The final whistle is gone and Togo has won the game against the Fox of Algeria. Togo 2 – 0 Algeria

Togo invited pressure on their goal by dallying on the ball in their own half. Algeria quick to close them down and force play deeper and deeper towards the Togo goal.
It’s been a gruelling game defensively for Togo, but they have put in a fantastic shift at the back. They were five minutes away from a spectacular smash and grab victory, that will dump Algeria out of the competition.

The cameraman was clearly bored with events between the Togo posts,  decided to give a few fans their moment in the sun by displaying them on the big screen. There was still a lot of enthusiasm to be had in the stands.

During the 88″ the  game was halted for a brief period as the Togo goalposts were no longer standing perpendicular to the pitch. A few attendants run on to try and fix the problem.

There’s at least eight or nine people trying to put the goalposts back into its proper position. Eight or nine to fix a goalpoast? The game stretches agonizingly on.

90″ + 5” The goalposts have been mended, and we are ready to resume. The question is, how many minutes of time will be added on? Surely double figures!

Still a lot of confusion as to how much time is left on the game clock.

90″ + 9″ Algeria manage to keep Togo pinned back in their own area. Guedioura win a free kick about a foot out from the corner of the box. A very dangerous position.

90″ + 9″ Yello Card booked by Serge Ognadon Akakpo

90″ + 11″ We finally have confirmation from the stadium, and it’s 13 minutes of extra time. Confusion reigns all around, as the game clock on our television coverage has reset.

90″ + 14″ Goal by D. Wome

 

From the 1st – half –

41″ Yellow

38″ Yellow Card booked by Adlene Guedioura

31″ Goal by Emmanuel Adebayor

2″ Yellow Card booked by M. Mostefa

 

Lineup for Togo: Agassa, Akakpo, Salifou, Nibombe, Djene, Romao, Jonathan Ayite, Mamah, Amewou, Gakpe, Adebayor. Subs: Atsu, Wome, Bossou, Floyd Ayite, Mani, Ouro-Akoriko, Segbefia, Placca, Ametepe, Donou, Damessi, Tchagouni.

Lineup for Algeria: M’Bolhi, Mostefa, Halliche, Belkalem, Mesbah, Guedioura, Lacen, Feghouli, Soudani, Kadir, Slimani. Subs: Doukha, Cadamuro, Boudebouz, Bouazza, Medjani, Aoudia, Lemmouchia, Bezzaz, Tedjar, Ghoulam, Rial, Si Mohamed.

 

Algeria                                                       Togo
64%                      Possesion                         36%
14 (4)                    Shots (on goal)               3 (1)
11                           Fouls                                 13
18                          Corner kicks                     2
4                            Off-sides                           5
–                             Saves                                 6
3                            Yellow cards                    2
–                             Red cards                         1

 

The Hawks have picked on the Foxes. The foxes were not cunning enough to chew the Hawks. A wonderfull celebration in the land of Togo as they seem to be heading closer to the finish line with Adabayor making the opener goal for Togo.

Algeria out, Ivory Coast through, is what we can determine after Togo’s 2-0 victory here today. A lock-down defence and a clinical counterattack is what sent Togo to all three points. But question marks will once again hover over the organization of this match, with both the goalpost fiasco and the resulting added time mixup descending things into a farce towards the end. But those are questions for later, and for now.

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