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Ivory Coast win AFCON 2015
Congratulations to Kolo Toure and the Ivory Coast National Team on winning the 2015 Africa Cup Of Nations.
Afcon 2015: Yaya Toure hails 'unbelievable' Ivory Coast win
They did it!
Ivory Coast and Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure described winning the Africa Cup of Nations as "unbelievable" after The Elephants beat Ghana in a dramatic penalty shootout.
Goalkeeper Boubacar Barry scored the decisive spot-kick to seal a 9-8 win on penalties after Sunday's final had ended goalless after extra time.
Toure, who won the Premier League with City last season, said: "When you win with your club, it's quite amazing.With your country, it's unbelievable." won on a penalty shootout -22 shots!
Chatter from the sidelines
- link for AFCON 2015 - clubs whose players represented here
- Didier Drogba's reaction to the Ivory Coast win
- Benitez: Everything At Napoli Is Positive Now good for him
- Ronaldo: Real Madrid is better than Atletico and will win La Liga I guess?
- Bayern Munich are unbalanced right now and that is a serious issue Bayern is a team where a loss is a curiosity, not a cause for concern, they'll sort it out
- Guardiola set to face old foe Mourinho as Arsenal line up Wenger replacement Guardiola would never set foot in the PL. Fanfic, I say
- Manchester United players 'made sex tape in club toilets and passed video between team-mates' It seems to have been a player receiving a sex act and other players taping it with their phones in the toilets and now the video is being passed around.
- Manchester United in negotiations with David De Gea over new contract a good goalie is worth ten points in your season, easy. Handcuff him
Website of Interest
Pictures- in no particular order
Premier League
Manchester United got a draw, but the fans aren't relishing the toil and the fact that the team doesn't seem to be clicking together at all
Blind saved their blushes with late goal, iirc
Big Sam (West Ham's coach) wasn't too delighted with tactics and result.
Newcastle Utd 1 -1 Stoke
Carver is keeping his job as Newcastle Caretaker coach. One win, one draw after three loses. Okay
Newcastle drew first blood. According to the representative, Newcastle is aiming for 7-10th place on the PL table. Glory, what glory? They've withdrawn from all the cups because it's not worth the result, they say
Burnley fc 2 -2 West Brom
Oh Burnley! You had a two point lead and threw it away. Now you're in the red zone.
Fletcher in the kit
La Liga
Athletic Bilbao 2 - 5 Barcelona
Messi had his fingerprints on all five goals
Last night, I was listening to Marca (I know, but it's a good way to pass the time when washing dishes) and all they could talk about was Atlético Madrid and their 4-0 win. As in, "Barcelona scores! Goal, 4! Oh, and btw yesterday Atlético Madrid 4 and 0 Real Madrid." I see you trolling, Marca deejay
Messi has now given 105 assists in the Liga, 2 away from Figo's record of 107
Bundesliga
Frankfurt tied if I'm reading this correctly
League 1
Olympique Lyonnais tied with PSG 1 all
Serie A
Inter Milan 3 - 0 Palmero
Video to make you cry
Click to viewAn Atlético Madrid fan from India won a contest to see his team in person. There's Torres in the vid too. Please don't read the comments, they're a bit bothersome and kinda racist