African Five-a-side

Dec 09 2024 89 ep. 25 mins

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Learning about the African continent through the prism of its favorite pastime: football. Hosted by Maher Mezahi and backed by Africa Is a Country with funding from the Open Society Foundation.

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Pirates, Al Ahly, Sundowns, Raja held in check during matchday 2 of CAF Champions League ⎸ AFR 2.16

Dec 09 2024 38 mins

TIMESTAMPS:04:47 - Sagrada Esperança vs Esperance de Tunis review09:15 - Orlando Pirates vs Al Ahly review19:19 - Stade d'Abidjan vs CR Belouizdad review24:20 - Mouloudia Algiers vs Young Africans review27:12 - AS FAR vs Mamelodi Sundowns review30:05 - Djoliba vs Pyramids FC preview31:58 - Al Hilal vs TP Mazembe previewWe snoozed through 7/8 matches of matchday 2 of the CAF Champi

MAILBAG: Should CAF introduce Nations League? How good are Niger? What happened to Nsue? ⎸ AFR 2.14

Dec 02 2024 41 mins

TIMESTAMPS:02:09 - Can Niger keep up momentum?11:44 - Emilio Nsue suspension22:42 - Is the CAF CL getting boring?27:53 - How can West African clubs compete in CAF CL?36:05 - Should CAF introduce Nations League?This episode of the African football round-up, is a mailbag episode where we answer the questions that you send in! We answer questions about a possible CAF Nations League, W

REACTION: Top young African talent shines in Matchday 1 of CAF Champions League ⎸ AFR 2.14

Nov 27 2024 33 mins

TIMESTAMPS:01:30 - TP Mazembe vs MC Algiers recap07:37 - Young Africans vs Al Hilal recap17:18 - Mamelodi Sundowns vs Maniema Union recap19:11 - CR Belouizdad vs Orlando Pirates recap25:03 - Pyramids vs Sagrada Esperanca recap27:59 - Esperance vs DjolibaIn this episode of the African football round-up, we recap the first matchday of the 2024/2025 CAF Champions League. It was a roun

2024/2025 CAF Champions League preview: Matchday 1

Nov 25 2024 38 mins

TIMESTAMPS:01:41 - TP Mazembe vs MC Algiers09:59 - Young Africans vs Al Hilal16:10 - Mamelodi Sundowns vs Maniema Union19:50 - Raja vs AS FAR22:17 - Al Ahly vs Stade d'Abidan25:52 - CR Belouizdad vs Orlando Pirates31:05 - Pyramids vs Sagrada Esperanca32:41 - Esperance vs DjolibaIn this episode of the African football round-up, we preview the first matchday of the 2024/2025 CAF Cham

Ranking all 24 teams that qualified for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations ⎸ AFR 2.12

Nov 20 2024 47 mins

2025 Afcon qualifying is officially a wrap, so we took the time to power rank all 24 teams that have qualified for Morocco 2025 and we reflect on our thoughts on the teams from what we’ve seen over the last three monthsAfrica Is A Country YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC29aKwRSbAQKhcNc8DqyETg-----------------------This podcast is brought to you by: www.africasa

FILM STUDY: Nigeria defend poorly vs Benin, Sudan collapse vs Niger + more observations ⎸ AFR 2.11

Nov 16 2024 44 mins

TIMESTAMPS:06:42 - Niger vs Sudan analysis17:12 - Benin vs Nigeria analysis26:40 - Angola vs Ghana analysis32:58 - Uganda vs South Africa analysis37:06 - Botswana vs Mauritania analysis40:20 - Algeria vs Equatorial Guinea analysisIn this episode of the African football round-up, we head to the film room to break down some of the matches we during matchday 5 of the 2025 Africa Cup o

Who are the last teams that will qualify for Afcon 2025? ⎸ AFR 2.10

Nov 11 2024 31 mins

TIMESTAMPS:03:15 - Group A preview11:18 - Group B preview13:49 - Group C preview16:41 - Group D preview19:22 - Group E and F preview20:43 - Group G preview22:29 - Group H preview24:22 - Group I preview25:41 - Group J preview26:58 - Group K preview27:56 - Group L previewIn this episode of the African football round-up, we preview the final two matchdays of 2025 Afcon qualifying. Som

REACTION: Former Algerian footballer Rachid Mekhloufi (رشيد مخلوفي) passes away at the age of 88

Nov 08 2024 26 mins

In this reaction video we celebrate the life and legacy of Rachid Mekhloufi as it's been reported that he passed away in Paris at the age of 88-----------------------This podcast is brought to you by: www.africasacountry.comFollow us on social media:https://twitter.com/AfricanFiveSidehttps://www.tiktok.com/@african.fiveaside

Paradou, Stellenbosch, Azam: Three African football clubs doing things differently ⎸ AFR 2.9

Nov 04 2024 51 mins

TIMESTAMPS:02:07 - Maher Mezahi on Paradou 17:12 - Lorenz Kohler on Stellenbosch33:58 - Salim Masoud Said on AzamIn this episode of the African football round-up, we take a look at three non mainstream African clubs: Paradou, Stellenbosch and Azam. Maher Mezahi breaks down Paradou while Lorenz Kohler and Salim Masoud Said analyse Stellenbosch and Azam.-----------------------This po

Ademola Lookman, Serhou Guirassy, Achraf Hakimi? Who should be African player of the year? ⎸ AFR 2.8

Oct 28 2024 31 mins

In this episode of the African football round-up, we analyse the 2024 CAF African player of the year longest and whittle it down to a few candidates that we think are deserving of the African player of the year award.-----------------------This podcast is brought to you by: www.africasacountry.comThis week's must-reads:The mine dumps of Silicon Valley: https://www.africasacountry.c