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GROUP 3, week
5:
June 2, 1500GTM
Gabon - Tunisia 1:1
Before
Although still favorites
to qualify as second from this group, Tunisia can get into a difficult
situation today: if they lose in Gabon and Kenya beats Morocco, they will
have to rely on help in the last match.
1st half
-Gabon in green, Tunisia
in white
-('8) after half chances
for each team, the Gabonese keeper now makes a good save against a short
range shot from half left hand side as the Tunisians have broken though
-('9) the match is interrupted
for some minutes because of discussions at the benches
-('23) Gabonese successfully
defend a sequence of crosses and corners
-('25) Gabonese attack themselves
but Tunisians can defend for a corner
-up to here a quite balanced
match
-('36) Tunisia with a counter
attack but the lob from 18 meters sails across the bar
-('45) Gabon look terribly
disorganised on a Tunisian counter attack but the North Africans cannot
capitalize
-('injury time) Gabon come
close to a chance but El Ouaer makes no mistake catching the ball
halftime 0:0
a quite boring match with
only half chances if at all
2nd half
-nothing happens until:
-('57) Gabon free kick
from 25 meters: the ball is curved around the wall and takes one bounce
on the ground. It slips through El Ouaers hands into the goal - 1:0
-('58) Tunisians answer
fast and almost catch the Gabonese celebrating. But Zitounis attempt misses
the goal by centimeters
-('63) Tunisian #7 is all
alone 10 meters to the goal, half right hand side, but he shoots wide at
the second goal post
-Tunisians clearly have
accelerated , they should have played like this from the start
-('68) Tunisia score
by a diving header after a corner, Gabonese defence does not look good
- 1:1
-('70) Gabon: another free
kick, this time intercepted by the Tunisian defenders
-('71) Gabon: the corner
brings some more danger, but the Tunisians answer by a fast counter attack.
The eventual shot goes wide
-('74) Gabon, alow diagonal
shot, sharp, is causing some difficulties for El Ouaer as the ball has
taken a bounce on the ground
-('75) Gabon: huge opportunity
as the Gabonese combinate through, #9 misses the goal by centimeters, El
Ouaer would have been without chance
-the Gabonese surprisingly
now manage quite well to get the Tunisian defence into several troubles
-the match, which had
been a sleeping pill now goes up and down
-('82) El Ouaer spectacularly
intercepts a Gabonese attack - now he lies on the ground and gets treated
-('86) Gabon: free kick,
22 meters central to the goal. They play it indirect, but the trick does
not fool the Tunisians but their own player - wasted opportunity
-('injury time) Gabon desperately
attacking, showing late skills, but Tunisia survive
final score 1:1
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