savory incident where three of his fellow countrymen were shot dead in Angola.
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takes a lot of courage to get over such an event and no one can accuse Adebayor of not being patriotic. All Adebayor wants is for the Togolese FA to be more professional when dealing with them as players who give all to represent their country.
Coach Gordon Igesund of South Africa
South Africa were never going to win this tournament however people were relieved that unlike the World Cup at least they made it to the quarter final in their own back- yard. However Steven Pienaar’s decision to pull out of this tournament by retiring from International football was a big blow. South Africa were limited with their attacking op- tions and once again fell short as they went out in the quarter final on penalties to Mali.
When Burkina Faso played Nigeria in the first game of group C, little did we know that it would be a precursor to the final game of the tournament as no one expected the Burkinabe to progress that far. Two of their outstanding players were Aristide Bance and Jonathan Pitriopa who was the player of the tournament. This team showed what they were made of in the game against Ghana when Pitriopa was wrongfully sent off against Ghana, yet they still found the strength to see off Ghana on penalties despite some other shocking decisions by the referee.
Nigeria led by Coach Stephen Keshi deserved to win this tournament, as they were the best team over the whole competition despite starting slowly. Keshi who was part of the coaching team that qualified Nigeria for the World Cup in 2002, but was denied the chance of taking them to the World Cup has had to put up with a lot as per the
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