reports:
schedule, tables:
|
GROUP 3, week
1:
Sep 3, 1510 GMT Kenya
- Tunisia 0:0
Before the match:
After Gabon beat Morocco
yesterday the group could become more exciting than thought. Now it is
Kenya's turn to throw the hat into the ring. On the other hand a good opportunity
for Tunisia to race away from the beginning: away points are most valuable
in African Football, especially if it is three.
1st half:
-Kenya in green, the numbers
are black and difficult to read, Tunisia in white
-('2) First confusion caused
in the Kenyan defence by a tunisian free kick cross from the left hand
side. On the response Tunisian defence does not look settled either
-('10) free kick Tunisia
from 22 meters half left: a difficult bouncing ball but the keeper is able
to get grip of it.
-('15) good opportunity
for Kenya (#10 or #11) from 16 meters narrowly across the bar - it remains
unclear whether it has been ruled offside or not
-('17) complete confusion
in the Tunisian defence with the keeper out of the goal but the eventual
attempt from 20 meters misses wide right
-Tunisia had dominated
the match but the holes in their defending has fired up the home team
-('23) almost huge opportunity
for Tunisia after corner
-('27) the Kenyan keeper
goes for a cross but only deflects it poorly which triggers several scoring
opportunities for Tuniaia in the following. But Kenya escapes somehow with
the help of poor Tunisian finishing
-('28)('29) more pressure
on the goal by the tactically superior Tunisians
-('30) Kenya with a distance
attempt wide again
-('35) Tunisian defender
can put his foot just right in time before a good combination sees Kenya
through with free way to the goal
-it looks like a goal
can happen on either side
-Kenyan keeper much better
at crosses towards the end of the half
-('43)('44) two promising
attacks by Kenya just not exactly enough executed in the end
-('injury time) huge oppotunity
for Kenya when a clearing attempt bounces off a strikers chest (Tunisians
want handball) and Kenya is 3 against one on the way to the goal. But a
shot right away goes wide again (from 16 meters)
-('injury time) half chances
on both sides: one for Tunisia, two for Kenya
halftime 0:0
Tunisian defence does not
look solid what more and more encourages Kenya to go for a goal and to
go after defenders in Tunisian build up. Tunisia controls sequences of
the match. It looks quite open who will score first.
2nd half:
-('47)('48)('49)('51) Two
times Tunisia, two times Kenya come close to get opportunities against
yet unsorted defences
-('54) Tunisians can step
in at the last moment and deflect a Kenyan shot for a corner - it results
in a counter attack finished by a poor Zitouni shot wide
-Kenyans with great fighting
spirit conquer balls in midfield against the stuttering Tunisian build
up which is not helped by the seemingly bumpy pitch
-('65) a rare occasion that
a Tunisian counter attack reaches the Kenyan penalty area in the second
half yet - but again the Kenyan players with a lot of effort can retain
ball possession
-('69) Kenyan pressure again
-(''71) Suddenly the biggest
chance of the match for Ali Zitouni who brreakes through on a counter attack
- but the keeper, already half way out of the goal, can save his low shot
from 15 meters and a defender can clear the loose ball
-('72) Kenya again, but
yet Tunisia can prevent the hosts from real clearcut chances like the Zitouni
one
-('75) after a long throw
in from the left hand side a defended ball comes to an unmarked Kenyan
player who shoots from 20 meters but far wide right
-('76) Kenya visit thenTunisian
penalyty area gain - it is Khaled Badra who can prevent the striker from
a clear attempt on the goal
-although there are waves
of attacks that Tunisia cannot stop the core defence is there when situations
in front of the goal occur. for example several long throw ins fade without
effect
-judging from the number
of players that join Tunisian counter attacks and the number of players
staying in the back, Tunisia is satisfied with the draw
-('80) Kenyan defender is
lucky that a clumsy clearing attempt does not result in a penalty
-('87) Kenyan defence looks
odd at a Chihi cross from the right hand side but gets away with a corner
-('89) Kenya score by a
header sequence but the referee rules offside - the call seems questionable
-('injury time) another
opportunity for Kenya ends with another shot wide
-('injury time) another
opportunity for Kenya, this time a header from 12 meters across the bar
-('injury time) a last counter
attack by Tunisia, but a harmless shot, no problem for the keeper
final result 0:0
Unfortunately the match
came down to a key decision by the referee team. Kenya with a very good
match considering their actual status in African football were unlucky
here. Apart from this the second half saw a dominating Kenya with the biggest
opportunity (apart from the goal) for Tunisia.
reuters/dailysoccer:
att. 20,000
|
Zusammenfassung
in Deutsch ]