Congratulations to Egypt for winning an unprecedented third AFCON title on the trot.
Certainly this makes a mockery of the 2010 World Cup-the African champions will not be there.
What is more embarrasing is that Egypt brushed aside three of the 4 African countires that willbe in the 2010 World Cup.This brings to question again the year in which this continental showpiece is held. Is it wise to have it on the year of the World Cup? I certainly don't think so.
Apart from the shambolic refereeing in the tournament, lack of leadership by CAF has left a bitter taste and is fastly making a mockery of CAF as a whole.
CAF- in fact ISSA HAYATOU- this man is not deserving to be leading this continental Federation- he is useless, visionelss, and invisible- you only see him in Africa when it is CAF elections to positions, you see him when Sepp Blatter is touring the continent.
CAF- showed no leadership when Togo national team players were ambushed, left taumatised, and with 2 fatalities. I can't remember any statement released by CAF inthis regard- except to say the tournament will go ahead.
When the Togo government - did what they are obliged todo- to protect thier cititzens, ordered the team to return home- CAF bans the Togo Football Association- their fault- becuase the Togo government rightfully fears for the safety of its citizens(playesr) who are in the middle of an ambush in Angola- are ordered to withdraw from the AFCON.
CAF- instead slap a ban on Togo for the next two AFCON tournament and a fine.
How low can CAF stoop- choosing to act like this against a national association?
That is rather harsh for Togo Football. They did not leave the tournament out of their own will. Their government felt they had a duty to the players who are citizens of Togo.
My question to CAF: Are they treating loss of life as a political intervention? Are they trying to tell us that the AFCON tournament would have gone ahed even there was a civl war breaking out in Angola.
I am rather dissappointed by CAF and in particular Issa Hayatou who I am not sure why is he still at the helm of African football ?
Sadly, Hayatou has failed African football not once, not twice, but many times and his reward is succesive relection as CAF President.
This man(Hayatou) hardly spend a month in Afirca- he travells around the World being wined and dined by suitors who are lobbying for the vote of the African bloc.
I do not wish to remind South Africans that this is the same man who never voted for South Africa when we were bidding to host the 2006 World Cup.
It's time that our former players like Kalusha Bwalya, Abedi Pele, Roger Milla, should all step forward and be elevated to the CAF leadership.
I support Emmanuel Adebayor in his call for Issa Hayatou and the entire CAF leadership to resign.
ISSA HAYATOU must be recalled!!!
by Makhaya Manie




