Tuesday, January 31, 2012

African Cup of Nations: Jonathan Wilson: A wonderful spectacle for both host and fans

Equatorial Guineans celebrate...

and celebrate...
and celebrate...
This has been a tournament that has restored the joy to African soccer. Without the traditional powers of Cameroon, Nigeria, South Africa and Egypt, it is as if a great weight both of expectation and fear has been lifted. Only Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana are playing with the albatross of favoritism around their necks, and both have been notably cautious in their opening matches; everybody else seems liberated, as though the subconscious dread of humiliation at the hands of one of the great names has gone (Botswana, who lost by a record 6-1 to Guinea, might regret that). It has been a tournament of fluid, constant attack.

2 comments:

Bobbie BS said...

No photos of Obiang celebrating by torturing to death a few of the thousands of political prisoners he's got locked up in Malabo, perhaps while wiping his ass with petro-dollars? What a shame.

The Editor said...

You have administrative access. Proceed as you wish.