Morocco will not host Africa Cup of Nations - BBC
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deipnosophist
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I was under the impression Nigeria and Ivory Coast might qualify
bizzaro
LOVE GOT JUST THE WAY IT IS #ALWNV
Its a common thing people do when they're trying to emphasise a point they're trying to get across
Sorry I disagree , I rate Copa America higher by a mile.
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Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone are the main Ebola-affected countries.
Yeah the quality is higher but the tournament is worse - they have to invite guest teams to make up the numbers.
Good article by Jonathan Wilson
http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/nov/20/africa-cup-of-nations-nigeria-equatorial-guinea
Although Morocco blamed fears over Ebola, its reasoning remains opaque. Only three countries are so affected by Ebola that they have been unable to play internationals at home: Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea. Sierra Leone and Liberia did not qualify but Guinea, by beating Togo and Uganda in their final two games did. Yet where have Guinea been playing their home games while exiled from Conakry? In Casablanca. Which would seem to suggest Ebola is a threat in a finals tournament but not in qualifiers.
CAF has said Morocco rejected a proposal to ban all travelling fans, but whether that is true or not, how many fans were we actually talking about? CAF, perhaps, has paid for the misinformation it has habitually put about regarding crowds. In Ghana in 2008, it laughably claimed there would be 400,000 additional visits to the country because of the Cup of Nations. A truer figure was probably a few hundred. This time it has finally admitted that it expects fewer than 1,000 travelling fans. Screening the few dozen of them who come from affected areas really should not be beyond the wit of Morocco.
http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/nov/20/africa-cup-of-nations-nigeria-equatorial-guinea
Although Morocco blamed fears over Ebola, its reasoning remains opaque. Only three countries are so affected by Ebola that they have been unable to play internationals at home: Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea. Sierra Leone and Liberia did not qualify but Guinea, by beating Togo and Uganda in their final two games did. Yet where have Guinea been playing their home games while exiled from Conakry? In Casablanca. Which would seem to suggest Ebola is a threat in a finals tournament but not in qualifiers.
CAF has said Morocco rejected a proposal to ban all travelling fans, but whether that is true or not, how many fans were we actually talking about? CAF, perhaps, has paid for the misinformation it has habitually put about regarding crowds. In Ghana in 2008, it laughably claimed there would be 400,000 additional visits to the country because of the Cup of Nations. A truer figure was probably a few hundred. This time it has finally admitted that it expects fewer than 1,000 travelling fans. Screening the few dozen of them who come from affected areas really should not be beyond the wit of Morocco.
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