BBC - FIFA boss, Sepp Blatter has blamed former Super Eagles coach, Berti Vogts, for Nigeria’s dismal performance at the just concluded Africa’s Nations Cup soccer tournament held in Ghana.

Blatter suggests that Vogts’ inability to stay in Nigeria during his reign could have been responsible for the country’s worst Nations Cup display in 25 years.

“My old friend Berti Vogts was in charge of Nigeria and he didn’t even live in the country - that surely can’t be the correct way proceed?” Blatter asked. “Vogts was not living in Nigeria because he said his players weren’t there. But to feel a team you must feel the country.”

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THE just concluded Africa Cup of Nations in Ghana has been resplendent, with star performances from a wide variety of player won by Pharaohs of Egypt produced some outstanding players. However, no single Nigerian player from the Super “Chickens” lineup was listed.

Below are the list of Africa’s best for the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations final which had five Egyptians, two each from Cameroon and Ghana, and one each from Ivory Coast and Angola in the starting eleven.

Essam Al-Hadari (Egypt)
Geremi (Cameroon)
Wael Gomaa (Egypt)
Michael Essien (Ghana)
Sulley Muntari (Ghana)
Yaya Toure (Ivory Coast)
Alexandre Song (Cameroon)
Hosni Abd Rabou (Egypt)
Mohamed Aboutrika (Egypt)
Amr Zaky (Egypt)
Manucho (Angola)

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Ghana - Nigeria “Chicken” Eagles preliminary round conquerer, Elephants of Cote d’Ivoire, tasted defeat in a terrible way, as they were totally punished by the Pharaohs of Egypt in the first Semi-Final of the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations soccer tournament, holding in Ghana.

The Elephants were handed a 1 - 4 defeat by the Pharaoh before the referee blew the final whistle to end what will have been a disastrous outing for the Elephants. Although the Ivorians dominated possession and had numerous chances, the Egyptians’ quick counter-attack enabled them to score four goals from Ahmed Fathi, Amr Zaki (2) and Mohamed Aboutraika. Kader Keita scored The only goal for the Elephants.

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Accra - The once “Super” Eagles of Nigeria has been knocked out of the ongoing African Nations Cup taking place in Ghana, by the host nation.

Final score was 2 - 1 in favor of the Black Stars of Ghana who played 10 men for the better part of the second half of the match after having lost their skipper, John Mensah for a professional foul as he clubs the heels of Odemwingie during a goal bound move by the Nigerian striker.

Nigeria had every opportunity to win the match, but they proved that they were not worthy of qualifying for the semi-finals after having narrowly qualified for the quarter finals.

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Ghana - Video highlights of the ongoing African Cup of Nations Soccer tournament between the Super Eagles of Nigeria and their Benin counterparts, taken place in Ghana. The match ended  two goals to nothing in favor of the Super Eagles. Goals were scored by Mikel Obi and Yakubu Aiyegbeni respectively.

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