Africa Cup of Nations - blog

Final whistle blows on CAN 2010

by Paul Myers

Article published on the 2010-02-01 Latest update 2010-02-01 12:27 TU

Egypt's Moussa Narry holds up the Africa Cup of Nations trophy after his team defeated Ghana 1-0 in the final.
Photo: Reuters

Paul Myers wraps up an intense four weeks following the Cup of Nations championship from Angola.

Luanda airport. The international one. Time to go home. Or rather to start the trip away from Angola.

It’s been a long four weeks but they have gone.

Egypt won – as I so confidently predicted – and Ghana were valiant losers.

The Ghana squad was staying in the same hotel as me and they were a subdued band afterwards. But they smiled and said thank you when you congratulated them on their achievements.

They’ve made a huge statement for the future.

Over the next 24 hours I’ll be heading back to Paris. And this will be the time to consider the Blog Awards.

The blog? Considering things?

Time to go home.