Five African nations reach first World Cup

[Modern-poli]

Togo, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Angola and Tunisia,

http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/st ... =10/8/2005

Dude, I heard that Nigeria and my other favorite group Cameroon didn't qualify.

But, Angola is the biggest surprise to me for sure.

[I-Think-You-Like-Me]

da portoguese peeps be sayin dat 3 portuguese teams is participating in dis world cup: brazil, angola and portugal. odd init.

[Modern-poli]

Togo defeated Senegal, i'm not very happy about that. I guess we will have to see, how these new african teams do, i can't wait.

Hey, do you guys know why Africa has only 5 spots when europe gets 10?

[Beenaale_No1]

I think the surprising team will be Ghana, they got Appiah (Fenerbache) and Essien (Chelsea) in the midfield, plus that dude up front. Cameroun messed themselves up big time.

[Globetrotter-]

First world cup???? Tunisia was there before.

[TZ Somali]

[quote="Modern-poli"]Togo, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Angola and Tunisia,

http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/st ... =10/8/2005

Dude, I heard that Nigeria and my other favorite group Cameroon didn't qualify.

But, Angola is the biggest surprise to me for sure.[/quote]

nigeria days long gone sahib..too much in fight gave way to their poor performance..i fink is good angola unlike others will have time on the world stage atleast they will offer an alternative football style compared to the usual style of cameroon, nigeria and moroco that will have got aquinted with....

[Beenaale_No1]

Except for Tunisia, the other 4 African teams are new to the world cup. The usual team, Nigeria, Cameroun & Morocco didnt qualify.

And I never rated Senegal, it was all hype. Look at El Hadji Diouf now, plays for an English mid-table club, Bolton. And he was their best player apparently

Angola, Ivory Coast & Togo are just there to make the numbers up. I cant see them goin throu. Ghana could, but it depends on what group they'll be in.

[Modern-poli]

[quote="Beenaale_No1"]Except for Tunisia, the other 4 African teams are new to the world cup. The usual team, Nigeria, Cameroun & Morocco didnt qualify.

And I never rated Senegal, it was all hype. Look at El Hadji Diouf now, plays for an English mid-table club, Bolton. And he was their best player apparently

Angola, Ivory Coast & Togo are just there to make the numbers up. I cant see them goin throu. Ghana could, but it depends on what group they'll be in.[/quote]

The problem with Senegal is that they still use the old dudes, there are many young guys that are ready to play. The same thing killed the Germans last time. Germany was pretty good for a while, but all their players were in their 40's, 2 old.