Togo was too good for Tunisia

The Togolese national team is now in the quarter finals

After the game last night, Emmanuel Adebayor and his solders showed that they can go all the way and win the Afcon tournament. Togo and Tunisia played 1-1 draw last night at Mbombela Stadium. 

However, the Togolese managed to advance to the quarter finals after they were leading Tunisia with one goal different. 

All teams are on four points, but one goal different was too good to earn Togo a space in the second stage of the tournament.

People were making allegations that the referee was not fair on that night, but the Togolise didn’t let any referee’s decision to get in their way to the quarter finals. 

Same think that Tunisia was lucky to be awarded a penalty that night. The referee gave Tunisia two penalties in that game, which same think were not supposed to be given.  

“Those penalties were the so called ‘soft penalties’, Tunisia was lucky to get those penalties. If you were looking the game, you will agree with me when I say Togo was denied two fair penalties” said a  fun.

Togo was the last team to qualify to the quarter finals to meet the other seven teams that had already qualified. 

Here are the quarter  finals fixtures!!!

Teams                                 Time Date                       Venue

South Africa VS Mali            02-02-13 20:30               Durban         

Ghana VS Cape Verde        02-02-13 17:00               Port Elizabeth   

Burkina Faso VS Togo         03-02-13 20:30               Nelspruit              

Cote d'Ivoire VS Nigeria.      03-02-13 17:00               Rustenburg

Bafana Bafan in the quarter finals

Finally, Bafana Bafana have managed to qualify to the quarter finals after many years.

It was one of the group that many thought will be a walk free for Bafana Bafana and Morocco, but thinks where not as expected.  

A draw was good enough to earn Bafana a place in the quarter finals, after the managed to get full four point from their first two games. 

Their draw against Morocco was the reason why they are on top of group A for the first time after some years.

The tournament newcomers, Cape Verde, were one of the underdogs. However, Tubarões Azuis (Blue Sharks) as their nickname, managed to reach the second stage of the tournament.

They defeated Angola 2-1 in the last game of the group stages and earned themselves a second spot in group A. 

That led to the two group A favourites, Angola and Morocco, to pack they bags and fly back home to watch the tournament on television.

Other teams that managed to qualify are Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Mali, Ghana and Nigeria. The last year champions, Zambia, are out of the tournament. There are two last games to be played in the group stages that will decide which last team will be in the quarter finals.

Tonight’s games are Algeria vs Ivory Coast at Royal Bafokeng Stadium; and Togo vs Tunisia at Mbombela Stadium. All games will be played at the sometime, which will be 19h00.

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