Goku de la Boca

Syria are usually a pretty competitive side, they nearly made the WCQ playoffs a few years ago against Australia where the latter had to scrape it, but they still aren't great, I wouldn't call them minnows though.

Syria's starting 9 plays for Alianza Lima. He's actually a very good player and one of the best 9's in Peru but I don't think it's the sort of decent quality Gonzo was referring to in attack.

Syria who have a much better frontline than defence. Sounds like a fun clash that.

It was, but posted by Chelsea’s Spanish social media, which actually makes it worse. No idea if it’s still up.

At home too, fucking hell. Viva international football.

Looks like I was right and wrong at the same time. There are still a lot of low scoring draws which is the norm for AFCON but I was right about the quality looking much, much better than past editions.

How do we tell Chelsea that I don't wake up to an alarm clock with "la Cucaracha"

Sincerely I think it's very likely Qatar retain their title. They've been the best team so far.

In 2019 he was nowhere near as good as he is now, he looks far more developed to a higher standard. Back then it was flashes of talent and he was already on of their better players but he could not win games with just his quality alone.

I am quite behind on European football that I didn't realize Al Tamaari was in France, and it looks like that helped his development. Looks a seriously class player now as opposed to 2019 where it was just raw talent.

I would agree if it was a random weak shot but the power of it made it look better apart from being on target, but I do agree on the goalkeeping. I'm sure he meant it but I don't think he expected it.

Even if the goalkeeping was bad the strike was ridiculously precise for it to fly in like that. It was a proper thunderbastard.

This aged fucking terribly.

Senegal the favourites to win this I reckon. I've been very impressed with their individual and collective game here.

Tanzania are a growing football nation from what I’ve seen, but yeah I still think Morocco will be too much for them.