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MATCHES AND RESULTS > GROUP C
Jan 22
Tunisia - Zambia 4:1
South Africa - Guinea 0:2
Jan 26
Zambia - Guinea 1:2
Tunisia - South Africa 2:0
Jan 30
Tunisia - Guinea 0:3
Zambia - South Africa 1:0
| Guinea |
3 |
7-1 |
9 |
| Tunisia |
3 |
6-4 |
6 |
| Zambia |
3 |
3-6 |
3 |
| South Africa |
3 |
0-5 |
0 |
first two will qualify for quarter-finals
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by theshot (2006-01-27 16:15:31)
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MATCHES AND RESULTS > GROUP C Tags: Tunisia
Group C #4 Tunisia - South Africa 2:0(1:0)
In pouring rain, South Africa could not establish their strategy, and the greater width of tools spoke for the North Africans, who also profited again from the 'FC Santos' effect.
The striker scored early in the game, a goal that was reverted by a questionable offside decision.
South Africa exactly had one big opportunity to turn the game, when McCarthy and Zuma stripped the ball off Jaidi deep in the Tunisian half, but McCarthy only hit the goalpost.
It was McCarthy, too, who mispassed the ball to Santos who did not hesitat to fire the ball through the arms of the surprised keeper for Tunisia to take the lead.
After Ben Achours 2:0 after 58 minutes the game was practically over.
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by theshot (2006-01-27 16:04:13)
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MATCHES AND RESULTS > GROUP C Tags: Guinea
Group C #3 Zambia - Guinea 1:2(1:0)
Guinea did not operate as careful as in the first match, still it was enough to contain the Zambians in the beginning.
But feeling safe they lost concentraion at a corner late in the first half and Tana scored with a direct header for Zambia to take the lead.
The second half then displayed the two worlds of the Guinean game: strong challengers they stripped off the ball from the Zambians in almost any one on one situation only to lose it again through inaccurate passing and shots far off target.
Conspicious here Mansare, quick fast, good ball control but eventually crosses into the Egyptian sky. Ironically it was him who was fouled for the penalty that turned the things late into the second half.
With Feindunou that player scored both goals, who seemed the one player not infected from the inaccurate playing style.
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by theshot (2006-01-22 22:07:53)
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MATCHES AND RESULTS > GROUP C Tags: South Africa
Group C #2 South Africa - Guinea 0:2(0:0)
Guinea stamped their typical westafrican style of play on the game: physical strength and indicidual strength in one on one situations, quick adaption to ball bounces etc..
Added to it the extremely careful tactical approach there was no room given for South African combinations and the Bafana Bafana never found a rhythm.
Patiently Guinea attacked with a low number of players - an obvious contrast to the match before and the adventurous Zambians.
Inaccurate passing on Guineas side made added to the impression of a scrappy game and finishing prefered strenght to accuracy, too.
After South Africa had been worn down and it almost looked like the match migh head for a goalless draw, the French coach brought on the long awaited Sammy Bangoura who only minutes later finsihed a Guinean attack over the wing for the first goal ('79).
Like 2004 and during the qualifiers goalkeeping seemed a problem and almost had punished the Guineans again. After the lead the rest of the defence started to look nervous, too and the possible counter attacks were spoilt by miserable passing.
Anyway one of those attempts finally sealed the match by a fine combination and the second goal through O.Bangoura ('88) one of five players in the squad with the same family name.
South Africas young 'future'-team, spiced with McCarthy, Zuma and Nomvete, should not be judged to harsh after this match. guinea was maybe one of the most unthankful opponents the Bafana could have been pitched against, Südafrika spielte mit seiner jungen 'Zukunfts-'Mannschaft, leaving no room for fast combinations and counter attacks.
Maybe sometimes there weren't enough open players, and also a little practice of set pieces might help: a couple of promising free kick situations were squandered.
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by theshot (2006-01-22 19:00:40)
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MATCHES AND RESULTS > GROUP C Tags: Tunisia
Group C #1 Tunisia - Zambia 4:1(1:1)
Zambia played an adventerous interpretation of a kind of 'football total' (coach Kalusha Bwalya had been a long year PSV Eindhoven midfielder). Whenever an opportunity opened the Zambians attacked very quickly with a great number of players, surprising the more coventionally thinking Tunesians who seemed to have problems to adapt to this approach.
Surprising how Zambia could keep up that intensive running game for 90 minutes.
The Tunisians were physically superior. In defence this was rather a disadvantage against the quickly moving Zambian forwards but in attack the Tunisians clearly had the edge in set pieces although they blew a handful of great opportunities coming from the air superiority..
Eventually Tunisia succeeded thanks to the cold finishing of Brasilian import Santos, who scored three times 1:1('36), 3:1('83), and 4:1('90+3).
Zambia who had taken the lead after 7 minutes ironically dominated the second half until the third Tunesian goal and were unlucky at two occasions when Mbesuma missed once close and was denied by the keeper a second time after fine combinations.
Tunisia had scored their second goal after 51 minutes through a header after one of those set pieces who were poison for the Zambian defence.
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