The first half saw
the expected careful approach of both teams. Espérance trying to
avoid the dangerous counter attacks of Raja and Casablanca prevented the
usual Tunisian dominance approach.
During the whole match
both teams often attacked concentrated the ball positioning player, cutting
space and passing lanes and forcing individual actions already in midfield
which often ended up in nothing.
The second half saw
some more excitement. Espérance attacked in the opening minutes.
'51 - the biggest opportunity
of the match: the Raja offside trap failed and Agoye ran alone towards
the keeper. But neither he nor Nsilulu in second attempt were able to capitalize
'55 - spectacular
Gabsi volley saved by the Marrocain keeper
'62 - dangerous Espérance
counter but Badra across the bar from 18m
'66 - controversal
situation inside the Tunisian penalty area but the whistle reamins silent
'72 - A Casablanca
player provokes another controversial situation but without success
The game now becomes more
and more fragmented (individual actions)
''84 - a dangerous
ball centered into the Espérance box followed by a counter but Zitouni
is stopped
now suddenly some action
in front of both goals (2 more scenes) but no must-score situations occur
'extra-time - 3 opportunities
for Raja but all wide or saved as Espérance seems to lose concentration.
Julius Aghahowa has the last shooting attempt - the match is over
final result: 0:0
return leg: in two weeks
time at Tunis
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