Curtain falls on AFCON

The 2010 Orange African Cup of Nations (AFCON) comes to an end on Sunday with the final scheduled for the November 11 Stadium in Luanda, the Angolan capital city. Most football experts and commentators have had mixed feelings about the tournament, which has been marred by blatant errors from goalkeepers and referees.

Rainer Dinkelancer, goalkeeper trainer of South African giants, Kaizer Chiefs said the tournament might have been good but it proved that some goalkeepers have to improve on their performance. "I didn't watch all the games, but I agree with those who say that some of the goalkeepers at the tournament were not 100 percent on top technical wise.

It came out clearly that their positional play must be improved but unfortunately I don't know what's happening in their camps," said Dinkelancer. He added that despite the errors, some of the goalkeepers were brilliant. Cameroon goalkeeper Idris Kameni who plays for Espanyol in the Spanish La Liga was criticised for an 'embarrassing display' in their 3-1 quarterfinal loss to Egypt. With his experience at the top level, Kameni was expected to be one of the star performers in Angola. Zambian goalkeeper Kennedy Mweene failed his country in the group game against Cameroon when he fumbled a seemingly easy cross from Geremi to land the Indomitable Lions the eqaualiser. At the time, Cameroon looked dead and buried but Mweene's mistake brought the West Africans into the game.

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