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World Cup 2002
- African qualification - match report
Libya
- Togo
Feb 23 2001 1400 GMT
1st half:
- strange first 30 minutes
saw only a handful of chances but they were all goals:
- a handball penalty, converted
by #14, after 11 minutes brought the 1:0
- a long throw in from the
left hand side caught the Libyan defence sleeping and it was easy for Togo
to score the equaliser from close range ('21)
- not much better looked
the Togolese defence, when speculating offside at a cross from the right
hand side - it wasn't and Libya #10 made it look easy - 2:1 ('25)
- ('30) Togolese #8 answered
with a direct shot after a cross from the right hand side from about 5
meters, this time the player was not unmarked but not challenged tight
enough anyway - 2:2
- ('32) a good save by the
Togoles keeper - much space in midfield had enabled the Libyans to combinate
through into the Togolese penalty area
- ('43) a good opportunity
for Togo after a counter attack but the 16 m shot goes across the bar
halftime 2:2
- although both teams tried
to win the match, only half chances on both sides until late in the half
- ('75) good foot save by
the Togolese keeper against a low diagonal shot from half left when Libyan
#10 had penetrated the penalty area by a fine move
- ('78) for a moment it
looked like men against boys when Togo took the ball away from Libyan #14
close to his own goal and after a defended cross a simple one-two made
the Libyan defenders look like moving in slowmotion - a shot from a difficult
angle eventually found the goal while some of the defence seemed distracted
by what looked like a foul against a defender off the ball: 2:3 -
a good looking goal but against an unconcentrated defence
- ('79) it did not take
long for both to look into the mirror of this situation on the other side:
the Togolese defenders became similarly surprised by a long ball on
Libyan #10 who came running along the right hand side and scored
from similar difficult angle right away - 3:3
- ('82) a good opportunity
for Libyan #17 with free lane to the goal he only accomplishes a harmless
shot from 12 meters
- both know they will have
to win this match for any theories but not more than a Togolese header
happens in what rather can be described as a good test match for both African
Nations Cup campaigns:
final score 3:3
with one point from three
matches and considered the strength it seems a very unlikely scenario one
of those two could catch up with Cameroon |
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