That's right, it's official. I'm getting desperate and tweaking the format of these rankings all I can to keep the series alive. This time, it's indeed not performers, but performances, meaning we'll have a double appearance from someone here and there...
Tag: AFCON 2019
Samuel Owusu – Ghana’s livewire
First, a confession. Before he was named in Ghana’s preliminary twenty-nine man Africa Cup of Nations squad, I had not heard of Samuel Owusu. But the dearth of other wingers selected suggested the Čukarički man had a serious shot at a place on the plane to Egypt. And isn't he now making the most of it...
AFCON 2019: Ranking 20 best U-23 performers (Round 2)
Our rankings of the best 20 young performers in Round 2 of 2019 Africa Cup of Nations have arrived! And contrary to the initially outlined plans, we won't complicate things and won't be doing an update of the Round 1 rankings. Instead, we'll simply consider the Round 2 performances in isolation...
AFCON 2019: Ranking 20 best U-23 performers (Round 1)
If there’s two things we can safely infer from what kind of articles appear on the internet, and in what numbers, it’s that people absolutely dig any sort of rankings coupled with stuff other people have learnt from stuff. Now, I am arguably not smug enough to assume people would jump at an opportunity to learn what I’ve learnt, but I definitely think I can do my own rankings...