Before the
match:
Nigeria have reached the
quarter finals not convincingly but still as the visible best team in their
group. But while Algeria and Liberia were too inconsistent in depth, Mali
had proved it is possible to stop the Supereagles and those had not looked
like being able to gear up. Several reports have been focussing on a certain
'laziness' in running and that is where Ghana want to to seek their chance.
Ghana are only here because
of a miracolous ending to their last group match with Burkina Faso. 'Supersub'
Boakye scored twice in the final minutes to turn around a match against
an inexperienced and nervous defence. But apart from those goals, harmlessness
in attack is the greatest concern of Ghana who have to replace their promising
midfielder Michael Essien because of injury. But maybe this harmlessness
is their chance: As the Supereagles tend to take defence very easy when
they have the feeling of superiority Ghana will have to wait for that moments
and score out of the blue. Otherwise: Nigeria are clear favorites.
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Senegal are clear favorites,
rated 56% (decimal odds 1.62), DR Congo 18% (5.0), draw 26% (3.4)
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1st half:
-Senegal in white, DR Congo
in yellow socks, blue shorts and blue shirts. Shabani Nonda will not play
for DR Congo. He had to travel home again with fever for more medical treatment.
Senegal have returned to their first choice squad after they had tried
all their substitutes in the third group match.
-('2) DR Congo almost profit
from a little error in the Senegalese defence
-the match is a typical
evening match with much more tempo. Both teams waste no time and attack
-('3) not very dangerous
attempt by DR Congo over the bar
-('6) great solorun through
midfield by Congolese Lisasi? (was it LuaLua?) as the Congolese look very
promising in their attacking attempts
-an open match both teams
look capable of creating chances and excitement
-('9) DR Congo witzh a dangerous
space consuming triangle play at a free kick. The eventual cross alsmost
finds #14 Lisasi who is ready to put it into the net.
-('11) Senegal: beginning
with a through ball on Diouf which is just defied by the keeper a half
minute long bombardement of the Congolese goal is taking place in which
defenders throw themselves into shots and eventually defend their goal
successfully
-('12) DR Congo try to answer
rght away
-('17) Congolese keeper
Tokala with two great saves against the broken through Camara
-('22) Senegal: Diouf shoots
across the bar, moments before Congolese #10 Mulekelayi has injured himself
badly at his knee when he jumped into emptyness and got his foot caught
in the surface. He has to be carried off and replaced by #17 Manzamgala
-('24) DRC: #14 Lisasi has
a great chance but cannot control the ball before three defenders arrive
-('26) the pitch spoils
a Senegalese attack when the ball takes a sudden bounce into the air
-('28) Senegal now have
more of the game and a couple of half dangerous attempts
-(30') free kick from
the right hand side: the cross by Fadiga finds Alessane Diao who wins the
header which powerfully crashes into the net - 1:0
-('35) DRC: Manzamgala with
a good opportunity: his diagonal shot goes wide
-('36) a two footed challenge
by Congolese #20 Mwamba on Coly sparks a little scuffle between almost
all players. Coly sees yellow for his reaction as does Mwamba.
-It seems the right solution,
however, the referees seem to have the vision to get this Nations Cup over
without red card
-('39) Senegal: The Congolese
offside trap fails but Senegal can't make anything out of it
-the match is quicker
than the tactical battle of the other quarter final but it has a lot more
errors
-Senegal are dominating
the match now
-both teams are missing
opportunities because they fail with imediate ball control
halftime 1:0
A fast game. In the beginning
an open match, now it has developed into Senegalese domination and Congolese
counter attacks. Both teams not perfect in their execution, neither in
attack nor in defence
2nd half:
-('48) miserable free kick
execution by Senegal
-bad passing, difficult
ball control on the bumpy pitch, an error marred second half so far
-many things are explainable
but invalid throws and half high corners cannot be attached to the pitch
and this early in the half not to the pace
-('63) the referee, a guest
from UEFA, is distributing relatively many yellow cards
-(64) DRC: a good corner
a nd a fine header by Bakasu, it is cleared off the line by the defender
posted at the left goal post
-('65) DRC with a next chance,
a long cross from right to left, headed back into the middle, a player
tries to slide in but does not hit the ball properly
-('69) Senegal: a typical
scene for this second half: corner, Coly is unmarked but his head is only
hitting the air
-('70) miserable free kick
execution by Senegal
-('72) nice attack by DR
Congo, the eventual shot, a volley attempt, is not properly hit, but it
was a difficult ball
-('72) Congolose stop Diouf
with their offside trap, but play with fire
-('73) bad passing, this
time by Diouf, kills off another Senegalese counter attempt
-('75) #15 Diop in for #20
Sylvain Ndiaye
-('78) a good counter attack
opportunity for Senegal, this time the idea, advance the ball by head,
just does not work out
-('79) a foul by Congolese
Kimoto against the Senegalese keeper sparks some emotions
-('80) Senegal: #9 Souleymane
Camera in foe #7 Henri Camera
-('81) DRC: #16 Apataki
in for #19 Mbayo
-(84) DRC: keeper Tokala
and Senegalese #9 Souleymane Camera collide in the hunt for the ball but
no foul from either side says the referee
-('85) Senegal: Congolese
keeper does well against a surprise shot that might have been a mistimed
cross
-('87) Senegal beat the
offside trap, Camera with a very good execution against a bounce of the
ball on the bumpy pitch he sidefoots the ball to Diouf who scores easily
- 2:0
-('89) Congolese lose their
nerves and start to target target legs: a flying
two footed challenge against a Senegalese player gets an immediate red
card for Tekumu. This was more than
red. A second player seems to try to attack the referee and is contained
by another Congolese player. A scuffle breaks out and the referee team
needs some minutes to continue with the match.
final score 2:0
Senegal strong one on one,
but scrappy in execution of essentials, still clear winner.
semi-finals:
Nigeria - Senegal
Mali - Cameroon
match data as published
by CAF Online:
Referee: Domenico Messina
(ITA).
Ass. Referees: Paulo
Ribeiro (POR), Abdel Majid Jeddaoui (MOR)
Scorers: Alassane Diao,
31, El Hadj Ousseynou Diouf 87
Attendance: 15,000
Teams:
Senegal: 1-Tony Sylva;
2-Omar Daf, 6-Aliou Cisse, 13-Lamine Diatta, 17-Ferdinand Coly, 3-Pape
Sarr, 15-Alassane Diao, 20-Sylvain Ndiaye (19-Pape Bouba Diop 75), 7-Henri
Camara (9-Souleymane Camara 81), 10-Khalilou Fadiga, 11-El Hadj Ousseynou
Diouf
DR Congo: 12-Paulin Tokala;
4-Yves Yuvuladio, 13-Dikilu Bageta, 20-Felix Muamba, 5-Essele Bakasu, 11-Papy
Kimoto, 19-Marcel Mbayo (16-Patrick Apataki 82), 10-Kanku Mulekelayi (17-Singa
Mazangala 26), 7-Pathy Nsele Esengo, 9-Lomana Tresor Lualua, 14-Jean-Paul
Boeka Lisasi (21-Alexis Tekumu 48)
Cautions:
Senegal: 17- Coly (36),
15- Diao (63)
RDC: 20- Ndiaye (36),
9- Lualua (43), 19- Mbayo (49), 12- Tokala (86), 5- Bakasu (86)
EXPULSION: Alexis Tekumu
(DR Congo) 88
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