Rousseau 9,369 Posted February 12 Author Share Posted February 12 I'm pleased to see Ivory Coast win AFCON. What a story it is: got out of their group by a baw hair, sacked their coach, appoint a caretaker, beat Champions Senegal on penalties, beat Mali with a 120+2' minute winner, sneak past DR Congo with a weird looping half-volley from Haller and then utterly dominate a very good Nigeria side in the final. The atmosphere was great at the end. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluedell 5,329 Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 I only watched the final but Ivory Coast were by far the better team on the day. I'd hoped that Nigeria would win for Bassey and Aribo. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill 13,717 Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 International football is almost always soporific and the little I saw of this tournament was well towards the comatose end of the spectrum. How it got the same promotion and coverage as the Euros or the World Cup is questionable. What I saw was rubbish, maybe I was just unlucky. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonzo79 13,597 Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 35 minutes ago, Bill said: How it got the same promotion and coverage as the Euros or the World Cup is questionable. Did it? Only a handful of games were on freeview channels. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill 13,717 Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 1 hour ago, Gonzo79 said: Did it? Only a handful of games were on freeview channels. Seriously? How many people still depend on free to air TV? The fact is every AFCON game was televised live (I think). 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonzo79 13,597 Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Bill said: Seriously? How many people still depend on free to air TV? The fact is every AFCON game was televised live (I think). The Euros and WC are both shown continuously on mainstream channels. I think saying it got the same 'promotion and coverage' as either of those tournaments is quite ridiculous. Edited February 12 by Gonzo79 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill 13,717 Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 Just now, Gonzo79 said: Not quite the same as the Euros or WC, which are both shown continuously on mainstream channels. I think saying it got the same 'promotion and coverage' as either of those tournaments is quite ridiculous. Isn't Sky Sports "mainstream" in your world then? Because I think it's where most people go for football coverage. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonzo79 13,597 Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 It's mainstream for sports, I suppose. You're probably right, I couldn't really escape the wall to wall AFCON coverage and promotion we were subjected to, here in Scotland. It was a veritable deluge, a tsunami, a cacophony. Everywhere I went, all I saw and heard were Victor Osimhen and vuvuzelas. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill 13,717 Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 3 hours ago, Gonzo79 said: It's mainstream for sports, I suppose. You're probably right, I couldn't really escape the wall to wall AFCON coverage and promotion we were subjected to, here in Scotland. It was a veritable deluge, a tsunami, a cacophony. Everywhere I went, all I saw and heard were Victor Osimhen and vuvuzelas. There you are then. Told you. 😉 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
onevision 1,442 Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 and what wrong with the sound of thousands of vuvuzelas going off at once? 😜 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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