00:00but I suppose that's part of why they've got to such a quality out here and of
00:05course the technology is advanced that much that these artificial surfaces are
00:09of a much superior quality than they used to be in years gone by
00:21and away we go it's match number 11 at the Africa Cup of Nations Morocco
00:282025 the defending champions Cote d'Ivoire against a Mozambique
00:34the rallying call be a la les elephant and we're famos was mambas
00:41I found a Mozambique now could be something on yes Mozambique now also
00:48look to try and show some attacking intent and I said they have
00:58in comes the corner
01:04what fair their lines and look to break out in attack now
01:11Zaha
01:17Wilfred Zaha looking for the cut back
01:19having first featured at an AFCON in 1961
01:27to Mozambique who are here for a sixth time having made their debut back in 86
01:35Zaha stopped in his tracks
01:42Amadiado
01:44speaking of Premier League based players that he was looking for the free kick nothing given
01:50all whipped in there with intent menacing
01:55we've just joined us
02:01Cote d'Ivoire and the bright orange colors the exclusive bright orange colors
02:07as the referee is going to start playing here because
02:10let's take a look at this is opening up here for Mozambique now Bruno
02:15so Bruno great ball for Bruno and stinging the clubs are there
02:23oh
02:25two months asking for it and getting it it's changing classes neatly there with Conan
02:33this corner
02:35body behind the ball as the corner comes in
02:39away from the danger area by Kambala Kambala
02:44it's good ball over the top here
02:47there's a quality cross and it's a decent one
02:51it's just
02:52not quick enough for the to get the shot away there but it was a good ball in to pick out
02:58Gritty in the box
02:59here they come and get down that right inside we're finding a lot of toys through our phones
03:09and then we're in set
03:10by the end of tonight
03:18we will have completed as the ball whipped in here
03:21behind for a goal kick who will have completed the first round of matches
03:26as we there are no easy games
03:29we'll have to do it
03:36floating one in
03:38Zaha was intended
03:40sitting out there they're not sitting back
03:45giving as good as they're getting
03:50now the high press this time coming from
03:58Diallo
03:59yet to get into the game yet to get a run at the defenders now he does and he's won a free
04:05kick in a dangerous
04:06he's got a three-man wall there guarding his near post
04:12Diallo into the wall wall does its job
04:16disappointing effort
04:19fact of the five previous meetings between these two sites the best mozambique have done I
04:23guess quite why is two draws
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05:48it. Decent looking ball in quality. Still alive. Good work to win it back though. From
06:07the box. This is going for this to see you score.
06:23Short one taken this time. Ahmad. Living dangerous the Moza because they allow him to shoot from
06:32the top of range. Half an hour in though. Still, we await the first goal in this one.
06:41Ahmad. Another double team on him there. Due.
06:53Probing down that left hand side. Cat inside now looking dangerous again. Really a little
07:01one to demand very nearly. First meeting between these two sides was actually in the opening
07:10match of the 86 Nations Cup. Could be a chance here. Oh, he's put it wide. What a chance that
07:19was for Chris Gisland Conan. It opened up in front of him. Excellent work from Ahmad. Chest
07:29wide of that left hand upright. He would have been stranded with Hernan nowhere near it.
07:39Beautiful work from Ahmad. Seem to take his eye off the ball. He's yet to score in his, uh,
07:4946 previous appearances for country. Here he goes again. This time the referee has seen enough and that will be
07:58the first yellow card. So nothing witty about that challenge, uh, uh, referee. We couldn't, uh,
08:07go away from this. 10 minutes to go to the break.
08:1010 minutes to go to the break. Xar.
08:16That they clear their lines now. Could be a chance here for Sheenid to break, but it is
08:20swamped immediately by. Dominguez, 42 years old, sits on, sitting on the bench for Mozambique.
08:32I might again certainly getting into the game now into it starting to be a real threat real
08:42menace down this right-hand side for divide to penetrate this this man does but a bag of tricks
08:50great turn from Tsar still saw Jenny chevaletan draws the phone is lifted side Mozambique
09:00calling for it in the boxes Kalila would have gone on the overlap now has to track back because
09:08they've got some defending to do here Ahmad excellent challenge excellently done by Reinildo
09:17was a big national team with players playing all over the world and all kinds of exotic locations
09:25now Due
09:30safety first there from Kalila who says didn't get the call but he looked to take his man on again
09:38it's done well floats one to the back poster
09:44challenge there oh I think he may have done oh the keeper recovers well initially he just parried it
09:51back straight into play and recovered well to make the save but in the mark but they might
09:56have a problem here Mozambique because uh Jenny is down after going in for the tackle
10:05on Kusunu slips through his hands there and got lucky
10:11that's why I guess uh you should rather in these conditions punch the ball away Badu yes he did a
10:18good series lines to Mozambique through Twitty and that is it for the first 45 minutes
10:27so we are all ready thank you for joining us on being sports
10:32and in fact if anything quite the opposite we have had 27 goals scored in those 10 matches up we're
10:48going to be able to take underway the last win was against Somalia the one before that was against
10:55fellow southern african side Botswana do it
11:03floating one into the box set it could fall here and a great chance and it's the opener
11:08just the defending champions up and running
11:17that's it it's third for his country it's a breakthrough they've been waiting for
11:26and a roar erupts around the grand start the Marrakech
11:33well worked and just defensively leading themselves down there Mozambique not competing
11:40for the second ball what can we say about this great ball from well inside the box to franchesis
11:45always in the box flick the ball back the defenders were watching Ahmed beautifully use
11:51his right foot to place the ball absolutely brilliant goal the goalkeeper cannot do anything about it
11:56great goal great player a lot of ball watching there in defense for Mozambique and I guess it's those
12:05critical moments they speak of in the game have to be switched on early the start of the half and
12:11just before the break as well Jaluk will be in again here slips in the corner Michelle
12:21doing the defensive work
12:26I recall it's very aggressive now after the beginning
12:33three-time champions twice runners up in 2006 and 2012
12:44really a well-organized Mozambique defense that just went to sleep I didn't realize the game had started
12:51started after coming out for the second half here's Ahmad now with a chance to run at his man and that's
12:57going to be a yellow surely
12:58and there it is and it's radio though it was uh taken to the cleaners I'm not sure why he's protesting I also don't know why he's protesting 10 minutes into the second half
13:13next half here's of the third half, Season half here's a round here who has to be a goal by this man
13:17he's going to be a good one to the back post
13:20just floats one to the back poster hypercoses are gradually getting their pocket passing
13:29and is really helping them
13:40comes off to your mind cut inside a miscue from due but it might still fall here
13:47hanging it to the back post oh wide from kessier
13:56from kessier unable to direct that cross towards great work from conan he's done excellent work
14:05down this left hand side yes great great ball for conan sing and instagram and obviously who again
14:12an injection of some fresh legs set to mozambique i fancy they've done a lot of
14:17chasing in this game here it goes again conan who can he pick out this time
14:22comes to saw a great block from bruno
14:31sangare again conan lets it run and almost there to go
14:38ahmad can you take them on this ball played in there my slipped in and a chance the flag had stayed down
14:53the flag had stayed down it's another real seer game you have got the ball a great touch one touch from
14:59a dump by sangara francis nearly missed the ball i didn't get injured
15:09oh oh my goodness
15:12it looked like a take a look at it from this angle and see
15:16as the small sliding in no it hits the upright with his bump yeah that could have gone horribly wrong
15:27at the age of 42 the great dominguez
15:30and zaha has also been given a rest
15:44for his level for madman
15:46vision
15:54when it comes and uh overhead
15:56Dominguez just floated in towards the back post, not a bad looking sort of ball, just come on
16:16familiar to you of course that team ordinaires it
16:19yes that's my former club he's a good player as well
16:27level two up all the way up to under 19 before opting to play for Cote d'Ivoire in 2017
16:38dangerous looking ball the keeper would have been stranded there
16:42um bio only finding the target order with his fourth international book clever little chip there
16:51from casey who has again casey has been very instrumental in the second half the great
16:56world to bio he should have scored this it was a great chance by taking the complete load their
17:01balance and now they are getting all the penetration passes in the middle
17:05here's Seiko Fofana
17:11Conan miscue this time
17:16especially when you're a neutral you have to have it be really committed to the game and
17:21under such conditions to make your way to the stadium so credit to all those neutrals that have
17:25come out jenny combining with a kalila a rare overlapping run from kalila in the second half
17:36kalila jenny now coming alive again jenny still jenny great run from jenny
17:43jenny with a challenge good defensive work from doué it's been very fantastic
18:01throughout the game
18:02so we look at this uh and the big cheer for ahmad who was 44 years old when he featured in his last
18:16nations cup in the 2017 final against cameroon
18:22won it under hugo brusch who is out here looking to repeat that effort with that south african's
18:29buffana buffana a bit of encouragement there from chiquillo
18:35yes
18:38disappoint
18:49time running out here for
18:50watch mom bash to try and get it dominguez his third nations cup
19:04made his uh maybe made his international debut way back in 2004
19:10he's uh represented mozambique at under 17 and under 20 levels as well
19:17got his senior first cap in 2019 and scored against mauritius on debut as he whips one in here comes off
19:27the new generation of the new generation of the new generation and the host house
19:39as opposed to rugby football and this one floated in and a man who slips up
19:45they're up was there a foul in the box there
19:48but there could be problems here chance to wrap it up here for court ivoir oh dilly dally on the ball
19:57and uh oh my word how did they not score there fabulous defensive work scrambling defense
20:06by the members here
20:08but really bio was in on gold but i think dominguez is asking the question about what happened at the
20:17other end there there is a challenge on the mesh for you by absolutely nothing that was so soft it
20:24went down easily i don't i absolutely don't know what francis wanted to do i don't know if he wanted to
20:30give a flick back pass to for for now how he wanted to dribble the goalkeeper by don't you first official
20:37mr mahama of chad to indicate the sign is going up it's four minutes minimum four minutes
20:47definitely comes out of this game with a lot of credit there's a genie floats one to the back post
20:53and he's not afraid and he knows when he always in the box he's like a king he played looking like
21:21there to extend their proud record in opening matches and there you go
21:30as the crowd erupts
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