00:00Ahmed Ali Arezija
00:074th official for this game incidentally is Hilary Mbaba
00:13who took charge of the opening game yesterday afternoon
00:171
00:21finally get the all clear
00:24as the ball is played forward by one of the two twins at the back
00:30they are identical in every single way
00:36in that they are both well over six
00:42last night finally succumbed to Paris Saint-Germain
00:47in the title race in front and the goalkeeper's made a mistake there
00:50and it's off the line and in and an early goal
00:55I think the ball has gone out of play for a corner
01:00it was all a bit scrappy
01:02where in situations like this the 4th official steps in
01:07he was called to the monitor a few times yesterday in the game between Ethiopia and Egypt
01:17there was a penalty shout in injury time for both teams
01:21both the handball one did look suspiciously like handball but there is only camera angles
01:27and Hilary Mbaba
01:32goal given
01:35it didn't go fully over the line
01:38I suspected that was the case belated celebrations and Gabi gives Garner the lead
01:47well he's there to score goals
01:49and that's exactly what he's done
01:51and it hasn't taken him very long at all to get off the mark
01:55the tall striker
01:59sniffed a chance
02:00and when the goalkeeper clawed it back
02:03he should have just left it out for a goal kick
02:06it was an open invitation and you have to seize on those opportunities
02:10and in fairness to Gabi
02:13he did exactly that
02:16so an opening goal from the fixture starts
02:19with Tunisia Egypt
02:23lunchtime Saturday tomorrow is at rest day
02:27it's a good hit from goal and he might follow up again
02:31we go through this Algerian side and a lot of these players are based
02:37in the French league system
02:42Pedro Darni at the back is a Montpellier player
02:50and Taki
02:55worked it well through the lines
02:57and that's ambitious
02:58oh what a crack up
03:00he saw the goalkeeper off his line
03:03and chips it straight over the top
03:05and within 10 minutes of the restart
03:08it's Algeria and El Garner too
03:11and that was sensational
03:15it's not been a fruitful start for Tifrani
03:18in the Algeria goal but look at this for improvisation
03:22he wasn't miles off his line
03:25not by any stretch of the imagination
03:29and then Guamfi just took aim
03:32and lofted it over the goalkeeper
03:38and then Guamfi's goal was sensational
03:50funny enough it was covering the opening game
03:52it will be turning towards Ghana
03:56this moment in time Algeria is still in the game
04:02right by Ben Ali
04:05hoisted back in by Tuwali
04:08Ghana but this is onside
04:10well the flag hasn't gone up yet
04:12and it's Abed
04:13can he find room for the shots
04:15he's done well as Erso Capote
04:18and he's fought down the defender
04:20and it is a penalty
04:22but I suspect yes the flag has gone up
04:27and now we're probably going to have a debate
04:30as to whether it was offside before
04:32a penalty is given
04:34there's the run
04:35there's the pass
04:37he's a mile offside
04:40might be a cross in the offing here
04:42all back to the edge
04:43and the curling effort
04:47it's both high and wide
04:49from Mensah
04:51and he's got an eye for goal Mensah
04:53he's got a good goal scoring record
04:55and he found some space there
04:58corner was a deep one
04:59very deep one
05:01first header and the second header
05:03but it's just wide
05:06there's one of the Capuetti twins
05:08that caused the problems
05:09and it ended up being a header from Rafi
05:14to those three big defenders
05:16up from the back
05:17causing all sorts of untold problems
05:19amongst the Algerian
05:20Ali
05:20he's here there and everywhere
05:22he's been the best player for Algeria so far
05:24it's out to Tuali again
05:26can he get the cross in
05:27he can
05:27that's much better
05:28from Algeria
05:30but it flashes over the crossbar
05:32from Tuali
05:39couldn't keep it down
05:40he went on the outside
05:41in the damas
05:42here he is
05:43good in he
05:46oh the goalkeeper's dropped it
05:48that really has to be 2-1
05:50but it's not
05:52it's a let off
05:53he is again Barfo
05:56and that's another
05:58sensational strike
05:59from a long way out
06:00and Tifrani
06:01answers the referee
06:05back into Barfo
06:07Barfo riding one challenge
06:08by riding a second
06:10it took a nasty deflection
06:11and the goalkeeper
06:12so far
06:13from Ghana
06:14as the half-time whistle blows
06:16Algeria
06:17and Ilgana
06:18two at half-time
06:19goals from Gavi
06:20after just three minutes
06:22and then
06:22Guy Humph
06:23with an audacious lob
06:24from almost on the halfway line
06:27who will go
06:28to the right-hand side
06:31so straight swap
06:32really
06:34Tuali
06:35not really able
06:35to get in the game
06:36but you could
06:37probably attribute
06:40Ben Gezel
06:43slipped to the vital moment
06:44there Osman
06:47what's the referee
06:47going to give here
06:48it's a yellow card
06:51for the challenge
06:52by Abed
06:59I'll tell you what
07:00that might be reviewed
07:01could be in big trouble
07:02here
07:03his studs are flying high
07:05high over the ball
07:08I can't see any other outcome
07:10here than a red card
07:12that's a dangerous challenge
07:16let's hear what he's got to say
07:29he's gone all the way through
07:30and this is a chance for Ben Ali
07:31and he takes it with aplomb
07:35and Algeria are right back in it
07:37and their standout player this evening
07:39has been Ben Ali
07:41and Adam Ben Ali steps up
07:43from midfield
07:44as he so often does
07:45and the Luarv player
07:47makes an excellent run
07:49and he links on brilliantly
07:51and slots it past the goalkeeper
07:53Keza
07:53it's 2-1
07:54it's game on
07:55Ben Ali's finish
07:56clinical
07:58great tuck away
07:59into the corner
08:00beyond the foot of goalkeeper
08:02Solomon Keza
08:04and we've got a game on our hands now
08:06Algeria have slipped right back
08:08into the mainstream of this match
08:09it's 2-1
08:14no flag
08:15it's Abed
08:17chips it into the penalty area
08:19it's 2-2
08:22Zaydi
08:22with the header
08:23from the cross
08:24from Abed
08:25who could have easily been sent off
08:27just a few moments ago
08:29two goals in the space of three minutes
08:31has turned this game on its head
08:32it's Algeria 2
08:34it's gone
08:34and 2-1
08:35and 2-1
08:36and Zaydi
08:36who's been feeding off the scraps
08:38and Xaydi
08:39suddenly gets into a scrap
08:40to get their first
08:41further ahead
08:42to the defender and the goalkeeper
08:43and head home
08:44and the goalkeeper
08:45but the cross was a good one for Mhost
08:46just chips it up
08:49just chips it up
08:49and the goalkeeper thought he had it
08:50but he didn't
08:51he didn't
08:52but he didn't
08:52first
08:53first on the scene
08:53first on the scene
08:54first on the scene
08:56and he's had it
08:58and he got there
08:59first to make it 2-2
09:01and he got there start to make it 2-2
09:04it looks great in the first half but they seem to have subsided now and this is our bed into
09:10the
09:10penalty area and he goes down referee had a long look and he stayed down our bed but no penalty
09:17given just wonder if Algeria might use one of their whether there's an offside in the first
09:26place doesn't look like there was there because he receives the ball out wide he does it with
09:32himself he's taking it on the chest here a bed great skills gets put on the man done the two
09:40coaches are called in and explained what happened penalty he's changed his mind yes good any
09:57concentration etched on his face and the penalty goes over a big moment in the game and Elias
10:07Grini puts the penalty over the crossbar have been sent off a bed has consequently set up one of the
10:18goals and won the penalty two quick goals of their own in the second half and then this is a
10:28penalty
10:31it's only partially cleared it's a great save but a goalkeeper Gavi pulls it back no one there it's
10:36cleared away that could have been three two to Ghana and it came from a tease towards the edge of
10:43the
10:43penalty area and he's twisting and turning he's twisting and turning he can't quite get the shot away
10:46Oulu Oulu did eventually help it on and there was a shout of a penalty but it's a
10:53a Nigerian player that's gone down spot of cramp I suspect for it might be Ben Ramdani
11:04Ben Ramdani it's not it's actually Ben Ghazia speculative no offside this is where the shot comes in
11:22seems to you're not going to get the right angle of this they're not going to be able to give
11:29anything
11:30I don't think here this might be a slightly better angle
11:35that's not a handball is it you look at the wrong one which is a spare ball
11:40it's going to pull the managers out I'd be amazed if you gave a penalty for this
11:44it's not even going to explain it there is no handball
11:53and there isn't going to be any more additional time in accordance to the referee Ahmed Ali
12:00his viewing of the monitor on the touchline below was one of the topics of conversation
12:11in a very entertaining game Ghana were brilliant in the first half
12:14we'll see you tomorrow
12:17we'll see you tomorrow
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