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Today sees the 2 semi finals in the African Cup of Nations and it is
contested in my opinion by the four best teams on the continent.
The first Semi which kicks off at 17:00 GMT sees hosts Ghana take on
Cameroon.
Ghana won all 3 off their group matches beating Guinea 2-1 thanks to a
late strike from Portsmouth’s Muntari before beating Namibia 1-0 and
Morocco 2-0. In the quarter final they came from a goal down and having
captain Mensah sent off to beat Nigeria 2-1 with the winner coming from
Nottingham Forest striker Junior Agogo.
Coach Otto Pfister has a group of talented players which includes
Chelsea’s Michael Essien who work well as a team and have a very solid
defence which could be the key against a Cameroon side full of goals.
Cameroon are coached by another veteran Claude Le Roy and it will be a
fascinating game to watch between these to master tacticians. Cameroon are
the only side in the Semis to lose a game when Egypt beat them 4-2 in
their first group game, but they followed that disappointment up with wins
against Zambia (5-1) and Sudan (3-0) before overcoming Tunisia 3-2 in
extra time in their quarter final encounter.
With the constant threat of Samuel Eto`o upfront supported by the likes of
Joseph-Desire Job, Geremi and Rigobert and Alex Song the Indomitable Lions
will not be easy to beat and though Ghana can rely on home support I feel
this game could go either way.
The bet I will be having today is +2.5 which is on offer at evens. Ghana
have scored 7 goals in their four matches and conceded 3 but they have not
faced an attacking outfit like Cameroon so far in the competition.
Cameroon have scored 13 goals in 4 matches so far and conceded 7 which for
me would imply that there will be goals in this match, though semi finals
are usually tight affairs this competition so far has been a feast of
football with 84 goals in 28 games at an average of exactly 3 a game and
hopefully this trend will continue.
An early Ghana goal would make this game very interesting as Cameroon
would then have to go forward and leave even more gaps in an already
suspect defence and hopefully that is what we will get.
So for me +2.5 goals at Evens is the bet for me today.
By way of interest in the other Semi final I expect the Ivory Coast to
beat a well organised Egypt side in a very tight game which could well go
to extra time if not penalties. This is a repeat of the 2006 final when
Egypt triumphed on home turf, but the Ivory Coast have been for me the
stand out side in the competition so far and were my anti post bet for the
tournament. I have not seen anything to make me change my opinion of that
fact since but as a betting medium I will avoid the game and just sit back
and enjoy it for once!
Good luck as ever,
Silverfox.
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