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Posts by Maher Mezahi
🚨MONDAY POD!🚨
@acjimbo.bsky.social, @danielstorey85.bsky.social, @colinmillar.bsky.social & Luis Miguel Echegaray on the 🎙️:
🔴Boring Carrick = exciting United
🇸🇳Crazy AFCON scenes with @mahermezahi.bsky.social
🦅Glasner lets loose with @mattwoosie.bsky.social
🫤Spurs' waste of time
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🚨MONDAY POD!🚨
It's @acjimbo.bsky.social, @danielstorey85.bsky.social, @adrianjclarke.bsky.social, @tomwfootball.bsky.social & @mahermezahi.bsky.social after an epic weekend🏆
😎Return of the Macc
📈Wrexham's standards
🔟Daniel sees a ten
⚖️Rosenior wins, Fletcher loses
🇪🇬Salah v Mane
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🚨FIRST POD OF 2026!🚨
Much to discuss with @acjimbo.bsky.social, Carl Anka, @danielstorey85.bsky.social & @adrianjclarke.bsky.social
🔵Maresca leaves Chelsea with @sjohnsonsport.bsky.social
😡Leeds v Man United
😴Boring boring Spurs
🏆#AFCON2025 last 16 with @mahermezahi.bsky.social
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Check in with @mahermezahi.bsky.social on the African Five-a-side podcast as he runs down the profile of each team participating in the 2025 African Cup of Nations. www.youtube.com/@AfricaFiveS...
🚨SATURDAY POD!🚨
It's the #WorldCupDraw with @acjimbo.bsky.social, Natalie Gedra, @oilysailor.bsky.social & more!
🏴The group of L
🇧🇷Brazil v Scotland!
🇺🇸Kind draw @paultenorio.bsky.social?
🇲🇦African hopes with @mahermezahi.bsky.social
🇨🇼Your Curaçaos with @sweeperpod.bsky.social
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FIFA’s ongoing failure to enforce sanctions against the Israeli Football Association (IFA) despite long-standing and irrefutable evidence that the IFA is in violation of FIFA Statutes is further evidence of the organisation’s ad hoc and selective enforcement of its rules. fairsq.org/fifa-continu...
AFCON doesn’t need European validation to be major—it already is. But the real danger lies in how dismissive narratives shape the value of African football and its players. @mahermezahi.bsky.social responds to the row over comments by @23carra.bsky.social africasacountry.com/2025/02/is-a...
Musk’s outrage over land reform in South Africa isn’t about fairness—it’s about fueling right-wing paranoia and preserving economic privilege.
africasacountry.com/2025/02/elon...
🔔New episode🔔
- Reflections on interviewing Ismael Bennacer & Amine Gouiri at Olympique de Marseille
- Thoughts on four African internationals racially abused in European leagues
youtu.be/zPLw4LV7Kfo
Now that the winter transfer window has closed all across the African continent, we recapped some of its biggest moves and examined which clubs best re-tooled for the CAF Interclub competition knockout stages
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdZc...
France and Algeria remain locked in a cycle of reconciliation and rupture as the wounds of colonization continue to shape their uneasy relationship. @mahermezahi.bsky.social explains recent happenings. africasacountry.com/2025/02/alge...
The group stages of the CAF Champions League concluded over the weekend. Here are my thoughts on the matches that took place:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wR8b...
🔔NEW EPISODE🔔
There are two spots up for grabs for the 6th and final matchday of the CAF Champions League
- Young Africans host MC Algiers in a tense match with all on the line
- Orlando Pirates go to Cairo to cap off a perfect group stage vs Al Ahly
youtu.be/7cxjexcw1OM
🔔 New episode 🔔
CAF Champions League: Al Ahly streak snapped, Sundowns & Pirates need wins, Yanga in survival mode
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZAz...
"Walking under pomegranate & lemon trees in the streets of Old Damascus and peering into abandoned courtyards brought to life so many stories I’d heard from Syrians of what had been taken away from them in exile"
I wrote about my experiences in Damascus & Aleppo.
www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
On rebuilding Algeria’s oceans, @mahermezahi.bsky.social produced a short visual to accompany @zahrarahmouni.bsky.social's piece on artificial reefs in Algeria. Read the whole thing here: africasacountry.com/2024/12/rebu...
Fewest minutes per goal involvement among Serie A players since the start of last season (2000+ mins):
◉ 92.5 - Ademola Lookman
◎ 110.9 - Lautaro Martínez
◎ 114.8 - Paulo Dybala
◎ 115.5 - Marcus Thuram
◎ 117.4 - Charles De Ketelaere
The best player in Italy right now. 💯
🔔NEW EPISODE🔔
CAF Champions League matchday 3 recap:
🔸TP Mazembe and Yanga hold one other to draw
🔸Al Hilal shock MC Algiers in 🇩🇿
🔸Pirates held in check in 🇨🇮
🔸Esperance play best match yet vs Pyramids
🔸Cardoso passes first test with Sundowns
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bE3O...
Matchday 2 of the CAF Champions League was a bit of a snooze fest. On this episode of the African Five-a-side podcast, we try to find reasons why and also review 7/8 matches that took place over the weekend
youtu.be/pJ1A7WpPIbA
🔔 NEW EPISODE 🔔
CAF Champions League, matchday 2 preview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=IToH...
Our post from @mahermezahi.bsky.social on the Egyptian football ultra group Al Ahly, and their activities after being banned during the revolution, now has an accompanying video! Check it below, and the original post here: africasacountry.com/2024/05/taki... youtu.be/8rM8_n0Xjqw
Last May, we went to the CAF Champions League final to learn more about how Al Ahly ultras are finding a home away from home since being banned from Cairo International Stadium
Full video, for @africasacountry.bsky.social : youtu.be/8rM8_n0Xjqw?...
The main observation from yesterday's matches is: There's a good crop of young African talent shining in CAF Champions League
Ibrahim Adel, Adama Coulibaly, Mohau Nkota, Relebohile Mofokeng, Oscar Kabwit, Issa Fofana, Koussay Maacha all impressed in their respective matches
youtu.be/VQ2mU7HzjsI
CAF Champions League begins today
Was expecting a more raucous crowd in Lubumbashi to support TP Mazembe versus MC Algiers, but it is a 14h kick off on a Tuesday afternoon
Mazembe were stripped of top players and look sluggish, MCA looking to impress in their return to the CL which they won in ‘76
Previewing matchday 1 of the 2024/2025 CAF Champions League group stages, which kicks off tomorrow
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyyx...
Ranking all 24 teams that qualified for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations
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3/5
Partey, Kudus, Semenyo, Fatawu, Lamptey, Williams, Ayew… yet Ghana won’t be at the Cup of Nations.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Predictions: Botswana, Libya, Sudan, Mozambique and Guinea to qualify