African style of football

J · Post 04 Oct 2005, 04:11

To any of you who get to watch the top african proffesional leagues, what kind of style do they play? and does it vary in different parts of the continent? The african national teams seem to produce some good talent, so i was just wondering what the style of play is there in their top leagues, because iv never really gotten to see any games on TV from there.

Futbolstud · Post 06 Oct 2005, 02:40

well i cant say much for western africa but in eastern africa we are very posession oriented we'll forget about the goal at somtimes lol this comes from in the streets they when they play there is no goal the whole point is to posess so they take this on the field thats why u dont see an eastern african player whos got a rocket of a foot lol the passing is very percice and alot of air balls but to feet kind of like the germans.

Piccadilly · Post 07 Oct 2005, 20:38

At my school there are many east africans and ive noticed that they do like to play more possession oriented and are good at it... they dont ballhog

Futbolstud · Post 08 Oct 2005, 01:55

what country are they from? i'm from ethopia in east africa

R9KEvinR9 · Post 08 Oct 2005, 02:01

i love watchin africans play soccer man they are unbelievable i love the speed the technique i cant really answer ur question J but if i where to guess i would say keep control of the ball and beat people with there height and speed .. cus boy are they fast

R9KEvinR9 · Post 08 Oct 2005, 02:01

hey futbolstud is that you on the avatar

Futbolstud · Post 08 Oct 2005, 15:07

yea thats me yea africans love to dribble at defenders at full speed theres this college calle dpark university my old coach is the head coach there its FULL of east africans and they possess better than some pro teams lol u think i'm kidding but they hold the ball for minutes at a time and there all really fast and skilled and quick thinkers too.

Pele158 · Post 08 Oct 2005, 17:10

Africans are fast. They are very possesion oriented. They will be great to play with. If your going to. I kinda repeated everybody huh. after reading them.

Piccadilly · Post 13 Oct 2005, 21:30

Mostly the kids at my school are somali and ethiopian

Futbolstud · Post 14 Oct 2005, 03:11

o yeah i forgot i didnt see that u lived in MN thats like the east african capital of the us lol tell one of the kids AckUM it means hello in Oromo. its an ethopian language Tadas is another one in an ethopian language.

Piccadilly · Post 14 Oct 2005, 22:39

ok but is it pronounced ak (oom)? like that?

Futbolstud · Post 14 Oct 2005, 22:42

its pronounced AK ummm like when ur thinking you go umm and Tadas
is like Ta daaas like long a

Piccadilly · Post 14 Oct 2005, 22:44

alright ill try it but they might just look at me like im stupid (ill probably sound stupid) but they are really nice guys

Futbolstud · Post 14 Oct 2005, 22:56

lol just tell them a fellow ethiopian footballer from Balay said it and they'll know what ur talking about

Piccadilly · Post 14 Oct 2005, 22:58

what is balay?

anyways i think they are all great guys