Togo has defeated Algeria to a 2 – 0 win at the Royal Bafokeng Stadium in South Africa on Saturday night. A tournament which set Togo ablaze with joy with people celebrating like never before.
Striker and Captain, Emmanuel Adebayor of the Hawks of Togo opened the scoring in the first-half before substitute Dove Wome sealed the win for the Sparrow Hawks as Algeria failed to prove their chances of winning the tournament.
The first chance of the match fell for the fennec Foxes in the 14th minute when Islam Slimani collected a trough-pass from Sofiane Feghouli, only to blast his shot wide of goal.
However, in the 31”, the hunger and ager for a goal was broken as Adebayor ran onto a headed pass from Salifou before slipping the ball past the stranded Rais M’Bolhi of the Foxes.
Despite the challenges in the game and for the first time on field of play the match was halted by the referee for the fixing of a goal – post of the Togolese side which was not perpendicular and shaky.
The game which was interesting though as tension and pressure field the faces of the Algerians on the field of play.
Algeria will be eliminated from the competition after their final group match against Ivory Coast, while Togo will fight it out against Tunisia as they look to finish in second place.
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