| AFRICAN CUP OF NATIONS 1998 | ||||||
| THE QUALIFICATION | BEFORE THE FINALS | THE FINALS: MATCH DISCRIPTIONS | AFTER THE FINALS: THE REVIEWS | |||
| TEAM PORTRAITS | FINAL+3rd PLACE | TOURNAMENT REVIEW | ||||
| PREVIEWS:TEAMS AND TOURNAMENT | SEMI-FINALS | QUARTER-FINALS | REVIEWS:THE TEAMS PERFORMANCES | |||
| GROUPA | GROUPB | GROUPC | GROUPD | INTERESTING STATISTICS | ||
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The reason why this service is offered as an addition to a service like
that one is that there is a measurable request for information on the African
Cup Of Nations. In the same time the competition is completely invisible
for German TV viewers relying on cable. This might be the case too in other
European areas because of the Winter Olympics in Nagano are taking place
the same time. For example Eurosport, the station which usually showed
the matches has concentrated completely on Nagano and does not show anything
else during those two weeks.
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| elect
the African
Footballer of the decade,
the official election by 'The Shot That Passed Right Through The Net'
From now on until the first of April 1999 the vistitors of 'The Shot That Passed Right Through The Net' can vote for the African player of the decade. It might be better to call it the African player of a generation for the border line should not be too harsh because some players career is split over decades. The election is spread over a long period because momentary impression should not dominate. There will be some souvenirs to win, that have not been determined yet. Additional sponsorship will be welcome. Five players are suggested but you can vote for anybody else. If there is a new suggestion, a player that was fogotten and was now voted a considerable number his name will be added to the list. The names of suggested players are: 1) Roger Milla. It is left up to you whether you think his career does not belong in an election of the 90's when he was already 38 at the World Cup in Italy 1990. 2) Kalusha Bwalya. He did not win the Nations Cup nor did he play at the World Cup. But he is an outstanding player in a tragic decade for a Zambian team of 'almost'. 3) Abedi Pele. He won the European Cup of Champions with Olympique Marseille and was the leader of the Black Stars over a decade that saw them fail to capitalise although Pele was appreciated as a great player and leader everywhere. 4) Rashidi Yekini. The Nigerian player was the hero of the Nigerian game until 1994. Later he was plagued by injuries and it is questionable if we will see him in France. 5) George Weah. The Liberian became the first player to win the World footballer crown. He played successful in France and Italy for AS Monaco, Paris St.Germain and AC Milan but despite his (also financial) engagement for the team he could not lead the Liberian National team further than among the last 16 in Nations Cup 1996. The first name convincingly promoted by a vote is 6) Hossam Hassan, who already was a famous player when Egypt played a fine World Cup 1990 and now lead Egypt to this unexpected and formidable Nations Cup triumph. Now it is up to you. Give your vote. |
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| Saturday, Febr 28th
Final: South Africa - Egypt kickoff 16:00 GMT (17:00 MEZ, 11:00 EST) |
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| before
the match...South
Africa - Egypt:
Both teams are hard to beat: South Africa did not lose a match in this tournament yet (3 wins, 2 ties) while Egypt only lost one match in the last minute against Morocco and this was the only goal Egypt conceded in 5 matches! South Africa conceded 4 in 5 what is not bad as well, even for a finalist. So many predict a match dominated by tactics. The match is also a batlle of the spectacular goalgetters Benedict McCarthy and Hossam Hassan for the tournaments top scorers crown. We have seen many different refereeing styles during the tournament and the recent removal of 2 referees from the World Cup lineup seemed strange to some, especially because the action was taken so hasty. This puts a lot of pressure on the referee when a certain percentage of mistakes is inevitable. Whether this signal has any influence in favour of the bit more physical South Africans are too much speculation so that the outcome of the match is completely open. The match is also a batlle of the spectacular goalgetters Benedict McCarthy and Hossam Hassan for the tournaments top scorers crown: |
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| 1st half action:
-('2) the first shot on the goal, it is by #8 Yasser Radwan of Egypt -('3) #2 Rabutla of South Africa tests the bones of Hossam Hassan and the attitude of the referee and gets away with a plain free kick -('4) #17 Ahmed Hassan walks with the ball through midfield. All players are marked but he himself does not get challenged. So he releases a shot from 25m with effet to outside into the right triangle- 0:1 -('6) the next bone aimed South African foul -('8) Saouth African #4 Jackson conquers the ball in midfield, marches down the left lane but his shot is far too weak -('12) Free kick from half left and a super free kick trick manouvering out the wall and the entire defence by the typical Egyptian direct play. In a triangle play #4 Ramzy passes to #9 Hossam Hassan who touhes on to #20 Tarek Mostafa- 0:2 -('13) SAF answers but Moshoeu aims to high from 18m -('23) Moshoeu finishes solorun again with a shot too high from similar position -('26) Egypt now completely drawn back while SAF who changed tempi often during the preceding matches look something like patient and paralysed in the same moment, the man with the ball seems the loneliest man in the world -('27) Masinga tries bycicle kick but it rolls wide -('28) yellow vs. SAF #11 after foul play -('30) Egypt threats when #9 heads it back to #20 but SAF defence concentrated -('31) weak SAF 20m shot -('32) brilliant counterplay benefiting from a dispersed defence but #17's shot this time can be saved by the South African goalkeeper -('34) long ball on Hossam Hassan who almost steals it against #2 and the keeper -('36) almost a spectacular scene when Hossam Hassan conquers the ball and fires immediately touching the crossbar from 30m, but it had been a clear foul -('39) another counterplay but #20 shot goes wide -('39) finally #14 Hazem Emam enters the stage curving around two defenders, can't be fouled but his attempt to hit exactly the triangle goes wide from 17m -('41) South Africa tries but Egypt defends very well -('45) another South African foul, this time yellow agains Radebe HALFTIME- 0:2 |
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| 2nd half action:
-# 14 Quentin Fortune comes in for Augustine -('55) yellow against #17 Ahmed Hassan for holding -('55) #10 Sabry comes in for Hazem Emam -('55) South Africans try free kick trick but the shot is blocked -('57) Egyptians #10, #9, and #20 cause some turmoil again -('58) free kick Egypt blocked -('62) yellow for Egypt #5 Kamouna for holding -('67) only second South African threat of the second half when Radebe breaks through on left wing and centres back the ball from groundline but a defender picks it off -('72) #10 Egypt far too high from 20m -South Africas uninspired look also is caused by very concentrated defence -('75) Egyptian #10 Sabry plays out half the defence but there is no support for him -('75) on the opposite side Moshoeu tries again from 18m and this time hits the goalpost -yes, McCarthy does play but he seems to have threatened compared to Hossam Hassan in a relationship of about 1:10 -('79) frustrated foul by SAF #14 -('79) Egypt brings in #21 Nabih for #20 and almost threatens with a counterplay -('81) SAF brings in #13 Ndlanya for Masinga -('83) free kick from 18m after handplay but it is into the wall by Quentin Fortune -('84) some excitement after #17 McCarthy set up a 16m shot that is deflected to a corner. This brings a Fish header that is saved by the keeper -Egypt walks it home -From the scenes mentioned it is visible the match did not have too many highlights when Egypt concentrated on defending while still threatenting by its dangerous attackers so that South Africa did not dare to completely expose. It had not made much sense anyway because the Egyptian penalty area was already crowded. Egypt was very concentrated against the few inspired combination attempts. The match was fair, the fouls mentioned here only to visualize the different kind of approach of the two teams and the difficult sensible role a referee plays in it. FINAL RESULT- 0:2, Egypt wins the Nations Cup 1998 |
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planned Saturday 28th
Final, kickoff 16:00 GMT (17:00 MEZ, 11:00 EST) and 20:00 GMT
(21:00 MEZ, 15:00 EST)
-look in here even if you can watch it on TV, another special
will be launched-
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For match details check on other news sources in African Football news ressources on Internet or review the news ticker match impressions of the past days in the shot's match discription page. Another fine site is the BBC World Service with different style match discriptions and impressions. You can put questions to journalists in Burkina Faso that do not get answered.
(for a review of the first round see GOAL FEVER, an already available part of the Nations Cup documentation under construction)
Results and standings as well as statistics on this and past tournaments can be reviewd at RSSSF or at this page by Raoul S da Silva Curiel .
Recommended information sources for information on the host country
or links to information on the host country as well as maps you find at:
Burkina
Faso Page at University of Pennsylvania.or this new Africaindex
from Norway.
An introduction
to the tournament by FIFA
Another introduction
to the tournament from South Africa
CAF online, the WWW service
of th African Football Confederation has some informations as for example
the complete team roasters and refers to official Burkina
Faso 98 Site. This page is very nice done, bilingual (Francais, English),
has team photos, and exposes the BF98 mascot, one of the finest in World
and Continental Cup history. But it offers no actual match discriptions.
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