1st half:
- Senegal white, Algeria
in green
-('1) Senegal with a couple
of blitz attacks and a huge opportunity when a striker misses a centered
ball by centimeters
-('3) penalty for Senegal,
#11 El Hadj Diouf sends the keeper into the wrong corner - 1:0
-('13) Senegal are starting
to play too sure of themselves and Algeria pay a first menacing visit to
the penalty area of the home team
-('15) counter opportunity
for Senegal, keeper without mistake against a bouncing but slow ball
-('17) Senegal survive a
scare when the Algerian response
-('19) almost a good scene
for Senegal but offside
-('34) Algerian defender
seems to have touched the ball with his hand, but referee says it has not
been intentional
-('35) Senegal: spectacular
volley by #7 (Henri Camara?)after a cross from the right hand side, but
wide
-('43) Senegal: half chance,
18 m shot but direct on the keeper
-('44) Semegal: the same
scene again
-('injury time) after a
long time of absence Algeria threatens the Senegalese goal
-('injury time) a good opportunity
for Senegal but a weak shot by Fadiga?
halftime 1:0
After a furious start the
quick goal semmed to have been valium for Senegal who played sluggish
for the next thirty minutes (weather?). But in the final 15 minutes of
the half Senegal stepped up and played as expected.
2nd half:
-('47) El Hadj Diouf
runs alone towards the keeper and coolly finishes - 2:0
-('62) a couple of half
chances for Algeria until here but Semegal look look more concentrated
than in most of the first half
-('73) Senegal have had
a couple of very promising situations but Algerian defenders and an unconcentrated
passing spoiled the outcome
-('75) a long ball on
Henri Camara who sets up El Hadj Diouf perfectly who makes no mistake and
beats the keeper by a low shot - both balls have been played directly,
great goal - 3:0
-('86) great run by Camara
who wants to set up El Hadj Diouf for the goal but a defender slides in
and clears for a corner
-('90) Camara runs again
sets up Fadiga who is alone in front of the goal, but the keeper saves
his attempt which has been too casual
-('injury time) one of the
few chances when Algeria play a free kick indirect but again only a weak
attempt is the result - no problem for the keeper
final score 3:0
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