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Can an African Nation ever win the World Cup?

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  • GOOGLE MY FUCKING ASS 10 years ago

    IT WILL HAPPEN SOON

  • Sold 10 years ago

    Where were you when Nigeria won world cup just this month? Some animals do not think at all and just write any bulshit for attention

  • Vipe 10 years ago

    What an idiot,what world cup is the writing talking about?????

  • NEMESIS, UK 10 years ago

    HURRAY! HURRAY!! HURRAY!!! NIGERIA BECAME THE FIRST AFRICAN COUNTRY TO QUALIFY FOR BRAZIL 2014. ALL JEALOUS GHANAIANS HATERS CAN GO BURN IN THE SEA.

    WE WON AFCON 2013 AND U17 SOCCER WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP. BY THE GRACE OF GOD, ...
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  • Oh-Andy -K 10 years ago

    fat chance, with this lousy team and lots of referee's help, you struggled against Ethiopia. Ethiopia was robbed that is the only reason for you going to Brazil.

  • NANA KUFUOR 10 years ago

    Nemesis you must be talking from the other side of your body. In actual fact Ghana was the first African country to qualify for Brazil 2014. If you beat your opponents 6-1, obviously you have qualified already. About winning ...
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  • Sethoo 10 years ago

    Ask Russia,a former player granted an interview to BBC that they were denied an opportunity during USSR era thru officialdom with bad offside goals.Africa can never win even if we are the better side,FIFA will scheme it again ...
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  • KWASI APONKYE 10 years ago

    Beating Ghana? We could have thought of it in another time. But now everything is politics and the players have their minds also focused in politics, not in sports as it should be. We saw the debate around (Ahmed) Abdel-Zaher ...
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  • Ben Cool 10 years ago

    I dont think that an African nation will ever WIN ..THE WORLD CUP ...in my Life Time for the simple reason that our natinal TEAMS ARE CONFRONTED or involved in Politics.I can also confirm that some African best players lack ...
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  • Sold 10 years ago

    Since Africa will not win world cup during the lifetime of Ben Cool, May Atoa Nyamaa, Kwaku Fri and Apapa kill Ben Cool this year so that can Ghana won Wold Cup next year. I will go to Antoa this weekend to present Eggs and S ...
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  • Nicholas Kyeretwie-Chicago,USA 10 years ago

    No and I mean a big NO.It will never happen simply because we Africans are not serious.WE think once you qualify for the World Cup,you have done what nobody can do.We always regard ourselves as inferior to the white or yellow ...
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  • YAW 10 years ago

    EITHER GHANA OR NIGERIA.WINNING THE YOUTH WORLD CUPS ARE SIGNS OF A BRIGHTER FUTURE.

  • Ibrahim Young 10 years ago

    A very good analyst. Not only did expose the numerous weaknesses associated with Africa, but also proffered solutions. I want to stick my short neck and say, if the Black Stars can walk pass the pharaohs of Egypt today, then, ...
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  • Kwaku 10 years ago

    Africa has a bright future and the world cup will be in Africa sooner than later.

  • kofi 10 years ago

    Lack of confidence is costing us, not from the players but from those at the top. The erra where all African teams spent millions of dollars to hire foreign coaches was waste of time and money. Un my mind's eye, I can see an ...
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  • MENSAH 10 years ago

    Africa has always been their own enemies,from time immemorial.
    They saw nothing good,beautiful,splendour,beneficial or useful in their own.
    We've been knocking on the doors of these foreign coaches for quite too long,not kn ...
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  • Jimmy 10 years ago

    Yes, it will happen in 2014. The cup is coming to Ghana. We missed the opportunity in SA in 2010. It will happen this time around.

  • veep 10 years ago

    nice article. brings so much to memory. however, it was Spain, not Bulgaria, who lost 2-3 to Nigeria. please check that out. i remember that match vividly and how Taribo West styled his hair.

  • NON-ALIGNED 10 years ago

    GHANA can win this world cup only if we do not see ourselves inferior to the likes of the European teams and Brazil.

    We only need GHANAIANS and NOT expatriates......to teach us all the technicalities of the game. After all ...
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  • NON-ALIGNED 10 years ago

    APOLOGIES FOR THE FIRST POST...........

    GHANA can win this world cup only if we do not see ourselves inferior to the likes of the European teams and Brazil.

    We only need GHANAIANS and NOT expatriates......to teach us al ...
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  • Analyst 10 years ago

    Africa's inability to win the world cup is more psychological than lack of ability. In 1990, Cameroon which defeated Maradona's Argentina with 9 men, could have gone all the way but they surprisingly succumbed to an England t ...
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  • NON-ALIGNED 10 years ago

    Analyst, I agree with you in many ways........we also have to be 'street-wise'; with all this diving taking place in football these days. We ought to be very, very careful with the Suarez's and Ashley Youngs' of today.

    In ...
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  • GHFUO, be serious & change ur thinkin 10 years ago

    CAN GH WIN THE WCUP? YES!
    ITS LACK OF POSITIVE TEAM PSYCHOLOGY.
    COACHES LACK ENOUGH TECHNICAL ABILITY TO COMPETE AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL.
    SOLUTION: PLAY MORE FRIENDLIES BETWEEN EURO N S AMERICAN TEAMS BEFORE THE WCUP.

  • MENSAH 10 years ago

    GHANA WILL WIN THE WORLD CUP 2014.
    Michael Essien and his group,made it there before.
    They are going to repeat a history.

  • RICHMOND BOATENG U.S.A. 10 years ago

    I AGREE WITH YOU.

  • Baboosanana 10 years ago

    Yes Ghana is winning the World Cup in 2014, Amen

  • thinking man 10 years ago

    of course its possible that an African nation can and will eventually win world cup. i will not put up a bet but it could even be brazil 2014. i say this because there is quite a bit of luck involved as well depending on the ...
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  • Activist 10 years ago

    Re Christopher Opoku:
    I also hope without any objection that my guess is just positive as yours!
    Black Stars is to be the very first African nation to win the world cup, now that we've qualified for ...
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  • HANNIBAL(Blessed by God) 10 years ago

    Ghana will be the first African country to win the WC. This time around, I believe that Ghana will earn, a gold, silver or bronze.

  • Titugri 10 years ago

    I think one other reason why many African teams fail to advance in the world cup is due to self doubt. Just as in many other things I think there is a certain level of inferiority complex that works against the African teams. ...
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  • J Mensah 10 years ago

    African and the world cup depends on African couches. Here is Kwesi Appia who can change players when they do not perform well. One, Gyan was well attacked and underperformance, should have been change long ago. Appiah still ...
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  • francis santoma AKA stronggee 10 years ago

    since football started an african country has even not been in the semi final before but Ghana will be the african country to win the world cup watch out for GHANA brazil 2014