00:00start would be the dream here for both sides we'll see if they can conjure one up we are underway
00:07here in el jordida
00:13match day one of qualification for the 2027 africa cup of nations his 17th appearance for zimbabwe
00:24number 20 floated into the back post found the head of a teammate i'm not sure whether that was
00:30an attempt to move it on to someone in the zimbabwe held firm
00:45taking it down there koroma to head into the box he'll be floated into the middle and right onto
00:52the head of the main man and the scorer of the evening's first goal
01:02how about that for a perfect start
01:05how about that for a perfect start
01:12ali conti adds another goal
01:16to his impressives proudly
01:20see loitering in the middle there momentarily drifted offside and just hung in the air he lost his
01:28markup maruta his eyes fixed on the ball not aware of the danger behind him conti was lurking
01:37he didn't just lurk he struck well guided beyond the despairing dive of elvis chupazese
01:44has maruta to his left he looks to go alone but down something of a blind dally
01:55and a chance to break away now momo kamara is through on goal and it was a great recovery and
02:01a
02:01crucial one end arguably culpable for the goal at the other he's giving away another free kick he
02:07swung into a really good area it was headed away miss kick might allow chance for zimbabwe to break it
02:13but it was going to be beaten to that though but lovely ball into the feet of kamara
02:21there's plenty of space here for idris khanu on the far side great touch during the defender
02:26he's still going deflected in fact it will be a goal kick rather than a corner
02:32sound ball didn't match up to his control
02:37this time it is khanu race away down the left head up weighing up his options
02:46there's space on the edge here for alazhan karoma
02:50shot deflected up into the air back to karoma now moving on to kamara
03:00sent in high looping delivery it was on to the head of conte again and here's conte again has it
03:06gone
03:06over it has now
03:09well who will get the goal does it really matter contes celebrating so too with tara wally
03:20well whoever gets the goal in the ultimate record books sierra leone have a two nil lead here
03:28dove culpable for a second goal he's there on the edge of the six yard box
03:32as mentioned it was him with the initial block
03:36it was forced home by tara wally i think
03:41head up cleared into a teammate by maruta into manetzi followed up the goal scorer
03:53a smart shimmy and it was deflected in fact by maritza unfortunate for the left back
04:00two goals in his first five seasons
04:08professional level come back to that though because here comes zimbabwe and oh deflected you
04:13wondered for a second where that was going from mamadou jalo need to really be tested
04:19might be here though manetzi's picked it up as support on the edge of the box looking for manetzi again
04:27with the return ball he's gone down appeals from beaten to most recent tournament by zambia and the
04:35corner of the to-cote t'-cote d'voire
04:39really well there pounder's number nine when you're delaying he's gonna try his luck
04:46he's on target
04:47he worked again here and let's see over tomasan when he's eight back into the middle powis
04:59is eight back into the middle that was a slightly awkward touch from kakai
05:01out came jello commanding his area he's throwing that into a teammate though
05:06will he be punished immediately zimbabwe turn it around
05:11but then on the turn he's never scored for his country that was perhaps his best ever chance to
05:17do so after no matter well down goes chirewa the protests waved away again
05:28sierra leone might look to break away themselves they won't have time nonetheless a 2-0 halftime
05:38score a perfect start to this qualifying campaign for the leone stars
05:45goals coming early on from ali conti and then salut tarawali
05:52forced home another conti effort 20 minutes late in the opinion of their new manager didier gomez zarosa
06:04so far so good for the spaniard 2-0 here in his first afghan qualifier in charge of sierra leone
06:13who have been pretty good value chirewa maybe gone more central antonio on the right time
06:21will tell here is chirewa continues his run he's gonna go himself here and that wasn't too far
06:30away that's when he's it chirewa dinks it in was right into the mixer headed up and over
06:41the이스 tab before he's itвержades at how many touches there may have been cohesive so
06:44out many touches they may have been j cry what defending from the winger
06:46the only player the chipper says a say ast hij�� made her own half
07:02the yellow was k premiyor and every out to avoid less slips
07:09right underneath you it's Karen Anger who gets us back underway with the free
07:13kick Chirirewa into the middle headed up but not really out there initially
07:22attempt to strike on the volley referee
07:30has said a word with a couple of players there and taken short to Chirirewa and
07:35there is the deficit halved who else but Marshall Manezzi
07:41he'd had a couple of chances earlier on and ultimately the pressure tells and it was those two
07:51the Wolves connection in full showing there from Manezzi and Chirirewa fans who are howling with
08:00the light now corner taken short Chirirewa headed for the byline dinked it into the back post
08:06Manezzi found the gap between Giallo and his near post
08:13third goal for his country
08:17said about his goal scoring exploits at club level
08:21they're now heading for Zimbabwe knowledge Masona out of the score all together with a hamstring injury
08:26Jordan Zamora as well missing some big names but they're rallying here here's Chirirewa
08:36come back complete and in some style
08:48well first Manezzi now Chirirewa it's the players from Wolverhampton
08:58who have torn Sierra Leone apart with a quickfire double
09:07and well
09:09they have plenty of pride
09:13in their lone wolf there Chirirewa
09:17a cut above
09:21completed quite astonishing turn around
09:26not this time
09:27the goals came in the space of five minutes Manezzi in the 72nd
09:37Chirirewa in the 77th
09:41Chirirewa
09:55and that's a nerdy moment at the back for Sierra Leone
09:59miscommunication misunderstanding
10:13to in front of him
10:16Svanese fancied it and there is the turn around complete
10:22and it's Marshall Manezzi again
10:29Sierra Leone torn asunder
10:35from 2-0 down to 3-2 up Zimbabwe
10:40who are singing they have made hay
10:44as the sun was nowhere near shining
10:49it was a dim performance in the first half
10:53but they have brightened up the night sky here in El Jadida
11:00and it's a brilliant finish from Manezzi
11:03two goals tonight as many as it
11:04a long throw into the box
11:11it's missed by the first line
11:14second line does its job
11:24and what an evening in Morocco
11:29a cliche but undeniably a tale of two halves
11:33Sierra Leone on top 2-0 up at the break
11:38Zimbabwe the Warriors war-torn
11:42and battle scarred by the first half
11:44turned it around in the space of about 15 minutes late on
11:48for a 3-2
