00:00in this group phase with of course these two teams meeting again next week on match day four
00:05it's been a difficult few seasons in CAF competitions for Joliba
00:19and we are underway as USM bid to maintain their 100% record in group A of the CAF
00:28Confederation Cup up against a Joliba side desperate to get their first points on the
00:34board
00:37there's the Mallians with
00:46it's a decent ball looking for Haidem Lucif that couldn't get his foot round the ball
00:51a scrappy passage of play ends up with Likonza picking up the ball for USM
01:00here's Ahmed Khaldi he goes down looking for a free kick and it will be a goal kick
01:06Tahiri that was a good touch by Draui and it's an ambitious strike from Likonza which flies a long way
01:21Tahiri goes long
01:29a bit straight though it was
01:35that's been help forward for Kefa Tangare
01:42he's up against Malone
01:45Tangare can he find space for a cross?
01:47yes he can it wasn't the worst ball in either
01:52Draui
01:54Chetty that's a good ball up the line for Hatcher
02:03Hatcher has three in the middle goes for the back post it's a great ball and there's the finish
02:08and USM Alger have taken a little over 12 minutes to seize the lead here against Joliba
02:15looking for a third win in as many games in this CAF Confederation Cup group stage and it's the man who started the move
02:26Zakaria Draui who's finished it
02:33and expertly taken by Zakaria Draui
02:38he scored now in back-to-back
02:43group phase games in this tournament he got the winner in a 1-0 victory over Olympique de Safi
02:49this really is an uphill battle now for Joliba and away goes Kamagate
02:56who's really terrorised them once in this competition this season
02:59found a good ball to Hatcher
03:01might shoot here Hatcher it's a decent attempt and well tipped over the top by Willefreed Kwasi
03:06anything to prevent the goal a couple of minutes ago but this was a good save
03:13Hatcher just trying to loft the ball over the young Ivorian but it's a good save in the end
03:21it would almost be a mountain too high to climb
03:25not even a quarter of an hour into the game for Joliba
03:27Merilli looking to create something
03:30and it's headed on as well towards the back post
03:33hook to
03:39Kader Armel
03:40it's an outswinger
03:42headed
03:43away from goal in the end by
03:46Kanute
03:48and now it's a three on two
03:50for USM
03:52chance here
03:54Kamagate and it's saved
03:56no first goal wasn't
03:59the cleanest of strikes
04:01strikes
04:02from
04:03Draman Kamagate
04:04he's turned behind
04:09by
04:11Shetty
04:16Jalani
04:20Drowi
04:25Pacha
04:27has
04:28Kamagate inside him
04:30try to
04:31Sumare
04:3221 year old skipper
04:34in goes the cross
04:35and there's a header and it's not that far wide from Foday
04:38from Fodet. It's likely to come from either a counter or a set piece you feel.
04:46In goes this corner and it's volleyed over by Knutier allowed that ball to drop
04:55at the feet of Knutier and he just slipped as he went to volley at
04:58Goldwoods. Good ball in from Khadir Ahmed.
05:12Kaldi missed the header but here's Pacha popping up on the right wing. Pacha
05:19decent ball, not the best touch from... Oh and that's a good save in the end by
05:25Kwasi should have been cleared but Sumare and Knutier got in each other's way and
05:38that allowed Kaldi to fire off the shot.
05:44Kaldi finds Pacha in lots of space and it's a good overlapping run too. In goes the
05:53cross and this time Kwasi deals with it easily, alone.
06:01Kaldi, that's a good pass. Is Usam Hacha
06:06making the run in behind and getting to the loose ball.
06:12The two minutes are up
06:13and there is the half-time whistle. Jolibert
06:21started to grow into that game a little but Usam Algiers were the
06:261-0 leaders at the break.
06:28Zakaria Drowi waiting for his first USM goal.
06:36We'll see if he can find that in the second half as it is USM with their 1-0 lead who get us
06:43back up and running with Dehiri.
06:46Played up the line by Shetty.
06:55USM coach Abdoulak Ben-Shikha watching on would be reasonably happy with what he's seen so far.
07:02A bit of defending here to do for
07:05Lucie.
07:06Big underdogs in this game. It's a very intimidating place to come.
07:13That's a good ball.
07:16Looks as if it was going to be a good ball from...
07:20Armel floats it in.
07:23The attempted flick on Hede goes in the wrong direction and away it goes.
07:28Pratia does get a foul.
07:35It's nicely worked.
07:38Probably the longest spell of possession that Jolibert have had all game.
07:45There goes Torre. A bit of frustration in that tackle on Dehiri.
07:55Ben-Boat risking getting himself together.
07:58They are going to
08:02complete a remarkable turnaround in this group and somehow reach the quarters.
08:05It's probably going to have to start here.
08:09And Jolibert are making...
08:13He's trying to avoid the contact.
08:19But really that's another sloppy pass. Two in the space of one minute from him.
08:23Jolibert trying to make something happen.
08:25Camara.
08:30It wasn't a very good pass.
08:33USM has been getting more and more ragged but that's a really terrible pass by Kouassi.
08:38Here's a chance and there... Oh no, it's a miss. What a... What a miss from Glody Likonza.
08:45What a miss from Glody Likonza.
08:47What a miss from Glody Likonza.
08:49Even straight to Usain Hatcha.
08:59And Likonza in his rush to put the ball...
09:02Away goes Usam Hacha again, with defending from Joliba.
09:08USM just buoyed a little by that chance, it seems, and they...
09:13Looking for a corner, it's prevented well by...
09:21It's rolled across former E-Leader shoots and it's deflected wide for a corner.
09:32USM Al-Ager just starting to build some...
09:36Still no changes from either side, but really a chance to cross. Decent ball in and an important intervention and then...
09:47Ballooned.
09:49Oh...
09:50Oh...
09:51Oh...
09:52Oh...
09:53Oh...
09:54Oh...
09:55Oh...
09:56Oh...
09:57Oh...
09:58Rahim Benzaza...
10:00Plays it in, it's a good ball as well.
10:03And they haven't got this clear, and eventually the whistle's gone for a free kick just as...
10:10Che Malone puts the ball into the back of the net.
10:15Decent clip ball in from Benzaza.
10:17It's actually an excellent touch from Kanute and then...
10:21Fouled by USM Al-Ager just before Malone...
10:27Arrived to...
10:28It's really well played by Benzaza. Finding Kamagate. Kaldi on the outside. Kaldi goes for goal! Oh, it's a wonderful way to wrap up surely all three points for USM Al-Ager.
10:41Ahmed Kaldi, who's been their star player this season in the Algerian Liga, gets his first ever goal in African competition and it's...
10:55A fine way to do it...
10:57...has almost certainly done just that.
10:58Bending the ball over a despairing Wilfrid Kouassi.
11:00It's a lovely finish.
11:03A moment of real quality...
11:04A moment of real quality...
11:05first ever goal in African competition and it's a fine way to do it, has almost
11:16certainly done just that, bending the ball over a despairing Wilfrid Kouassi, it's a
11:29lovely finish, a moment of real quality to cap off a very professional performance
11:37from this USM Alger side. Had it flashed in way back in the first half, comes Ben Bort,
11:50probably the most difficult thing he's had to do so far at this USM Alger side.
11:59Goals from Zakaria Draoui and Ahmed Khaldi in either half, good enough for USM
12:08Alger to record a third consecutive victory in Group A of the CAF Confederation Cup.
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