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Tony Kornhesier not: He was doing his show with Wilbon and was commenting on Paul Robinson's muff against Croatia where he tried to kick a back pass but the ball hit something and bounced over his foot into the goal. It probably could have happened to any goalkeeper.

But Kornheiser's comment was that he tried to one time the ball and missed and he should have bent down to pick it up. Well , Tony is commenting on a sport where he doesn't know the rules because the keeper can't touch the ball with his hands when his teammate passes it back to him via a kick. This is a typical ignorant comment.
 

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Sorry if this has been posted before now, but I just saw this over at the Alternative Right website. Its by Joe Kowalski who has written a bunch of good CF articles. Its about the racial makeup of the teams in the World Cup. Imho, this would be a great article to link on the home page.

http://www.alternativeright.com/main/blogs/zeitgeist/black-men-can-t-kick/

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Soccer -- fútbol, Fußball, futebol, football
-- is the world's most popular sport, and literally hundreds of
millions of people are now watching the 2010 World Cup. The championship
has also attracted the interest of many non-sports fans since it's
being held in South Africa and marks the first ever World Cup held on
the African continent.


The media coverage of the event -- at least the American coverage on
ABC and ESPN --monotonously details the alleged evils of apartheid and
the glories of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soweto_uprising" target="_blank">Soweto
riots</a>. Various segments between matches portray Nelson Mandela as
little short of a god and faithfully follow Hollywood's White
Devils/Black Angels script. Needless to say, there is no discussion of
ANC terrorism or the murders of over 4,000 white farmers since the end of apartheid.


Race is also on display on the pitch and for all the talk of
diversity, multiculturalism, and a global community, most of the 32
teams in the field feature racially exclusive teams.
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European and South American teams dominate world soccer and have won
every single World Cup. But to make the event a truly global affair,
there are quotas for each region so that everyone feels represented.


I watched each opening round game and noted the races of all 11
starters for each squad. All five sub-Saharan Africa squads (Nigeria,
South Africa, Ivory Coast, Ghana and Cameroon) start all blacks. All
three Asian teams (Japan, South Korea and North Korea) start all Asians.
The one North African team (Algeria) starts all Arabs. The eastern
European teams (Slovenia, Slovakia, and Serbia) start all whites.


Australia and New Zealand are not soccer powers but each qualified
this year. Australia starts an all white team and New Zealand starts 10
whites and one aboriginal (probably a Maori).


Latin American teams are a mixed bag racially, much like the region
itself. The races of some of the players are often hard to pinpoint. Are
they mestizos or darker skinned whites of Portuguese or Spanish
descent?


The three white nations of Latin America start mostly white sides.
Argentina starts nine or 10 whites with one or maybe two mestizos.
Uruguay starts nine whites with one clear mestizo and one clear Negro.
Chile starts seven or eight whites with three or four mestizos.


Mexico and Paraguay have a starting 11 consisting of a mixture of
whites and mestizos. Honduras starts eight mestizos and, surprising,
three blacks.


Brazil starts four whites and seven players who are black or racially
mixed.


The United States again made the tournament and has a decent shot of
advancing to the next round of 16. Racially, the team starts seven
whites and four blacks. Mestizos are now about 15 percent of the U.S.
population, but there are only three Hispanics on the team and one of
them -- Carlos Bocanegra -- is clearly a white Hispanic. The two
mestizos are backups and there are no Asians or Middle Easterners on the
U.S. squad. The U.S. is being overwhelmed with millions of soccer-mad
immigrants every year. Why aren't these people making the national team?


So far, most nations of the world have teams that racially represent
their people. Black Africans, Asians, Arabs, and Eastern Europeans (God
bless ‘em) can support teams that reflect them 100 percent. Whites in
Australia and New Zealand can still proudly support a team that looks
like them.


Blacks are overrepresented on the Brazilian side, but most Latin
American nations have squads that reflect their racial demographics.
Americans are no doubt used to blacks being overrepresented on national
sports teams, but the current squad has enough whites so that it is not
viewed as alien -- like the often all-black U.S. national basketball team.


We are constantly told that multiculturalism and diversity are
unalloyed blessings. But of course, white nations are the only countries
that are enjoying these blessings -- and it is starting to show in the
national squads of the Western European teams.


Italy has won four World Cups including the last one in 2006. They
cling stubbornly to the view that Italians don't need blacks to win
World Cups and still start an all-white (and, with one exception,
all-Italian) side.
This year's team is pretty old and may not be a threat to win it all.
But it will no doubt go far into the tournament.


Germany has won three World Cups and is always a threat to win it
all. This year's starting squad can be described -- depending on your
definition of white -- as either all-white or as nine whites and two
Turks. Like Italy, the Germans have stubbornly resisted starting
supposedly superior black players.


France has shown no such resistance. Historically not a soccer
power, they won their only World Cup in 1998 with four black starters
and apparently attributed the victory to having more blacks. They have
consistently fielded seven blacks starters since and this year is no
exception as the four true Frenchmen who start for France stand out on
the pitch. The French side represents Africa and not the traditional
French nation. Happily, the side is beset with squabbling and will
probably go home early this year.


England
won their only World Cup in 1966 with an all-white side but is perhaps
going the way of France. They started a bare majority of whites over
blacks in their first round game. They may start 7 whites for the next
game but the team is trending black. Perhaps if England is bounced from
the tournament in the first round it will change things. The team
disappointed in a first round draw versus the U.S.


Spain
is the favorite to win the whole thing. Like the Italians, the Spanish
are all white and have found great success lately. The winners of the
2008 European Cup are loaded with talent but inexplicably lost to
Switzerland in the first round. If they can regroup and win their first
World Cup it will be another major argument against the Africanization
of European soccer.


Portugal
also has an outside chance to win the whole tournament. Led by the
great Cristiano Ronaldo, the squad starts 10 whites and one black.


The Greeks round out a solid Southern European contingent with an
all-white side.


A few years ago, the Netherlands seemed on the verge of becoming
another France. This year's squad starts nine whites but has several
black substitutes who will see playing time. Like Portugal, they have an
outside shot at winning the World Cup.


Denmark has 10 whites and one black who distinguished himself by
accidentally hitting the ball into his own net and losing the first game
for the Danes.


Switzerland starts two blacks and an Arab. But the team still retains
an overall European identity and pulled a huge upset over Spain in the
first round of games.


By looking at the 32 squads we can learn some lessons in terms of
race, immigration, and demographics. Because of immigration, the
complexion of Western Europe is changing, and it is showing up in the
composition of soccer teams that used to be all-white up even into the
1990s.


Since only white nations let in millions of people of different
races, they are the only countries to be effected by demographic change.
Asians, Africans (both Arab and black) and mestizos can be sure their
national soccer teams will always represent them. If Eastern Europe can
hold the line on immigration, they can also be confident that their
teams will always reflect them as well.


Australia, New Zealand and the U.S. are also being heavily hit by
Third World immigration, though it has yet to have a major impact on the
complexion of their squads. But for how long?


Another lesson is that it is mainly blacks who are changing the face
of the Western European soccer teams. There are many more Arabs and
Middle Easterners in France and the Netherlands than blacks. Why are
these significant minorities absent from the starting lineups? In
England, there are many more Pakistanis, Indians, and Bangladeshis than
blacks. Yet they are not represented on the national team. As noted,
mestizos and Asians have yet to make an impact on the U.S. side.


A proper HBD response might be that blacks are better athletes than
whites, and much better athletes than Arabs, Asians, and mestizos. But
that is certainly not reflected in the World Cup results. All-black
African sides are losers who have never come close to contending for the
World Cup, though soccer is universally played throughout the Dark
Continent. Some might say they need better training and coaching, but
all black African teams are currently coached by whites. Even the Asian
sides usually outplay the all-black nations. Though they enjoy home
field advantage, the record of the all-black teams at this writing is a
pathetic one win, four losses, and two draws. It is possible that none
will advance to the next round of 16.


On a more political note, I noted the typically fawning news coverage
the media have given South Africa. They have not been too curious about
the robberies of players and fans and the killings (one victim was
Nelson Mandela's great granddaughter, which kept him from the opening
ceremonies) that have occurred around the event.


Several commentators have referred to the "the rainbow nation"Â of
South Africa without wondering why the national team is all black.
This is especially ironic as the ANC has mandated quotas for the sport
of rugby to ensure some black representation in this white-dominated
sport.


On a positive note, it looks as though this year's champion will be a
nation with an all-white or almost all-white side. Argentina and
Germany looked particularly good in the first round of play and Spain,
Portugal, Holland and the Italians cannot be counted out. Only Brazil,
with a racially mixed squad, will threaten white dominance of the World
Cup this year.


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Joe Kowalski writes for CasteFootball.us a website
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"France," aka the 7th African team in the World Cup,are imploding after the referee sent off Gourcuff. South Africa has scored twice since "France" went a man down, and they had another goal negated due to being offsides.

"France" is in complete disarray.

as an aside, Gourcuff's red card came after a high elbow on a header. the elbow was high, but it appeared to be completely unintentional. the straight red was far too harsh, in my opinion.
 

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listening to the announcers' oral orgy over South Africa's possible advancing is sickening.

meanwhile, "France's" performance is probably equally sickening to any true Frenchmen watching this pathetic display.
 

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Jimmy Chitwood said:
"France," aka the 7th African team in the World Cup, are imploding after the referee sent off Gourcuff. South Africa has scored twice since "France" went a man down, and they had another goal negated due to being offsides.
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<div>as an aside, Gourcuff's red card came after a high elbow on a header. the elbow was high, but it appeared to be completely unintentional. the straight red was far too harsh, in my opinion.</div>

Agreed it was accidental. All players need to get their arms out in order to get some height and balance when they jump for a header. Also the one replay I saw seem to show it was the forearm rather than the elbow that hit the South African. A yellow card at most.

I haven't been watching the 2nd half - but it seemed Cisse, who is of Ivory Coast background, and Ribery, in fairness to them are at least making an effort. French defending has been dreadful.Edited by: Matra1
 

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both African teams in this match between "France" and South Africa are going home, their World Cup finished. South Africa becomes the first ever host nation to not advance from group play.

of course, according to the ESPN announcers this is a "tragedy" and a "lamentable state of affairs" and other woeful, tear-wrenching, White-guilt-inducedphrases at what the world has lost now that the host nation (and it appears every single other African nation) are finished without advancing.

in my world, however, this is reason to celebrate.
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Jimmy Chitwood said:
both African teams in this match between "France" and South Africa are going home, their World Cup finished. South Africa becomes the first ever host nation to not advance from group play.
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<div>of course, according to the ESPN announcers this is a "tragedy" and a "lamentable state of affairs" and other woeful, tear-wrenching, White-guilt-induced phrases at what the world has lost now that the host nation (and it appears every single other African nation) are finished without advancing.</div>
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<div>in my world, however, this is reason to celebrate.
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Jack Lambert said:
Glad to see two more African teams sent off!
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Ghana's next!

Jack,

i think Nigeria will be the next African team sent home. if they don't win against South Korea, andif i'm reading the standings correctly, they're done... and they kick off in less than an hour.
 

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Sorry Jimmy, I forgot about Nigeria for a second. I think the Koreans will be able to beat them.
 

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Nigeria's supermen are looking extremely affletic early on, the same afflete giving up two free kicks in the first eight minutes.
 

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The announcers are ectastic over Nigeria possibly advancing after their early goal. Hopefully, the Koreans have a comeback.
 

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South Korea gets the equalizer against Nigeria off of a free kick after one of Nigeria's super affletes attempted to tackle a Korean player at one of the worst possible moments.

I noticed the announcer were far less thrilled to talk about South Korea's goal. Weird huh?
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isn't it "weird" that South Korea is much faster than their Nigerian counterparts? a team of non-blacks who are faster than a team of blacks ... i mean, is that even possible?!?!
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meanwhile, Argentina (and their B-team plus Messi) just scored in the late stages against Greece to go up, 1-0. say goodbye to Nigeria, and hand Alexi Lalas a crying towel as yet another of his beloved African't sides goes home.
 

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is Alexi Lalas actually going to cry on set?!?!? WTF?!?!?

his boyfriend must play for Nigeria ... oh well, too bad for his dumbass. i mean, he is the negrophile soccer equivalent to the morons on ESPN gameday for college footballand NFL primetime for the NFL.

as for me, one more African't side bites the dust! and it's time to celebrate ...
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A quote from a poster at the Globe and Mail about Pele's prediction that an African team would win the WC by 2000 writes: If the Europesn tesms would stop poaching and naturalizing the best of the best of African players to strengthen their own teams,an african team if not more than one would have achieved much more by now.

So it is Europe's fault! Fine, let's send them back to Africa and everyone will be happy.
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Matra1 said:
A quote from a poster at the Globe and Mail about Pele's prediction that an African team would win the WC by 2000 writes: If the Europesn tesms would stop poaching and naturalizing the best of the best of African players to strengthen their own teams,an african team if not more than one would have achieved much more by now.

So it is Europe's fault! Fine, let's send them back to Africa and everyone will be happy.
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LOL those blacks on France and England's team can't do jack squat with the best white players (Rooney and Ribery) on their team, think of how pathetic they would be with the pitiful African squads. Even if they were good technically they couldn't even play for the African teams because most of those blacks are citizens of the Carribaen colonies and most have never set foot in an Afro nation.

That DWF clearly has homoerotic feelings for black athletes, yet he still can't differentiate between Carribeans and Africans. At least this Black African actually admits Africa's failure. He doesn't make excuses for them like the DWF http://www.mmegi.bw/index.php?sid=6&aid=3162&dir=2010/June/Tuesday22

That said I loved seeing the French team collapse. They're Whiter than they were in 2006, but after this collapse they may want to consider becoming majority White like they were when they won in 98. Btw, did you say that jerk French coach refuse to shake hands at the end. That brought out every negative stereotype of french people being rude.Edited by: Guest
 

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Matra1 said:
A quote from a poster at the Globe and Mail about Pele's prediction that an African team would win the WC by 2000 writes: If the Europesn tesms would stop poaching and naturalizing the best of the best of African players to strengthen their own teams,an african team if not more than one would have achieved much more by now.

So it is Europe's fault! Fine, let's send them back to Africa and everyone will be happy.
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I am all for stopping African immigration to Europe,but the top African players all play for their African countries. They do not play for the European teams. No blacks on England were born in Africa and then poached.. There might be a few on the French team, but they probably came to France as children. I'll have to look it up. Drogba and Kolou play for the Ivory Coast. Adebayor played for Togo.Essien plays for Ghana etc.Pele doens't know what he is talking about.

I am all for keeping these players out of Europe, as well as the Brazilians.

All the best Africans are already playing for European club teams, so they are getting good coaching.
 

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I was just watching ESPN's Cultural Marxist Sports Center. Fowler
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were criticizing the "French" team for its childish antics, but then came the full menu of what a shame it was because of the team's wonderful athleticism.

In fact, I just watched Sports Center for about an hour and it is more wretched and disgusting than ever. Half the segments and promos were related to LeBron James ("the most powerful man in sports"), the other half mostly to other black athletes. Any time there was a segment on James it was blacks only discussing him, ESPN's typical display of "diversity" glorifying and hyping 12 percent of the population at the expense of the other 88 percent (ESPN's black worship is so intense that there is no room not only for White men but Asians and hispanics are also excluded).There was even a segment on some black named "Worldwide Wes" or something like that who is supposed to be even more "powerful" than James, but no one, even his own afflete-clients, knows just what it is he does. One of the clients interviewed was the ultra-repulsive looking Dennis Rodman. From the studio hosts (one black one white) to the reporters (black men, jewish men, and white women) to the subject matter to theusual commercials with white men being the buffoons and idiots, Sports Center is just a non-stop blast of anti-whitepro-black propaganda.
 

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I used to enjoy Sportscenter back in the late 90's. Not that it was much different than it is now but I would always wake up early in the morning to watch it. All I cared about at the time was checking the stats of my two favorite NBA players, Gugliotta and Van Horn. It was somewhat bearable then. I never watch it anymore. The should just rename it the Black Primma Donna Sports Network. All they do is discuss Lebron James, Kobe Bryant, and NFL idiots like Ochostinko.
 

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As I mentioned in another post recently, while I was traveling of lateI watched a lot more daytime television than I had in a long time, and was truly sickened by it. It's totally dominated by white females and white female-black male reporting and hosting combos, while the "reality" type shows are filled with all kinds of mixed couples. White men are nothing but an afterthought when they are not the designated bad guys. Sports Center fitsexceedingly well into the overall Cultural Marxist agenda.
 

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Don Wassall said:
As I mentioned in another post recently, while I was traveling of late I watched a lot more daytime television than I had in a long time, and was truly sickened by it.  It's totally dominated by white females and white female-black male reporting and hosting combos, while the "reality" type shows are filled with all kinds of mixed couples.  White men are nothing but an afterthought when they are not the designated bad guys.  Sports Center fits exceedingly well into the overall Cultural Marxist agenda. 

Sal Masekele is a host on E I think and he his hosting a tour of South Africa during them WC. I guess his father was exiled years ago. Well, they should be happy because this guy has a cushy job hosting with a white female on E.Of all the people to pick to host on E and they pick this guy.

I watched the NBC show Persons Unknown last night and they have a black Army guy who is very cool and confident and then they have several wimpy white guys. One white guy was beaten up by a woman on the show last night, while the black guy galantly gave his gas mask to a woman.Another white guy horded his gas mask and wouldn't give it to a woman.
Another white guy abandoned his wife and child and they characters keep calling him a scumbag or something. How many black guys in real life abandon their children so the public can pay for them, but in this show it's a white guy.
 

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Jimmy Chitwood said:
is Alexi Lalas actually going to cry on set?!?!? WTF?!?!?
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<div>his boyfriend must play for Nigeria ... oh well, too bad for his dumbass. i mean, he is the negrophile soccer equivalent to the morons on ESPN gameday for college football and NFL primetime for the NFL.



Lalas, former nobody U.S. defenseman (circa 1994-1998 World Cups) and MLS GM, has acted immensely childish and unprofessional during his 24-7 World Cup coverage. His personal obsession with an African squad advancing has been candidly sociopathic. Even to the point at which he's acted blatantly rude towards his co-analyst, Ruud Gullit.

Alexi's obviously been taught well by his handlers. All Lalas and his ESPN puppeteers lusted after was a single group of Super-Africans to "change"Â￾ soccer. No gift from Santa Claus this year, you bad little boys.

Soccer players are now exclusively judged by the color of their skin"¦Ultra-Saint, Martin Luther King, is likely celebrating this achievement by tossing a white prostitute into a lake of fire (in his new home, hell). Lalas and his devilish chums will be joining him soon enough.

Even the Asian squads have looked brilliant when compared to the Chosen Ones. Germany had better obliterate Ghana tomorrow, and Denmark (who just knocked out Cameroon) had better take care of Japan the next day. This WC is shaping up like the NCAA tournament and Winter Olympics. It's quite rough being a Cultural Marxist these days. Edited by: Thrashen
 

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Look at this nonsense on the BBC. Adebaeyor an African player who plays in England says soccer is a way out for Africans. No it isn't. How many Africans will play in Europe, almost none. As far as I am concerned ,none should. That's all it ever is -poor African.

By Emmanuel Adebayor
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The World Cup is having a huge impact on people's lives across the whole of Africa.

From speaking to friends and watching events on TV, I know that everybody is excited about hosting the tournament for the first time and proud of the way it is going.

I know there were doubts about whether the continent could hold a World Cup but we are proving that we can.

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The way its panning out is that the vast majority of teams in the last 16 will be either European or South American

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Africa is showing another face to the world.

With the focus of the world on us and all the best players here, together with thousands of fans from across the globe, we knew it would be difficult but so far it has been a big success.

I would love to be out on the pitch playing but it has been great watching and analysing the matches for the BBC.

Security was a worry beforehand - you can never forget what happened at the Africa Cup of Nations when a gun attack on the Togo team bus I was travelling on left two people dead - but I am very thankful it has not been as much of an issue as people feared.

Critics said before the tournament began that it would not be possible for fans to go out to eat and drink because it was unsafe but I am pleased to say that, so far, that has not been a problem.

People are here to have fun and are enjoying themselves. It is a positive thing for our continent. Seeing players like Lionel Messi, Robinho, Kaka and Cristiano Ronaldo perform will definitely change the lives of Africans.

Football in Africa is something that is evolving constantly. A lot has changed, even in the last 20 years.

Most African countries still have a European coach in charge - Algeria's Rabah Saadane is the only African coach at the tournament - but I am pleased that teams like Ghana and Nigeria now have former players as their assistant managers.

Ghana are doing quite well. They probably have the best chance of any African side of making the last 16 but they have a fight on their hands. They still have to play Germany, who are one of the most disciplined sides at this World Cup.

I do not think many African coaches are ready to be the main manager at international level yet but one day soon they will be.

It is a different story as far as the players go. Every year a talented African emerges.

Recently it has been the likes of Didier Drogba, Samuel Eto'o and myself, but it was players like George Weah and Abedi Pele who opened doors for us.

Now it is our turn to do the same for our little brothers who are following behind us. To be honest, I think we are doing a great job.

We are the heroes to the next generation and all we want to do is give them something to dream about. There are a lot of vulnerable children and orphans in Africa and we want them to know football gave us our chance, that we were not born in rich areas either.

The kids have to believe they have a chance. Football offers them that. It is important African people know football is a way of getting a better life.

So, yes, I am very proud of how everything is going off the pitch. It is just on it where I think African sides can do a lot better.

I feel very sorry for South Africa. They prepared very well for the competition - they are still not out of it completely - but I think the pressure of being hosts was a little bit too much for them. They have found it very tough.

Cameroon were the first country to go out of the tournament when they lost to Denmark on Saturday. I think their exit showed how important the first game is. They were beaten by Japan and their confidence was down after that.

With Nigeria, it came down to one lapse of concentration. At a crucial moment, they lost their focus - I still don't know what Sani Kaita was thinking when he got sent off in the defeat by Greece.


Ghana's 1-0 win over Serbia is the only African victory so far
Ivory Coast recorded a good draw against Portugal in their first game but they relied too much on Drogba in their loss to Brazil.

He is clearly struggling with his arm injury and cannot fight for the ball in his usual way, so they might have to try something different against North Korea.

Algeria are not out of it either, especially after drawing with England. They played well in that game and showed good character so they should have more confidence going into their final group game against the United States.

Ghana are doing quite well, too. They probably have the best chance of any African side of making the last 16 but they have a fight on their hands. They still have to play Germany, who are one of the most disciplined sides here.

We have got used to an African team making it out of the group stage. It has happened in every World Cup since 1986, after all.

Let us hope one or two do it this time. We have to believe in them. If they can make it to the knockout rounds, then from then on anything could happen.

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