It’s been almost a week since our last match and my heart rate is finally returning to normal. We’re essentially through to the next round now and that can’t be said about some teams you thought would make it for sure. Latest news on World Cup business is that the draw for the next round [...]

To say that Saturday’s match against Burkina Faso in Ouaga was stressful might just be the very definition of an understatement. I watched the match alongside my countryman Seif and he can attest to how distraught I was throughout the entire thing. Even after the game was finished and we had secured a tie, I [...]

Here it is folks, the moment of truth is upon us. Tomorrow we face the Stallions of Burkina Faso in Ouagadougou (don’t you just love saying that word?). This is the same team that snatched victory out of our grasps in the final minutes of our first match of the qualifying campaign and the same [...]

After being overlooked in our match against Angola for reasons unbeknownst to this humble blogger, Slavia Prague midfielder Tijani Belaid decided to get some attention the best way possible: How about scoring a brace in his clubs 5-0 thrashing of Bohemians two weeks ago and subsequently being voted player of month?
That was enough to earn [...]

When a rising star like Amine Chermiti goes down with a serious knee injury right before a hugely important qualifier there’s cause for concern. When Silva Dos Santos, a proven goalscorer on the African scene and one of the main reasons we have a continental title to our name, follows a few days later, the [...]

Amine Chermiti suffered a huge setback in his young career yesterday. Just as it was looking like he was finding his feet at Hertha and would begin to figure more often in their starting lineup, he suffered ligament damage in his left knee 11 minutes into his team’s UEFA cup match against Interblock Ljubljana. The [...]

Humberto Coelho revealed the players that will take part in next week’s training camp in preparation for our WC qualifier against Burkina Faso. An interesting mix of old and new. Overall, he is leaning towards players who are used to high pressure matches. You don’t want anyone going MIA on the pitch when you need [...]

While Lemerre was content to just release roster lists for matches at the last minute without bothering to explain much, Coelho has taken a different path and seems to favor releasing a preliminary list of 30 players he is considering two days before he announces the 23 he is settling on.
Some might find it to [...]

I know I’ve been missing in action for the past few weeks. It’s set to continue for two more days. I’m traveling but I managed to find a wifi hotspot to watch our boys take on Angola. No time for a real analysis of the match but despite the last minute equalizer I thought it [...]

I thought it would be another slow news day but Coelho thought otherwise! According to Mosaique FM, below is the list of 30 players that he will be calling up for our August 20th friendly against Angola. This preliminary group will be trimmed to 23 on August 14th. This news caught me off guard because [...]