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GROUP 4, week5:
Jun 1 2001 Algeria
- Angola 3:2
Before
Algeria with a lot of line-up
problems can secure qualification by a victory today.
Angola have to play without
some key players as well, including their most important player Akwa and
new rising star Mantorras. By winning today they can then qualify by their
own powers in the last round in two weeks time. A draw might give them
a good chance depending on the result of the other match between Burundi
and Burkina Faso. If they lose only a miraculous slump of form of Burkina
Faso could rescue them.
1st half
- Algeria (in all-white)
pin back the Angolans (red-black-red with gold stripes) deep into their
half right from the start and work out a couple of half chances
- ('6) A right-footed
sharp and dangerous Saifi corner from the right takes a surprise curl towards
the goal and catches the player which is guarding the first goal post reacting
slowly. He heads the ball into his own net, it might have gone in anyway
- 1:0
-('17) Angolas first shot
misses the target. They look as if they prefer a slower beginning of matches
and Algeria are beginning to join their tempo, backed by the lead..
-('29) Angola have Algerians
outnumbered as a cross flies in from the right. The mismatch leaves #14
all alone, firing an unprecise shot from half left which becomes another
cross instead and hits more by accident another Angolan player, Quinzinho,
central in front of the goal. From his body the ball bounces into the goal
- 1:1
-Algeria without the
inspiration of Dziri, Benarbia, Saib, and Belmadi have now difficulties
to work out opportunities. They also have some problems in coordinating
their pressing when the Angolans give unsure looks.
-('35) Angolas #15 who has
been sent through, misses the goal only by centimeters. The second out-of-the-blue
scene for Angola
-('42) Algeria get a
hand penalty when after a fine trick of an Algerian attacker the defender,
only a meter away, cannot get his hand out of the lane of the ball in time.
Saifi leaves no chance for the keeper - 2:1
halftime 2:1
a match in which the goals
have rather been accidents than the result of the skills sees two teams
quite below Nations Cup form.
2nd half:
-('55) huge opportunity
for Angolan #7 who is alone in front of the keeper after a defensive blunder.
But the angle is a bit tight so he beats the keeper but misses the target
wide
-(60) Angolan #9 Jony
scores by a fine header after a cross from the right, where two players
have worked out the good situation for a precise cross. The Algerian defenders
make the decoration. - 2:2
-('63) The Angolan keeper
(Goliath?) successfully defends against a broken though Algerian attacker
-Algeria is speeding
up and immediately the Angolan defence runs into troubles
-('68) Algeria: direct shot
after cross, wide
-('70) a beauty of an Algerian
attack, using the width of the field, is cleared for a corner
-('79) Algerians score
by #15 Kharkhach after a fast counter attack which sees the Angolan defence
in chaos after the keeper had unsuccessfully come out of his goal to intercept
a low ball - 3:2
-('83) Angola with a free
kick cross and a dangerous header which the keeper wipes across the bar
-half chances on both sides
-('88) A good opportunity
for Angola but the shot is right on the keeper
-the new young Algerian
keeper (Slimane Ould Mata) looks quite good at crosses
-('injury time) Algeria
need some desperate defending to survive the last Angolan attempts, all
by high balls into the penalty area
final score 3:2
Algeria have qualified for
the Nations Cup. Angola have disappointed for most of the game and only
have suggested that they could be a much more dangerous team.
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