00:00more pressure and drama to this WAFCON quarterfinal it doubles up as an African qualifier
00:07for the FIFA World Cup 2027 in Brazil this is it the first quarterfinal and a battle between
00:17Algeria and the Cote d'Ivoire with a place in the semi-finals up for grabs and a ticket to
00:24Brazil for next year intricately prepare but the trouble is they'll come up against a very physical
00:30Cote d'Ivoire team I know it's right oh go Safi would you go pulls it back she goes down
00:35and she
00:36claims well she's not claiming anything she's just but it does come back they have to be careful
00:40there's a chance here there's a shot that comes it takes the deflection it's gonna be
00:44no as you can see that right now Pedros's hands are up in the air and will she change
00:54her mind let's see if look like it took it that's very very
01:10strong challenge coming in yellow card comes out
01:16well nothing's gonna change it was an immediate reaction there for Anastasi Gebehi who picks up a yellow
01:26card I'm gonna miss the next match but a player down of course but
01:33it's just late isn't it and you can see that um the bend bendries just coming through
01:42catch their opponents flat-footed that's a good delivery down Lina Boussaha the flag stays down
01:46she's picked it up on the left hand side that's a good pass as well will she look for the
01:52one two
01:52well there's uh far too many Ivorian players there and the rebound falls into the hands of
01:58adamatsu diakite diffused final third and finding shots on goal because this is a little bit more um
02:08of a cagey confrontation with less scoring opportunities than usual for the cote d'ivoire and
02:15i think that uh this is where drago's trying to get past her marker down towards the byline
02:22she's still got it she got the goal it's a one-woman mission an extraordinary run
02:36i mean what did she what could she not do there that was sensational
02:41it doesn't look like it's gonna be it's not gonna be given
02:47they need to check with var for that line there but look at what drago does
02:52so strong still going the goalkeeper now look at that mistake there from ngazi not covering her near
02:59post and it doesn't go over the line there and that's an easy slotted in shot with the right foot
03:07it all comes down to the check that's gonna take place midway through the first half to find out
03:14whether she was on side or offside but unbelievable
03:21she gets sorry three oh and the one against tanzania she's off again there we are down the left hand
03:28side and a chance look at the strong defensive work kazami comes back
03:33to marshall and deny in this cone and the chance to shoot
03:38that is wonderful work
03:42you expect that from your center back look at that she's racing back
03:46and i think she pulled a little bit too far inside look at this touch here
03:52that left footed touch it just showed exposed the ball a little bit more
03:59oh she's giving the ball away you can't give it to where drago where drago pushes it forward
04:04she's gonna barge her way into the penalty box and the stop and the follow-up the goal for cote
04:09d'ivoire
04:15look at that
04:20and the referee has again intervenes before they can start celebrating
04:27and i wonder if it's from that challenge
04:36there we go they're gonna check
04:38they're gonna check this is gonna take a bit of time here
04:56she get behind the foot
04:58or does she touch the ball first
05:02that's what we're gonna look at
05:06she goes underneath the legs
05:11oh my word
05:15it's a goal for the cote d'ivoire and it has been given no contacts
05:21contacts with the leg contacts with the ball let's have a look at this again
05:26hideous conan gets in there that's the angle that you can see that it was clearly
05:32driven in first by the ivorian four goals
05:37for in to send the ball out to the right hand side danger here danger lurking big time
05:41where drago drives through tries to get down to the byline
05:45that's the ball knocked out
05:49over the byline but again it's going to be a corner for the cote d'ivoire
05:57look at the strength trying to get past kazami
06:10host morocco will take on south africa delivery coming over again into the penalty box
06:15and ghazi oh that was very close she got a boot to the head
06:19and she's gonna be in some pain it's a yellow card
06:24and uh which i'll go going for it she'll logically go for that
06:30um she didn't hold it in ghazi so i understand what she did
06:33i just hope that she is okay because if there was contacts
06:39boot to the head we don't like that
06:43see the safi or drogo
06:47let's see if well first of all call for it
06:51oh it skimmed her mouth didn't it let's have a look at this
06:56yeah i think that she's gonna be okay she literally pulled back and
07:01but it's a little bit of a shock for the system when you have a boot that goes clear
07:04next to the mouth she should be fine
07:11samira nabada of uganda
07:20it's super dangerous play isn't it
07:23that just so that image yeah where we see that
07:34red card defense with drogo the star player of the cote d'ivoire has been given her marching orders
07:44which means that support there as she heads into the changing rooms
07:53and she's now down on the ground clutching her ankle
07:57so
08:13andrews
08:15lofted ball going into the penalty area dealt with the back there's the shot well that's the first one
08:20and as betty who gets the shot in is pretty that's a decent ball little flick there as well coming
08:27from betty
08:29got the overlap with the bellamu and a free kick there and a
08:34with a chance oh it's a yellow card there for for fan
08:46two of the two of the defenders for the female elephants
08:51half time whistle here at the muley rashid stadium in casablanca
09:03for this first quarter final of this women's africa cup of nations
09:10so much drama so far
09:13that's taking place
09:16here in this clash between the cote d'ivoire and algeria
09:24has made his decision to bring on a
09:27outright striker it's one nil for the waxi conan
09:30scoring in the 30th minute but a big blow with uh
09:33sirasafi would dryogo
09:35who received a red card
09:39nicely collected
09:40driven back into the penalty box
09:42chance for a shot it's a low shot tame shot into the hands
09:46adiakite idea was good
09:48like what they've done here it's a
09:52a massive change
09:54in their attacking
09:55but the flag stays down as a chance here
09:58and the cote d'ivoire looking to try and get themselves a second goal
10:02through she's set up a teammate here down the left hand side
10:05there's a chance for a shot potentially
10:07oh she's gone down is that a penalty
10:09it is a penalty
10:10and the cote d'ivoire
10:20no she went looking for it
10:24it's just going to be a free kick let's have a look at it probably offside in fact that's
10:28well that's the original that's the call
10:31so forget about the penalty didn't even need to go and check out any videos of the flop came afterwards
10:39despite the picks up here and yes conan working really hard they have it again with seri in the midfield
10:44pushing forward it's a great pass it's a great drive
10:47conan conan gets the ball across it just gets
10:51just going to give him that ball back to algeria pushing forward this is ajabi of la arve
10:58and the ball blasted up towards the halfway line
11:03there's uh good work from dafur getting the ball out to belgatia
11:08she's got support out to the right hand side there
11:12belgatia there's a decent goal look at that shot
11:16algeria producing something quite special from the right side
11:21what a stunner what a remarkable goal that flew past diakite
11:30and they can't believe their eyes what a way to score an equalizer
11:41well that was the pass from belgatia to get it up to the right hand side
11:45it's put on that left foot and just look at the way
11:49it flew in that is a world-class goal from kiri the substitute
11:58and she was going for the goal as well it flew up into the corner
12:02to beat diakite massive celebrations on the side of the pitch
12:09as algeria get themselves the equalizer in the 58th minutes pushing forward
12:15that's nicely done conan got an option down the right hand
12:18there's the support play coming away with that brogoa into the penalty box it's been
12:23dealt with by belgatia and uh could they were collecting once again
12:29penalty
12:31it's a it's a penalty she's been brought down inside of the penalty box
12:37and it was an immediate reaction midfielder but the check will happen logically
12:52i mean there was contact you know she may have been looking for something but the contact was made
13:03there you go that left foot that left foot goes on to the back foot
13:09and this puts a little bit of pressure now on chloe and gazi
13:14because the check is going through a penalty kick
13:20there's no issue with this it's definitely a penalty
13:22now cote d'ivoire to move 2-1 up
13:30just minutes after algeria have scored an equalizer
13:34the montpellier goal stopper
13:38with a bit of work to do here
13:42grace elo with a chance to make it 2-1
13:46grace elo grace elo off the post
13:52off the post it comes
13:55flying back off the woodwork
13:58grace elo valencia denied by the woodwork
14:02she struck it well she's bendries
14:07oh it's been one back good battling there from betty betty still going
14:11pulling the ball inside this time
14:15a little toe poke it's fallen to uh
14:18oh no you can't believe this what a goal
14:24oh braham has just produced an incredible shot from way down in the pitch
14:34remarkable shot
14:36from the trapstone small midfielder
14:40a stunner
14:45that has stopped the lady elephants in their path
14:49look at that right-footed effort
14:51she should have done better there diakite
14:54look at the bounce
14:57didn't deal with the bounce
15:01the trajectory changes doesn't it big time
15:07wow
15:08a flight path
15:10and a 2-1 advantage for algeria
15:14belkater lost the ball into the penalty area
15:17there's a desperate header
15:20from the code d'ivoire as they clear their lines
15:24yellow card
15:32and melissa betty knew that she couldn't
15:37catch up
15:38and get hold of that ball
15:43and a change for the code d'ivoire
15:45india's cone and the goal score
15:47finals of this 14th edition of wafcon
15:50there's a delivery decent header
15:51there's the volley coming in
15:52it's she couldn't turn it
15:54it was quick it was a quick reaction
15:57you know you've got to snap and you've got to really
15:59turn it on very swiftly
16:01that was the flick there coming in from diakite
16:04didn't wrap that right foot around the ball
16:07finals for the very first time
16:12for algeria
16:13or not
16:15or the code d'ivoire getting an equalizer
16:19off the corner flag
16:20and out for a corner
16:42there's the delivery
16:51there's the header at the front post from gabby the volley
16:54it's gone wide there from melissa betty
16:58well wide
17:02but there's a touch and a corner
17:05again
17:09jabby picked up by neily
17:11there's a lofted ball far post
17:14she's controlled it well
17:16kept the ball in
17:18but will she use up the time
17:20it looks like it's going to be the case
17:21that's a great pass
17:22there's a chance here
17:23neily doesn't control
17:25commits the foul
17:26and the code d'ivoire go again
17:28but they want to get that rolling as quickly as possible
17:31and it's very benstiti
17:33on the cusp of a historical moment
17:35that was the
17:35the hugging
17:37on armani
17:39from neily
17:42algeria
17:45seri with the foul on
17:47daffer
17:48she'll
17:52not be getting up too quickly
17:54she
17:54they have
17:55coming from belketer
17:59cote d'ivoire with a chance
18:01to get the ball up
18:02they need players up
18:03they've got to desperately go in search of this equalizer
18:06belketer with a good header
18:10cote collects it
18:12have to go in search of a goal
18:21comes back over to seri
18:23there's a pass out wide
18:25long range shot
18:26it's shipped into the penalty box
18:28oh it's taken a touch off
18:30well there's a player down
18:32i don't think there's any
18:35any kind of a foul or anything
18:37and then another challenge there
18:39and the
18:41the cote d'ivoire have a free kick
18:42that foot that came up
18:45with gobehi going down
18:50well she went down
18:52they've missed a
18:53well a penalty is
18:55ricocheted off the post
18:57from grace elo
18:59there's the free kick coming up
19:00unable to get there
19:02unable to get the ball back in
19:04and it's been picked up
19:05they've done it
19:06algeria are through
19:08to the semi-finals
19:10of the women's africa cup of nations
19:142026
19:15for the very first time
19:19what an achievement
19:22in their seventh appearance
19:26they've managed to get into
19:28the final four
19:29and with it
19:31a ticket
19:32to their first ever
19:34fifa world cup
19:37in brazil next year
19:39the full-time score
19:41cote d'ivoire 1
19:43algeria 2
19:44there worked very well
19:45as the winner
19:58Diamond
19:59the Phillips
20:01of the
20:01the
20:01women
20:02the
20:02women
20:04I
20:05YOU
20:13W
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