The weekend that was

Good afternoon goof friends

As some of us approach the end of the holidays,there's a lot that we can take from them

Anyway it has been a great weekend of football as Chelsea beat Aston Villa 2-1 to open a 7 point gap,Man City drew 1-1 at home with Hull City(didnt see that coming) and Spurs coming from behind to beat Arsenal 2-1.Sadly my team AC Milan lost 3-1 to Juventus but that was expected.AC Milan have been declining for many years and Juve dont have real competition.So I dont see them losing a grip on their Serie A title.

Real Madrid were thrashed 4-0 by their city rivals Athletico in the Madrid Derby.Real have been very poor in 2015 and they really need to get key players fit for their upcoming matches which includes El Clasico against FC Barcelona in March.I think they'll win La Liga,not too sure about the Champions League.It'll be a battle till the end

And finally,DRC finished 3rd in AFCON after winning 4-2 on penalties versus Equatorial Guinea last night.Interestingly no one gave them a chance to go far in the tournament(they beat Tunisia controversially in the quarter finals) and had to host at the 11th hour but I think they did a great job considering all the factors.

Now that brings me to the the final tonight between Ghana and Ivory Coast.Both are top 3 sides in Africa and have a really good chance to win a title for the first time in a long time.Ivory Coast since 1992 and Ghana since 1982.The golden generation of Yaya Toure and co really need to step up this evening to win the coveted trophy.I look at both squads and I believe the Ivorians have a better squad with Bony,Toure brothers,Salomon Kalou,Max Gredel etc and therefore they'll start as favorites.They also have a good coach in Herve Renard,who won it in 2012 with Zambia

So here are my predictions for tonights's games

AFCON Final:Ghana1-2Ivory Coast
La Liga:Athletic Bilbao1-3FC Barcelona.Barca will have too much firepower for the Basque team

If you think otherwise,feel free to comment on my blog

Have a fantastic week ahead and hope your team does well

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