00:00The referee blowing the whistle, seeing Yamas of Mauritania, and we get this game underway.
00:08Algeria playing in wide against Botswana, of course, in blue, black, and white.
00:16Into the midfield with Defoe.
00:20We'll expect some slick passing here, of course.
00:23They like to pass the ball around.
00:24They like to understand how they've been at the training camp,
00:27at the National Technical Centre in Sidi Moussa, in Algeria.
00:33Yeah, no, of course, and with the tight game as this one, you won't get as many opportunities.
00:37That's a great ball, that is, into the penalty area.
00:40It's been picked up, pulled back, as well as anybody on the end of it.
00:42There's the shot! It's a fantastic goal!
00:45Left-footed by Khashuni!
00:48Beautifully driven there.
00:51It was pulled back into her bar.
00:53Defensor backpedalling.
00:55And it was to be Khashuni, the 30-year-old former PSG.
01:02Yeah, there was definitely a little bit of contact there, but just look at that ball.
01:06That is what Melissa Betti, a deep ball down towards, into the path of Buteleb, who brings the ball back.
01:13Look at that pullback pass.
01:15That is absolutely, you know, deadly for any forwards.
01:19It takes a little bit of a deflection, of course, and that's a little bit of an unfortunate off-monte show.
01:24But any ball that comes back there, it's ideal for any midfielder, as you know, because you've got yourself on the end of those shots before with that sweet right foot of yours.
01:33You know, when you just drive it in, because running onto a ball that's just coming into your path, there's no better strike.
01:38Molloy, unable to get hold of the ball, picked up by Melissa Betti.
01:47Passed back to Belchettia.
01:52Gelati.
01:53Oh, look at the touch.
01:54That should have been gold coming from Amira Oldbraham.
01:59The touch just letting her down, a shake of the head.
02:01If she would have controlled that, that ball to her feet, I mean, come on, that was pinpoint precision.
02:09Let's see where this goes.
02:10Here is Karshani.
02:12Goes for goal.
02:13It's goal.
02:14That's a little bit wide of the target, but a fine strike with that right foot.
02:19Just thought that, you know, she was going to go for it, of course.
02:22It's already 29.1%.
02:25As we see, Busser.
02:26Ah, she's gone for the shot.
02:28That wasn't too far away, was it?
02:30And she just lofted it over.
02:33She was kind of pointing towards a teammate who's, no matter, the fact is, it wasn't too far off.
02:38She takes it really well on her chest onto her path, which is incredible technical ability.
02:44She looks up to try and see and find a teammate.
02:47Look at that with the outside of the foot.
02:49All the finless, the confidence.
02:51Just that final pass letting her down.
02:54Brilliant.
02:56Daffer with a shot.
02:57It goes in.
02:58Not a great save.
02:59That is just top quality coming from Bozija.
03:03Oh my, oh my.
03:05Get out of there.
03:06That is not coming through.
03:07But just look at this save.
03:09The shot was sublime over the wall, going into the corner.
03:12Look how she reaches across.
03:14We talk about the reflexes.
03:15That had venom and force, but she still kept it out.
03:18Yeah, she kept her eyes.
03:19Yeah, she kept her eyes.
03:19Look at here.
03:23It's Betty.
03:24You can see the constant running from Bozija.
03:27She's putting in the kilometers.
03:29It's opened out.
03:29There she is on the right hand side.
03:31She's just carved it all open.
03:32She's got the ball across.
03:33Oh, a little bit of contact enabled.
03:37The goalkeeper, Bozija, had to pounce on that.
03:39Otherwise, you know where it was going to go.
03:42Fortuitous touch there for Botswana.
03:44Fitness levels.
03:45The endurance as well of the players.
03:46They survived the first half in terms of allowing Algeria to score a save.
03:54So that is the whistle for the first 45 minutes of play.
03:56It is 1-0 with a cut-to-to-one goal at minute 10 for Algeria.
04:02We'll take a short break.
04:03We'll be right back with the highlights from this in the first half of football.
04:08For Algeria and Botswana to enter the second part of this opening encounter.
04:23Again, strong defensive work.
04:25Kazami looking well with Gelati.
04:30Picked up and taken forward.
04:32And Tafur in Algeria showed us that they like to just protect.
04:39Yep.
04:44Raducanu will take this and try and find one of her teammates.
04:50Goes high over the chop.
04:51Oh, that's well taken by N'Ghazi Bumra.
04:54First real test, I think, of the high ball there, Amanda.
04:56Which, the idea was good.
04:58And they don't want to be playing with fire.
05:00There it's drilled into the stands.
05:06And the dugout more so.
05:14That's a good header.
05:15Depends who's going to be on the end.
05:16Oh, that's the sitter there.
05:18That should have been in the back of the net.
05:20That really was.
05:21It was set up perfectly there.
05:25And they're technically gifted as well.
05:28This is good work.
05:28Betty once again into the midfield.
05:31There's danger queuing up, of course.
05:33Bouzid gets the ball out to the right-hand side.
05:35It's been picked up.
05:36There's the shot.
05:36It's not a bad shot as well coming from Old Baham.
05:39But it's straight at the goalkeeper.
05:40And Bouzid did so well.
05:42She will try and do the same again.
05:44And, of course, we will also see Tafur looking to try and outfox the goalkeeper.
05:53Tafur with a shot.
05:55It stops there.
05:56Straight in the hands.
05:57Straight in the path of Bouzid.
05:59Well, again, you know, just the lack of poison with the ball at feet for the Algerians in the midfield.
06:09It's just opening and offering Botswana the chance.
06:12They are now back in the driving seat pushing forward.
06:15Long range shot.
06:16It's a beauty of an effort there.
06:18It was curling around, wasn't it?
06:20And when you unleash a beast of a shot like that, anything is possible.
06:24There's the shot potentially coming in.
06:26Not just yet.
06:28Fixed up.
06:29Little turn.
06:29Ready, Ocanyo.
06:30Lowering his shot.
06:31That's a beautiful effort, wasn't it?
06:33Wow.
06:34Rattling and going so close.
06:37And Ocanyo doing again what we expect.
06:40Lovely turn.
06:41There we go.
06:41Put it on the right foot.
06:43Outside, drifting away, but still heading towards goal.
06:47Yep, she did everything right.
06:50That one was just really dipping.
06:54As he certainly grateful that one just grazed the bar.
07:01Smiley.
07:02With that left foot.
07:04Lofts it high.
07:05Goes very high.
07:06You've got to get on the end of it.
07:07Oh, communication breakdown.
07:09You don't want to be messing around.
07:10That's going to be a free kick and a foul on the defender.
07:13But you've got to communicate with your defenders.
07:16And that was, I mean, you can end in a clash between players.
07:19And your own team.
07:21Yep, just a moment of panic.
07:24But also, Buzana defense shouldn't have allowed two free players to get into that H-NOT box to contest with the goalkeeper.
07:31Buzana defense should have given it a much better or convincing punch.
07:36Oh, there's a head on the knee as well.
07:39I mean, you know, that's, at the moment, playing second fiddle to Algeria.
07:44Just got that.
07:46They nabbed that 10th minute opener.
07:49And they've managed to hold on to it.
07:53Nicely done over to the left-hand side.
07:55That's a decent ball into the penalty area.
07:57There's no one there to latch on to that.
07:59You can see that Tulekele was there.
08:02And they'll come back.
08:05But the final whistle being blown here.
08:08And look how much it means to Algeria.
08:11They start their sixth campaign.
08:14So they start well to open the group, Algeria.
08:22Buzana 1-0 with a goal at minute 10.
08:25Baja Karchuni, that means that group B will have Nigeria as a leader with three points and a plus three.
08:31Goal difference.
08:32Excuse me, Nigeria is Nigeria in first with a three and plus three.
08:36Algeria in second.
08:44Goal.
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