There was no upset this time! Neither a moment of individual brilliance, nor a dramatic late goal. On Sunday, Nigeria showed the world and its critics that the draw against Burkina Faso in the opening game of the group stage was nothing worrisome by defeating the same Burkinabe side 1-0 in the African Cup of […]

  While skipping through the channels on Wednesday to find one of the highly anticipated friendlies England-Brazil, Netherlands-Italy, or France-Germany, I came across another international game which had me hooked immediately. It was Burkina Faso-Ghana, the second semifinal of the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa. Luckily for me, the score was still […]