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5 hours ago, RandoEFC said:

In the last two games Mané has missed two penalties, scored a penalty and two other goals.

I don't think he's got a great penalty record, so I'm surprise he still takes their penalties

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Egypt forward Mohamed Salah could miss the hosts' Africa Cup of Nations last-16 tie with South Africa after sitting out of training on Thursday.

Salah, who has had a cold, was told by Egypt coach Javier Aguirre not to "worsen his condition" by training.

The Liverpool forward has scored two goals in his side's three group games.

His absence in Cairo would be a blow for the seven-time champions, who have been criticised at home despite winning all three games without conceding.

Many Egyptians feel that the current team is a shadow of the side which won three successive tournaments between 2006 and 2010.

Meanwhile, South Africa boss Stuart Baxter believes it would be a "national disaster" for Egypt if the hosts were beaten by his side.

Bafana Bafana, who qualified in the final spot reserved for the four best third-placed sides, scored just once in an unimpressive group stage campaign.

"The fact that we're playing against the home nation is inspiring," said Baxter.

"Knowing the Egyptian people, knowing their passion for football, knowing their expectations are very high, knowing that they have some great players, I believe that the pressure would be more on them.

South Africa's only victory in the tournament came against neighbours Namibia in a narrow 1-0 win, but Baxter says his side will "quietly believe we can cause an upset".

"We know that we will have to play very, very well because this is a good Egyptian team and they will have massive support," he added.

"It's our job to bring maybe some frustration. If we can do that and the crowd become a little bit impatient, the players will feel that on the field."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48809160

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Bounedjah should have put Algeria in front but missed, then a few minutes later he played a key part as Youcef Belaili opened the scoring with some great play down the left.

1-0 to Algeria approaching half time.

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38 minutes ago, ...Dan said:

Bounedjah should have put Algeria in front but missed, then a few minutes later he played a key part as Youcef Belaili opened the scoring with some great play down the left.

1-0 to Algeria approaching half time.

And Mahrez makes it 2-0. Looks like Algeria are safely through to the next round.

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8 hours ago, Stick With Azeem said:

Yeah they pretty much play the same way as that African team that won the world cup in Russia 

Being black doesn't mean you're African whereas being born and raised in France does mean you're French or at least a big part of you is.

Basically, you're racist. :coffee:

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Just now, 6666 said:

Being black doesn't mean you're African whereas being born and raised in France does mean you're French or at least a big part of you is.

Basically, you're racist. :coffee:

Didn't a lot of these players were born in their home countries ?

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Just now, Stick With Azeem said:

Didn't a lot of these players were born in their home countries ?

A lot of the big players for Algeria were born and raised in France. Mahrez, Brahimi, Feghouli, Bennacer, etc.

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