Newsgroup: it.sport.calcio.estero
Titolo: 5 da vedere alla Coppa d'Africa

Inizia domenica...
ed allora guardate questi consigli:
Abdul Kader Keïta (Ivory Coast and Lyon)
The 26-year-old can play as a striker or a right winger and possesses the
sort of pace that makes left backs cry. Has a build and direct, determined
dribbling style that's reminiscent of a certain Cristiano Ronaldo. Keïta has
been giving Ligue 1 defenders bad dreams for the last few years, first with
Lille and now with Lyon, but plays the type of game that would go down well
in the Premiership.
Ideal signing for: Liverpool. Rafa Benitez needs the type of pace and
penetration that Keïta can offer, the type of pace and penetration that
could turn some of those frustrating draws into billionaire-owner-pleasing
wins. Then he could finally jettison Jermaine Pennant and play a proper
attacking game with Ryan Babel down one wing and Keïta down the other.
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André "Dede" Ayew (Ghana and Marseille)
The 18-year-old left midfielder recently signed a long-term deal at
Marseille and was then called up by Ghana for Africa Cup of Nations duty.
The young lad's got proper footballing genes too. His dad is none other than
Marseille and Ghana legend Abédi "Pelé" Ayew, who was obscenely talented
enough to make Marseille teammate Chris Waddle look like Stuart Ripley in
comparison. But this isn't a kid living on his father's name, like Paul
Dalglish or Jordi Cruyff. Arsene Wenger is a shrewd judge, and apparently he
's interested in Ayew's signature.
Ideal signing for: Arsenal. There's probably no one better at molding young
French or African talent than Arsene Wenger, and André "Dede" Ayew checks
all those boxes. He's young, French (born there) African (Ghanaian dad) and
talented. And rumour has it he loves the Carling Cup too.
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Yassine Chikhaoui (Tunisia and FC Zurich)
Seems like every player who can do a decent step-over is the new Zinedine
Zidane these days. But Chikhaoui has a more realistic claim on that crown
because he has that extra something special. He can do all the technical
tricks, spinning around and what not, but combines a genuine
unpredictability with end product. Get a look at this. The 21 year old has
made an impressive start to life in Europe, scoring seven times in 16
appearances for FC Zurich. Now it's time he moved to a real league.
Ideal signing for: Chelsea or Newcastle. Chikhaoui's ability to play as
either a striker or an attacking mid means he could be the ideal man to
partner Anelka next season if Drogba makes good on his promise to up and
leave. And if Kevin Keegan is serious about bringing back attacking football
to Newcastle, then Chickhaoui could be the Tunisian Peter Beardsley, if such
a thing exists. Only problem is that the likes of Bayern Munich are already
having a look, so Wor Kev would need to use all his legendary motivational
powers (and a good chunk of Mike Ashley's money) to get Chikhaoui to St.
James's Park.
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Pascal Feindouno (Guinea, St. Etienne)
This 26-year-old is a serious talent. A playmaker in the Jay-Jay Okocha
sense, he's capable of opening up defences with a nice little dribble but
equally capable of bypassing defences altogether with his absolute cannon of
a right peg. He's also currently unhappy at St. Etienne, mostly because his
teammates are useless, so Feindouno could use the Africa Cup of Nations as a
bit of a shop window.
Ideal signing for: Newcastle. If Yassine Chikhaoui is out of reach then
Pascal Feindouno could be the next Geordie folk hero in waiting. Feindouno's
got more creative in his little toe than Alan Smith, Nicky Butt and Joey
Barton have in all 30 of theirs combined, so he'd be the ideal man to help
King Kev bring back the days of glorious 4-3 defeats. His current state of
St. Etienne unsettlement should also make it easy to pry him away.
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Amine Chermiti (Tunisia, Étoile du Sahel)
This 19-year-old striker is a bit like the Tunisian Wayne Rooney. Bags of
skill, unstoppable determination and a bit of a temper. All he's missing is
a rubbish haircut and a WAG. If you saw the Club World Cup last month you'll
have spotted Chermiti playing for Étoile du Sahel. He impressed everyone in
the third-place playoff game when he nutmegged a defender, got shoved to the
ground, got straight back up, and then slide tackled the opposition keeper
for a well earned goal. His disciplinary problems saw him sent off in
Tunisia's final Africa Cup of Nations qualifier, so he'll be suspended for
the first two games of the tournament.
Ideal signing for: Manchester City. Sven still desperately needs a striker
upgrade at Eastlands. Elano Blumer can only take the team so far on his own,
and even if things go well this year no one wants to see Darius Vassell
playing in the Champions League. If the ice cool Swede could calm Chermiti's
temper, the Tunisian would be the answer to Sven's problems.

 ed allora guardate questi consigli:
in questo NG non guardiamo partite delle nazionali, sono una perdita di 
tempo ed abbiamo superato quel concetto di nazionalismo applicato al 
calcio che tanti danni ha fatto in passato.
Non ne esci bene.

 calcio che tanti danni ha fatto in passato.
Ti sbagli, l'Africa rappresenta un'eccezione, non è semplice calcio,
loro danzano sul pallone!!!!! (vorrei ricordarti la Costa d'Avorio
finalista ai mondiali 2006, grande partita contro l'ahimè invincibile
England)

 England)
quest'anno pure la costa d'avorio, in coppa d'africa, è stata appena 
segnalata come sicura vincente. Presto, andiamo a scommettere.
Sul Benin.