Halilhodzic, rightly fears failure to win the Nations Cup will trigger calls for his dismissal five months before Ivory Coast go to the World Cup, in South Africa.
Their qualification for both the AFCON and the World Cup speaks for itself:. In the first round they finished unbeaten at the top of Group 7, conceding just two goals in six matches. In the second round they did even better as they topped Group E with sixteen points from six matches, scoring 19 goals along the way. Captain Didier Drogba finished as the Elephants’ top goalscorer with six goals, while Sekou Cissé, Bakari Koné and Boubacar Sanogo weighed in with three goals apiece.
Ivory Coast is therefore seen as the clear favourites to lift the African Cup of Nations trophy in 2010. They have the best group of players on the African continent and will be incredibly difficult to beat in a competition they will want to win in order to put their mark on football history at home and continentally, ahead of the big one in June.

So what does it mean to the Algerian team? Ahead of South Africa’s World Cup, it is a great opportunity to test their game against a solid selection, similar in fifa ranking to the American selection (Ivory Coast is ranked 16 and the US is ranked 14).

The first round has been a difficult one so far for the Greens. The fact that important players have not been able to play in the tournament due to injuries has not made it easier: Antar yahia, Mourad Meghni, Lounes Gaouaoui, Saifi, Bezzaz are all out of the competition. Meghni who played half an hour against Angola has not trained yesterday and is unlikely to play against Ivory Coast. Complaining of back pains, Chaouchi has not trained for 3 days, he will probably not play on Sunday either. Mohammed Zemmamouche will therefore be the next goal keeper.

Does it mean that the Greens have a mammoth task to topple Didier Drogba’s Elephants on Sunday? Well, the pressure is all on Ivory Coast and Rabah Saadane and his players have already shown against Mali and Angola that despite all the injured players we can achieve results. Algeria might concede possession but will shape both the game and style of play. A strong tactical sense, a proper defense…and a goal can lead Algeria to victory. Scoring has proved to be a challenge in this tournament but the upside is any Algerian player can eventually score.

Spirit in the Algeria team is high and the players are looking forward to playing the Ivoirians. And I look forward to watching that game.

1, 2 , 3 Viva l’Algerie.


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  • Uthman

    if we play drogba and his friends just like we played the 1st round than…….allah yestor.
    i hope saadane and his staff found the right coaching the last week, because we need a lot of improvement in offense play.
    i hope he will choose a 4-4-2 with two defencive mit mitfieldplayers, ziani and meghni (matmour) on the flanks and ghezzal as a 9 1/2 to support ziaya, who should have a chance to show what he cans.
    i know befor acn i was talking defferently, but now i miss hadj aissa sooo much…..i would put him behind ziaya instead of ghezal, because he is the right man to create more chances for the offense…
    i hope saadane can integrate him with Lacen after acn…with these two players we have more quality in play, and if djebbour continues in his club the way hes doing actually than i think we would have a very nice squad for the world cup. a squad who is always able to beat slovenia or the usa…england is a defferent atory and will depend on our and theire day form.
    back to ivory coast:we need 120% concentration for this and better teamplay in the offense, only than we will have chance….

  • http://ivorycoast.worldcupblog.org Elliott

    Omar – I know a great headline when I see one! I admire your craft and may the better team win!

  • Kazi

    Allahu Akbar. We had a scare with the first goal but Alhamdulilah we got it back! Algeria dominating most of the game so far. Insha Allah we will win it. Great game so far.

  • Hany

    Good game, Alegria proving they are a new force in African football. Looking forward to the second half.

  • Bahaa

    good job Algeria …… The best game I have seen you boys play

  • Kazi

    ALLAHU AKBAR! WHAT A GAME! MY HEART IS RACING!!!!

  • Kazi

    thank you Bahaa. Algeria has finally arrived on the scene as a powerhouse in africa.

  • Bahaa

    very well done Algeria ….. Regardless if you win or lose this game your boys have represented you with honor….. If you had better strikers this game would be over….too many lost opportunities on both sides very very impressive display….inshalla you win and we meet again .

  • Bahaa

    there are now six powerhouse African teams.welcome Algeria.you desrve this victory inshalla you have outplayed the elephants….very well done

  • Kazi

    Allahu Akbar. We have done it my brothers. We have beaten the mighty elephants of Ivory Coast. England, USA…WHAT NOW?!?!?!! Thanks to all the Egyptians that supported us. Looking forward to a rematch insha Allah.

  • Iness

    1 2 3 viva l’algerie! This is football! Chaouchi I love you! lol Well done! CIAO Drogba!

  • Hisham

    WOW… what a game. Congrats Algeria

  • ACN

    Congratulations to Algeria! You have proved the doubters, the critics and almost everyone wrong. If Egypt beats Cameroon, then Algeria vs Egypt in the Semi-Finals.
    This is the Algeria team that I want to see in the World Cup, but it must be said that your team has been banged up today and deserve a well deserved rest.
    Kudos Algeria!

  • abd

    ALLAHU AKBAR WA EL HAMDOULILAH
    ALLAHU AKBAR WA EL HAMDOULILAH
    ALLAHU AKBAR WA EL HAMDOULILAh
    ALLAHU AKBAR WA EL HAMDOULILAH

    Thank you god!! Algeria did well today. I just can’t type down my feelings to you!!!

    hamdoulilah!!

  • Bassem

    Greatness, madness a lot of fun today! 1 2 3 vive Algerie, Congrats to all of you around the world from the Netherlands. A Tunisian brother that couldn’t find decent words for the flag of Egypte that was shown after Cote d’Ivory scored there second goal. But ALLAH SWT is swiftly with punishment. Please let Egypte win from Cameroon and you fuck them up again!

  • Adnane

    What a fantastic game. I am thrilled, I have never seen in my lifetime(I am 25) an Algerian team play as well.

    Thanks to the team for those fantastic feelings. You made us very proud and happy.

  • Nazim Guendil

    We just made 77 Million Egyptian cry LOL…A big team? We ain’t got $h*t to prove to you guys!!!!!! WE beat the BEST team of the tournament….we beat the REAL tournament favorite!

    As fas as all the excitement about the semis and how every Egyptian is calling Choubir and asking about the Algeria vs Egypt semis final game….You really should listen to him. You still have to beat Cameroon…You’re not there yet!

    I expect every Egyptian and his mother to congratulate us and show some respect…but we both know you’re spitting blood right now. You must be living a nightmare…Plz don’t congratulate us ha ha We know we’re much bette than you ;)

    And if….IF…(huge if….you do indeed beat Cameroon, we’ll make sure we spank you AGAIN!!!!! We own you!!!!!!

    77 Million Egyptian are having heart burn tonight….Sleep well and don’t forget to repeat after us: 1,2,3 VIVA l’Algerie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXFLqdAIEJk&feature=related

  • Hisham

    Bassem.. Passing insults towards a whole nation because of the actions of a few is small. You’ll see there are many Egyptians here congratulating Algeria in good spirits. Take your stupid remarks and go join the other hatefull idiots somewhere else. Every time things go well between the two countries, some idiot comes along and lights it up again!

  • Bahaa

    ya shabab mabrook…. I don’t know what your coach said to your players but masha Allah …. I didn’t think your team was that good but I am man enough to admit when I’m wrong… Your team didn’t sit back and play defence they didn’t give up when they were down twice…. They not only beat ivory coast they could have easily scored two more goals and against one of the best teams in the world that’s right ivory coast is not only an African powerhouse it’s also one of the best teams in the world they are better than any team in your world cup group yes that includes England if your guys stay like this you can easily win that group…. As far as the Acn you have to be one of the favorites to win it all along with Egypt …. I’m excited about the possibility inshalla of a rematch in the semifinals……. I take my hat off very impressive…. Basem grow up

  • Hisham

    No Nazim. Egyptians congratulating Algeria here are doing so on their own free accords. You and Bassem certainly won’t change that. Go ahead show what little class you have. :-)

    Anyway… hopefully Egypt makes it tomorrow and we can have a good game in the semi finals.

    Tahya al Jaza’ir and Tahya Masr

  • Another Moe

    Excellent Bahaa, I am glad to see that part of you that recognize quality when it sees it. I hope for Egypt to beat Cameroon and we’ll have a rematch where may the best team win and goes on to lift the African cup….

  • abd

    I am also happy about most of the Egyptians reation, they where positive and congratulated us. very good step.

  • Nazim Guendil

    Hisham and Bahaa …again, nothing personal as usual ;)

    I would send some Pepto to all Egyptians calling the talk shows…little class? It’s fine ;) I hope the most classless motherf***r on Earth if that means we win every game this way.

    “IF” you do beat Cameroon…then EVERYONE know (I’m on the record) that you’ll be back to your old ways ha ha We both know that…but it deels damn good right now so we ain’;t worried about your sorry a$$es.

    Watching some of the reactions in Egypt, this fake humility ain’t fooling anybody.

    listen carefully ’sir’: WE DON’T NEED YOU TO VALIDATE OUR WIN OR OUR STATUS. WE KNEW FULLY THAT WE WERE BETTER, WE KNEW FULLY THE MEANING OF THE WORD: POWERHOUSE (still laughing at this ha ha).

    Hopefully, you can beat Cameroon because God forbids you crash out so early? I will be damned ha ha Hold on, if you do, does that mean you’re a minnow? a second tier team? An aging squad? Oh my!

    you see…every Algerian knows that you would be coming from the woodwork congratulating us…so we ain’t buying but I do conquer though…Congratulation TO US! You damn right guys!

    Like a a famous writer sad it so well, Everyone in Egypt wants to be our friend now, where were you a month ago though?

    We parked the bus, we were ‘cowards’, our supporters were the ’scum of the earth’…’French players calling themselves Algerians’….YES, we’ve heard it all, we endured every second of it while our heritage, our football and most importantly our people were made fun of.

    So, I don’t have much sympathy…no we don’t. As a matter of fact I do remember all your posts and it’s fine…Nothing personal (these are the rule of the game)….so forgive me if I don’t give a flip about your opinion and what you think of us.

    DONT GET ME WRONG, THESE ARE JUST FOOTBALL GAMES, WE BOTH KNOW THAT, BUT WE WERE CHAMPIONS WAY BEFORE WE BEAT THE IVORY COAST…WE WERE CHAMPIONS WAY BEFORE WE BEAT YOU IN SUDAN. 35 MILLION WERE BORN ALL CHAMPIONS!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Bahaa

    nazim your wrong on both accounts first of all most Egyptians were actually rooting for Algeria not because they love Algeria but because they want to play them again….as far favorites for the tournament….ivory coast may have been one of the favorites before the tournament started but after the first game when they tied with burkina faso the minnows of their group and Egypt destroyed Nigeria the clear favorites at that point was Egypt and after the group stage was over and Egypt earned their 9 points scoring 7 goals and allowing one despite starting their bench in the third game egypt them became the undisputed favorites to win an unpresidented third championship in a row…… You beat a great team today you should be proud you have looked really bad before this win…..depite ivory coasts poor firm so far this tournament beating and dominating ivory coast the way you did puts you among the best in Africa rather than gloat and throw our congratulations in our face you should be thankfull and wishful that the team that showed up today is the team you really are not the team of. The last three games……. Win gracefully my friend the tournament is not over

  • Bahaa

    thanks moe thanks abd hopefuly we meet each other you really looked good

  • Hany

    Great game, great win, congratulations my friends. Nazim maybe if you’re not obssessed with us you’ll have a clear mind and think with it. I can assure not even ONE Egyptian cried because of 2 points. 1) Now we have a chance to avenge our loss in the WCQ. 2) We beat Ivory Coast 3 times in the last 4 years, once including a 4-1 drubbing in Ghana, so why would we care whether you beat them or not?
    Nazim and Bassem, you both have no class. And no Ivory Coast isn’t the “BEST” team in the tournament, WE are. Good Luck.

  • Bahaa

    Nazim g… My god boy do you have some kind of inferiority complex or something. We are here as gentlemen congradulating you on a good game…. Key word my friend game. You have played four games in the first three you looked like a very average team. Even if you don’t admit it you know it’s the truth. Your team had a great game against a great team that has not really played great. Ivory coast may have been one of the ore tournament favorites but a tie against burkina and a loss to Algeria show that clearly the elephants were not in top form. I also watched tv and heard many Egyptian callers most of them were congradulating Algeria and looking forward to a re-match….. Nazim I just want you to put things in perspective ….. Is Algeria now a great team because they beat ivory coast a great team that hasn’t been great so far this tournament? I let you answer that. Nazim your in the semi final if you want to be treated like a great team a powerhouse then don’t act like you just won the championship…. Because you haven’t . I’m not sure if you know how it works . You have to win two more games before your champions. Making it the semi finals finally gives your team something they have been lacking and that’s respectability . But I’m sorry my friend it doesn’t give u any championship you have to earn that. As far as insults there have been plenty thrown by both sides….masrieli harameya welad el rakasa….. Making fun of our brave soldiers who battled the isreali alongside many algerians I may add….. Nazim brother I don’t know you I don’t know how old you are all this hate it’s not worth it….. It’s a soccer game I want to beat your team you want to beat mine… There have been many bad things said against both of us…. Chances are we will be meeting in the semi finals if course I think we will beat you team especially since they have confidence now and will play us more open like they did the elephants …… I’m sure you think that we will probably beat Cameroon and meet your team as well…..I’m sure you expect your boys to win….that’s ok .. . There is nothing wrong with supporting your team and trash talking with the opponent but let’s let the personal stuff go….my country is better that your country no my people are better than your people……. We are all the same nazim we love our families we want the best fir our children we want to live in peace and prosperity…..please don’t let the media manipulate you and make you a puppet…. There are ignorant people on both sides and there are great people on both sides.. . Stick to soccer my brother…..shit talk all you want but please keep it to soccer

  • Bahaa

    tell me nazim… I was rooting fir Algeria yesterday because I wanted a re-match will you be supporting Egypt today for the same reason or would you rather us get knocked out and you play Cameroon insteaad?

  • Nazim Guendil

    Hi Bahaa …Glad to see you both are doing well.

    Bahaa- You went all mushy on me above…I almost wasted a tear there ;) but then I regained my composure and moved on LOL Com’on Bahaa we know each other better than that by now.

    Hani- Obsessed? Hmmmm…Let’s see, I am Algerian posting in the Algerian portion of the blog. Now, you’re Egyptian posting more often in the Algerian part of the blog than the Egyptian one LOL Now I am sure both Bahaa and Moe are very smart and sharp individuals and I frankly don’t want to insult their intelligence here but I am fairly positive that it doesn’t take Sherlock Holmes to figure out who is obsessed with who….who’s stalking who ha ha

    Bahaa, who I would be rooting for? Com’on Bahaa, you’re a powerhouse, the best team in the continent and the tournament favs! (We both must be watching different networks LOL)…How can you possibly lose? Plus, your entire tournament seems to evolve around the idea of beating Algeria so it has to be….it’s destiny, isn’t it? LOL

    P.S. A very friendly advice…stop thinking about your semis….just play your quarter final first. The pressure is on you pal ;)

  • abd

    Let the pilgrim to Angola begin!!

  • Nazim Guendil

    I don’t think it will be much of a pilgrim to be honest. Geographically, it ain’t Sudan for both countries and let’s face it while both team would LOVE to win the game, the magnitude is much less (it ain’t the WC qualifiers). I think and hope it will get back to the way it was supposed to be to begin with (i.e. Football…just football)

  • Nazim Guendil

    Bahaa (and every Egyptian in here…seems you guys are out numbering the Algerians here LOL).I know you were struggling to understand the word ‘lucky’. There it was, did you finally understand? I think you referred to our football team using that word…or something in that sort…I can’t really remember. Lucky, is when the other team play better than you but you outscore them with a ‘goal’ that didn’t actually cross the line ha ha.Do you realize how hilarious this is? Dominating doesn’t mean winningç Now you really struggle with that principle (among many others to be honest but I’m in a good mood so I’ll cut you some slag)

    Inferiority complex? Not so much LOL Looking at your achievements, it’s hard to develop any complex for that matter…Please don’t flatter yourself ha ha

    I read the term ‘Avenge’ above…..erm? We’re going to the world cup and you’re not Ha ha ha What’s there to avenge? Actually come to think of it even if we do meet in the next qualifiers for the next world cup. It still won’t be the FIRST World Cup to be held in the African Continent so there is no way you can avenge anything.

    Every pundit in Britain or elsewhere described last night game as the best of the tournament. Everyone thought the Ivory Coast was the tournament fav…but you can believe whatever you want though…it’s entertaining ha ha. So you see. We don’t need to prove anything to you.

    As far as Every Egyptian wanting Algeria to win…Please don’t insult our intelligence. 77 millions and their ancestors probably were praying to God for us to crash out so please have some respect for yourself, will ya! We all watched snippets of some of the Egyptian channels, we all heard the callers rushing to call the hotlines…we all heard the commentary. At some point, I really thought everyone in Egypt needed to be resuscitated? Everyone was pale. everyone seemed to struggle to breathe in LMAO

    As far as the argument that this is just a football game. I think that argument became void about over two months ago LOL Another thing that needs to be rectified is that this was just a bunch of Hooligans and the entire thing was an isolated incident. I have read that in more than one occasion coming from you guys and I would like to put a stop to all this ’cause it’s annoying LOL

    You should pay closer attention to what followed the stoning incident (Still struggling to use the term ‘stoning’ to be honest in this modern era)…Algerian students being kicked out of Egyptian so called universities…Algerian citizens prosecuted everywhere in Egypt…Our ambassador and his family besieged by a bunch of thugs in Cairo because of a football game…wasn’t aware that a sovereign nation like ‘Egypt’ allows this type of behavior to take place…I am appalled. At no point do I recall your football team or your embassy being attacked by anyone? As a matter of fact your embassy (during the whole saga) was the most protected spot in all of Algiers as protected as the presidential palace!? So you see my friend, it’s really the aftermath rather than the actual incident (which is despicable in itself)

    Now that we’ll play each other in the semis. I will bet you anything that your real face is going to come out again, the truce was simply because you were a little worried that you weren’t going to make it even to the semis. That’s the only reason you lot calmed down a little LOL Mark my word…The comments are going to be much worse and your cockiness will go up a notch. We both know where this cockiness led you last time though, should we dare? Twice? A slow learner always needs the teacher to stay late and give him more than one example ;)

    P.S. Hi Bahaa, there wasn’t anything personal earlier so I am little confused as to your comment. I don’t mind the trash talk or the banter whether it’s political, social or about football. If you do though, I will stop this immediately but I really don’t take anything you say personally or seriously. I would leave out any historical, background and personal attacks (most importantly) out of this forum though, Name calling and personal attacks doesn’t exactly suit my age group LOL . All my digs are never directed to the individual in question. I won’t respond to the ‘age’ reference but as an ‘FYI’ I am old enough to differentiate right from wrong J I hope you enjoyed the game and the win where have you been following the games?

  • abd

    That’s what we first thought about Sudan, but eventually more then 15000 Algerians made it to Khartoum.

    Rouraoua promised that the government will be sending planes of fans, for the semi final. Especially with Egypt qualifying there is no room for mistake now, let’s all focus now and forget cote d’ivoire .

  • Nazim Guendil

    It’ll be nice if we beat them without any fans LOL I bet you on Thursday, it will be something else…the pitch, our fans or even our formations (park the bus they say? Aren’t we one of the rare teams that apply a 3-5-2 formation?? We do anything but park the bus LOL) It’s one thing to park the bus, it’s a different thing when you score then you park it (The whole point of the game…erm….stop the opposition from scoring LMAO

    Abd, I would love it if we send our fans like we did in Sudan (There will be spanking on and away from the pitch ;) but all jokes aside, I doubt it will be the same….for both us and Egypt actually. I don’t think either government will ‘invest’ too much in this game this time around…The media and us (The supporters) will have a feast though (on TV and online)!

  • Nazim Guendil

    I actually paid $8 to watch the game yesterday! Well worth it :)

  • Bahaa

    Nazim my friend it’s amazing how bitter you are? I recall you being a regular in the Egyptian blog untill all you political hate and rants got you kicked out. As far as me being on your blog I was invited by both uthman and kazi. … I think for the most part since I’m a guest in your blog I have been respectful. Guys I understand the excitement you finally had a great game against a big team ivory coast…… Although to put things in perspective ivory coast has underperformed this tournament. I complimented you and congratulated you perhaps your arrogance is a bit premature. Who is the real Algerian team? The team that dominated ivory coast yesterday or the team that has looked pathetic the previous 5 games? I don’t know? Does yesterdays great outing erase that pathetic record I’ll let you decide actually my friend this semi final game is much bigger than the Sudan game…. This third world thinking that qualifying to the world cup is bigger than winning the African championship is stupid small people thinking……. Nazim I’m sorry if my saying we should keep it to soccer brought a tear to your eye…….. As far as stoning there was ignorant idiots stoning on both sides….. As far as luck you have been very lucky antars lucky goal despite barely touching the ball in Sudan …wierd caf rule to qualify to the quarters. Our third goal today may not have been legit I agree thank god we won by two goals so dome idiot doesn’t say we were lucky……LOL …..don’t forget hassans own goal.. I’m expecting a 3-0 thrashing inshalla…..what do you think? I think your boys after that great game against ivory coast might actually play an open game against us. If that happens look out….. Good luck guys nazim and nazim come guys get over the hate……

  • Sufyan

    Hani… avenging your loss in the WCQ? Even if you win 1-0, you could never avenge a WCQ loss in the African Cup. Since you have a 17-game win streak in the African Cup and your last loss in it was to Algeria, then maybe that’s something you can avenge…

    Our team is getting better by the game. 0-3 malawi, 1-0 mali, qualifying from group stage, 3-2 ivory coast. Next is you masriyeen. I think this should be a fairly easy win… because our team is now the best it has ever been since we beat Germany in the World Cup 2-1.

    123 Viva L’Algerie!

  • abd

    Here is what I think of Thursday’s Battle:

    It’s gonna be a chilla, and a killa, and a thriller, when we get the masri in Benguela !!!

    VIVA ELDJAZAIRE!

  • Nazim Guendil

    Oh Bahaa…Dear Bahaa….Even a broken clock seems to be right twice a day ha ha can’t say much about your posts above though…Broken indeed…..very broken ha ha

    You complemented us? I beg your pardon? You couldn’t post one single post JUST congratulating us without implying in more than a DOZEN times that the Ivory Coast is a team in decline…that they were underperforming. It must have given you nightmares, hasn’t it? I mean the thought that you finally had to congratulate a better team? Or at least ‘appear’ to….It was so apparent that you rushed and posted that minutes after the game LOL

    Now Mr Bahaa, dear friend, wasn’t the Ivory Coast actually more of a serious competitor compared to Cameroon? Doesn’t the ivory coast line up contain more professional footballers than most African teams…They don’t play for ‘second tier’ teams either (Trying to speak your language…sorry LOL). They don’t exactly play for Mimosas and Africa Sport. They play for the likes of Chelsea, Barca, Valancia, Man City, Arsenal, Marceille…..Frankly, as far as Cameroon are concerned, you negate Geremi and Eto who both had an awful game than you’re left with a very average team at best (Speaking your language again LOL I am getting better at this)

    Small thinking mentality….Hmmmm….let’s ask anyone in here or on the Egyptian part of the blog which win would they rather have the world cup one or the African cup?
    EVERYONE would opt for the World Cup, are you on medication? Of course, being the sore losers that you guys are….now that you’re eliminated of the world cup, this African cup suddenly becomes a HUGE deal for you guys…Of course Bahaa, you don’t have anything to play for my firend…there is always Al Ahly vs Zameleck I guess ha ha It’ll be your little world cup, except there is only you guys in it LMAO

    Bahaa, you’re confusing apples and oranges….YOU’RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO JOIN IN THE CONVERSATION!!!! You’re entitled to your opinion as much as anyone in here (including myself) and yes, to the most part, you’ve been fairly polite I must admit. Not very knowledgeable, extremely irrational and biased but polite. As far as the Egyptian part of the blog comment…Bahaa, my friend, The ONLY Algerian that are allowed on your side of the blog are the one that agree with you and the Egyptian mainstream. Plus, Tamin (who the last time I checked) was the admin and the mod seems to post his opinion more than you and I combined ha ha You can see how minimal Omar’s intervention are…I bet you never even heard his opinion…That’s a brilliant mod…just like a referee in football, if you don’t see them it means they are having an excellent game LOL Plus I don’t care about you guys to check on you that often ha ha…wish this was true for you guys ;)

    “As far as luck you have been very lucky antars lucky goal despite barely touching the ball in Sudan …wierd caf rule to qualify to the quarters.” I won’t answer this because I think you’re getting tired…your arguments are becoming irrational LOL and border line delusional (At this point I am a little worried for the heath of my old online friend rather than anything)

    CAF Rules? Didn’t someone already correct you on this Bahaa….The CAF rules have been used else where and were this way before this CAF….Bahaa, my friend…you’re getting very sloppy reading what people tell you.

    3-0…..I agree with you Bahaa…I still think you can manage to score one though ;)

  • Hany

    Nazim, obsession is when you don’t celebrate but think about another country that is supposedly “crying” because you won. You can’t stop talking about us or making fun or being bitter. I’m not gonna reply to your long post because I’d much rather be doing something useful than read such a long bitter and absolutely pointless hope talking about us being Lucky? How can we be lucky? did you even watch the match? did Hadary have any miracle save or something? they had half chances while we could’ve scored at least 6 goals if it wasn’t for Meteeb.
    And no I’m not obsessed with Algeria and I’m on an Algerian blog to talk to respectful people like Kazi and Uthman and wish them luck and congratulate them when Algeria win. I just happen to bump into bitter idiots like you along the way with your pathetic posts. How come you’re crying and pulling your hair out for the third goal that did not cross the line but not a single mention about the correct goal Ivory Coast scored yesterday you hypocrite? and if you noticed we all came here yesterday, congratulated you and nobody talked about the incorrectly disallowed goal because we have class, we know you deserved the win so we congratulated you.
    Sufyan, don’t even try undermining the next match’s importance, if we win we will get some much needed closure for what happened in the qualifiers. Good Luck and Peace.

  • Nazim Guendil

    Hany? That’s your answer????? Seriously, that was it? Calling me an ‘idiot’? Well done sunshine…That’s the best you could come up with? Well, politeness has never been Egypt’s forty I suppose ;) - Give a rock to an Egyptian and they will know exactly what to do with it (I was referring to building the pyramids of course….oh cr@p, you used slaves for that so it wasn’t even you)

    Oh, thanks for clarifying the word ‘obsession’ to me…So let me try this, please? (I am so excited to use it for the first time) …here we go numb nuts: “I am Egyptian and I am so obsessed with Algeria, Algerians and their national team that my entire life evolves around Thursday game” Was that the correct use?

    How about this one though: “Obsession is…..erm…we’re going to the world cup and your sorry, stoke throwing, cocky a$$es aren’t’’ How about this one genius? LMAO

    Whether we win or lose on Thursday you’re still not going to South Africa ha ha ha I don’t think you got the memo…poor thing? I am sure your Egyptian news papers are probably telling you otherwise…You’re still waiting for FIFA, aren’ you? Ha ha

    Hani, I am sorry for teasing you…I just realized that you might be actually mentally challenged and thus the gibberish you posted above…sorry mate. Hope you get better son…

    P.S. Don’t even try to bring KAZI and Uthman into this LOL They have their views and opinions and I respect them…We all respect each other. We just sometimes have ‘different’ views.

  • Bahaa

    ivory coast played three gamesa tie with borkina faso a win against Ghana a loss to Algeria ……would you say that’s an in form ivory coast.. …? On the other hand Egypt. Beat Nigeria the team with the most English premier legue starters in Africa 4 wins in 4 games 10 goals scored 2 goals against can anyone say POWERHOUSE…….. Talk to me baby…

  • Hany

    Nazim, you really need to grow up. It’s painfully obvious you have issues with Egyptians. Envy is killing you inside and I really feel sorry for you :)

  • Nazim Guendil

    Bahaa,

    Ha ha ha Oh my God you crack me up…we’re talking EPL now??? (I think every Algerian in here can teach you about the premiership)

    Mikel John Obi is the only player who actually plays for a team worth mentioning LOL Actually Mikel has been getting some playing time mainly because of Michael Essien’s injury LOL He’s far from being a regular in Chelski to begin with LOL (I have lots of respect for the lad but he ain’t world class)

    As far the rest of the Nigerian squad…Spurs, Everton, Bolton and Fulham ha ha It’s not exactly Man United, Arsenal, Man City or any of the top four of the premiership.

    Last time I checked, almost everyone on the stating eleven of the Ivory Coast played for a team in the Champions league.

    But don’t worry I am sure many Nigerian players played the Carling cup ha ha

    Back atcha sweetheart…hit me.

  • Nazim Guendil

    Hani, yeppers…envy to go to the World Cup….hmmm…HOLD ON! we already beat you and are actually going to the World Cup :)

    Then it must be envy for….hmmm……qualifying for the semis? HOLD ON, we already done that :)

    …..Hmmm………..I GOT IT!!!!!!!!! It must envy for to stuff you with three (Like Bahaa predicted it ha ha)…Oh Cr@p! WE ALREADY DID THAT IN BLIDA!!!

    Painfully obvious? Man! you must a PI or a detective ha ha….I don’t reckon I was trying to be subtile?! What a genius….Sorry keep forgetting about your disability…sorry mate!

    Hani- Take a nap son…..

  • Hany

    Your comments ooze with bitterness, envy and I just recently noticed insecurity, keep ‘em coming boy.

    P.S: Very good reply in your last post, and I’m sure everyone who started watching football “1″ year ago would find it a fascinating reply as well.

  • abo we 3am we 7′al el kooora

    خلى المونديال ينفعكو , سايبين بلدكو بتولع و فرحانين بالمونديال و كمان بتولعو فى نفسكم من الغيظ و الكره لمصر, ارحمو نفسكم شوية ده مضر لصحتكم و سلملى على جنوب افريقيا (: (:
    just one hint for algerians
    you make us happy with your comments go on please

  • tiziouzienne

    ona fé un match de ouf !!!
    mtn, on accéptera de pérdre contre tt lé ékip du monde sof l’égypte! il fo la battre,ona pa oublié skil ns on fé,jamé ! alors ts dériére lé vert pr battre lé égyptiens !! sa va étre tré cho ce jeudi,nchallah la victoire te3 na ya reb ! vive lalgérie……….

  • Nazim Guendil

    My comments will soon ooze validity and pity for you guys I reckon LOL

    P.S. still scratching my head about the ‘bitterness’ comment ha ha There must be another tournament you qualified for that we are envying you for…Could it be a computer game maybe? Or is it just a fantasy of yours? They have special pills for that you know?

    How is the nap working our for you Einstein?

  • Nazim Guendil

    Thanks Tiziouzienne fpr your input…I just read that also…and to a certain degree I agree with it….it’s really well-put.

    “”Quelle belle image que celle d’un grand Didier Drogba étreignant amicalement Halliche après l’avoir bousculé ! Quelle belle sportivité d’un Vahid Halilhodzic reconnaissant que les Fennecs étaient plus forts que les Eléphants ! C’est cela la marque de grands champions qui savent garder leur sang-froid même dans des moments les plus pénibles. Il est à espérer que l’on assistera jeudi à un beau match de football. Sans plus. Mais un match tout de même nocif pour les âmes sensibles. A bon entendeur!”"

  • bahaa

    Nazim I have already said you guys did a great job against Ivory coast. But thats not enough for you> You have to turn Ivory coast into the best team in Africa… Sorry my friend they are not. That is we are. Not by a little we are the clear and undisputed best team in Africa now and have been for the last 6 years…. Man look at us… 4 game 4 wins 10 goals 2 conceaded 5 of our top players not available. We pluck new player all they do is continue to dominate. so far we have beaten 2 WC bound teams before this thing is over we will have defeated 4 of the world cup bound teams inshalla… My god my friend even you a hardline Egypt hater has to admit how impressive we are…. Are you not man enough to do that? It doesn’t make you small to say Egypt is clearly the most dominant team in Africa it actually makes you a bigger man and most of all it makes you honest… when you say Egypt sucks it just makes you seem stupid… I am man enough to say Algeria was better than i thought why cant you do the same… Boy you are blinded by hate and its a one sided hate because we don’t hate you… we may hate some of the things you say about us and some of your fans actions and instigations but we don’t hate Algerians or algeria… Grow up

  • bahaa

    Nazim what you don’t get is that winning an African cup is a much bigger achievment than qaulifying to the world cup. That is third world thinking. We watched TOGO and Angola last time. This time we will be watching Algeria.There qualification did nothing for them nor will your do anything for you…. Since we already have back to back championships us making it to the wolrd cup would have been huge for us epsecially since we can play and beat any team in the world(see Brazil, Italy) we could have done something. But for your team or Angoal or Togo just making it to the world cup really isn’t that big a deal. you’ll play your three games say you went to the wolrld cup and come back….. Champioships my friend its about champioships not just appearaces…. Good luck my friend

  • bahaa

    Please play an open game against us please I’m begging you… at least 3-0 if you do.

  • Nazim Guendil

    Bahaa- My favorite Egyptian player in yesterday’s game was Geremi the one who scored the clincher ;) He had one of the most beautiful back passes I have seen in a long time ;) the third goal was also beautiful…I loved the fact that it was clear cut goal, you know? No debate!….Screw all these doubters always hating on Egypt. What did Egypt ever do to them (or thier football team, or their supporters…or their bus LOL)

    Well deserved win, the best in the continent won. I say The Fair Play award 2009 should go to Egypt and its supporter…top notch class! :)

  • Nazim Guendil

    Bahaa- On a serious note and all sarcasm aside (You know how much I enjoy correcting every time, so that your fantasy world comes crashing down every time) but in all seriousness, isn’t the whole point of football to score and to stop the other team from scoring? You demonstrate a total lack of technical knowledge…Yes, we’re talking trash and it’s just pure banter like I mentioned before….but you seem to be missing the point here?
    We scored against you in Sudan, didn’t we? You had the opportunity to win the game, didn’t you? You couldn’t score in 45 minutes, could you? The opportunity was there for the talking, wasn’t it?

    This is how it works with Egyptians: in order for the game to be open, Egypt has to win…I am sure if you lose, you’ll blame it on global warming LMFAO

    The game on Thursday is more important than the world cup,…erm….how shall I answer this without insulting his intelligence…..erm…..””NO IT’S NOT”” ha ha

    The only reason it’s more important than the world cup is because you will be watching us playing Rooney, Lampard, Terry et al on your TV screens…you’ll also watch us singing 1,2,3 Viva L’Algerie while our team plays in South Africa….No one gives a flip about Thursday…I mean don’t get me wrong, we’ll still spank you on Thursday ha ha

  • Hany

    Bahaa this guy is a hopeless case, just ignore him, I wish more people like Kazi,Uthman and to an extent Adnane were in here, those that actually use their brains and aren’t insecure freaks like Nazim. His hate and bitterness are hilarious. I really feel sorry for him. He’s not worth a reply my friend.
    Keep ‘em coming Nazim ;)

  • bahaa

    Nazim you forgot Hassans own goal…I guess it was an oversite on your part….LOL… Actually we had a beautiful open game against brazil but we lost.

    As far as the world cup I know we’ll be watching you like we watched angola and togo 4 years ago… .. You will be playing rooney from england playing the usa and sloveina take some nice photos and go home… I hope you have a nice vacation…

    Nazim all kidding aside why are you so bitter against Egypt why this inferiority complex?You guys are good too habibi don’t feel bad about yourself… Its ok. the algerian team is the best team in the whole wide world ok habibi and Algerian fans are the most gracious hospitable people on earth… they never ever throw stones ok baba… matez3als habibi heyyy

  • bahaa

    I said winning the ACN is a bigger achivement than qualifying to the world cup…. You do understand english don’t you? I didn’t say this game was bigger than playing in the world cup…. Togo and Angola played in the last world cup do you think either would ever win the ACN? I think Not sorry…. Slovenia made it to the world cup do you thin they could win their continents Champiosnship I think not….. Open you mind…. 5 teams quailify for the world cup only one wins the champioship… that what I’m comparing …. Not playing a game here and a game there…

  • bahaa

    your right Hany… he just doesn’t get it… he really thinks the Algerian team the same team that got destroyed by malawi a couple of games ago is better than egypt and this game against ivory coast just gave him amnesia he only remembers that win nothing else….

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