1st
half:
Against in the beginning
timid Dynamos, Espérance took over command right from the start.
The Tunisians made it look easy and had skillfully created already a huge
opportunity before they scored after 10 minutes from close range by #17
Azaiez. - 0:1
The second goal followed
after a sharp 18m shot by #2, the Nigerian Agoye, that made look the Dynamos
keeper's saving attempt a little odd on the dry and difficult ground. 0:2
After first 22 minutes
Espérance in the following seemed to realease the pressure a little
and the next big opportunities came after 36 minutes when Tunisian attackers
did not score from two 10m occasions and in injury time when #9 Zitouni
missed with a header.
The official halftime
stats display the gap between the two teams:
shots
on goal: 1:13, fouls committed: 6:7, corners: 1:5, offsides: 4:0, yellow/red
cards: 0:0
Halftime, yet no contest,
0:2
In the second
half Espérance seemed to continue taking apart the Zimbabwean
hopes, but a sudden breakthrough counter attack in the 57th minute fired
up the Dynamos. Although the Dynamos striker was stopped in a one against
one situation by the Tunisian keeper El Ouaer, in the following three minutes
Dynamos played reinspired and was able to cause some excitement.
But the rest of the
match was one of couldn't against wouldn't when Espérance contained
the Dynamos wishes easily with half power and are now strong favorites
in this group.
Final score: 0:2
The official stats
after 90 minutes:
shots
on goal: 6:17, fouls committed: 8:11, corners: 2:8, offsides: 8:1, yellow
cards: 2:1, red cards 0:0
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