00:01Guinea host Eritrea in Conakry in round three of the Africa Cup of Nations 2027 qualifiers
00:12Pamoja as the journey to the final tournament next year is one that is a chances in the
00:21fast half Kerales is up try and score and it's well taken play just wide though
00:30Eritrea survived that one
00:43sweetly struck by Sia
00:51already almost cemented himself as a little bit of a cult hero Hesham Yakan
00:57I think guided his side to victory in the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
01:03preliminary rounds the first unity here for Guinea and it's cleared at the near
01:11post Sultan didn't need to make a challenge because it was cleared away by
01:25Ali
01:25as Malash who is on the right flank trying to guard his man unable to really do much now
01:33the corner to be taken by Kamara and it comes from Kamara and that's a beautiful
01:40head up
01:42It's the centre back Summa who's headed in the Skipper's corner
01:48who's headed in the Skipper's corner
01:48Guinea with exactly the sort of start that they needed
01:51this really puts the pressure on South Africa
01:58and the crowd inside the Stadio 23 September
02:01can celebrate this first goal of the match
02:06Guinea who will be looking to polish up on their goal difference as well
02:09against Eritrea
02:14it's a lovely flick by Suma
02:17at the near post
02:29camera's delivery very good
02:35ludicrous player camera able to pick it he would have been through on goal
02:47player goes down
02:49an off-side flag given against him camera was watchful the watch off the
02:54defender may have been important Silla free kick given away in the build-up
03:20close the ground Sissoko he's not going to get that decision and Eritrea here might have a run on goal
03:26they certainly will have a run on goal deflection and it goes wide
03:33possibly the right solution the right decision there was to cross the ball and you can see
03:40the Eritrean players are having an argument between each
04:11each other
04:14here for a shot. Collected out wide and Sissoko can't turn it in.
04:28Unlucky there for Sissoko. It's good work by Kinney, one of their better opportunities
04:37since scoring. Unfortunately, the Rudina Moscow player, he's found Fufana. Fufana manages
04:48to keep it in play, needs to keep a cool head. Looks for Sissoko, finds him. That's a big
04:55miss. It should have been two for Kinney. Did ever so well Sissoko to control the ball initially.
05:20That's another good ball. Valdir able to control. Valdir skips away from one and saved by Soltan.
05:29Valdir goes down but there didn't seem to be anything untowards there.
05:52Coming in hard and once again, Kinney. Now it's a 4v3. Can Kinney keep their cool? Valdir looked offside,
06:03is offside. Pass came late, too late. And Aliou Balde, the 23-year-old, unable to get his first goal
06:13of the match.
06:15He needed to come much, much, much earlier that pass.
06:27Again, the defending there from Souma, the goal scorer, excellent. Valdir. And that is the half-time whistle here at
06:34the Stade du 23-Septembre. It is Guinea who hold a very narrow lead thanks to Mohamed Souma's headed goal
06:42after 13 minutes.
06:43Eritrea with a number of really good opportunities to get an equalising goal, which they were unable to get past.
06:54Mohamed Kamara, who's had a good game in between the sticks for Guinea. Possibly the best player out there on
07:00the pitch alongside this man who has scored the goal.
07:03There's a shake of the head, however, from Mohsouma, which I think Barry comes on in his place.
07:13So let's see what the second half brings here for Guinea, whether they're going to be able to be more
07:17threatening, more creative.
07:24Free kick given right at the start of this second half in favour of Eritrea with a man down.
07:32Diaby on the left flank of Guinea's attack, replaced by Kamara.
07:38Gwang Dong, GZ, Powers, Kamara. Usman, Kamara.
07:49Imagine that this is a chance for all the substitutes who've come on.
07:52Now that's a defence-splitting pass and that's a beautiful ball through the middle.
07:56And the second goal is taken.
08:00The substitutes combining to devastating effect for Paolo Duarte.
08:11Connor Correa erupts into life.
08:16And just like they did in the first half, Guinea able to score early in the second.
08:21And it is Yacouba Barry, the substitute, who came on at the break for the ineffective Sissoko.
08:30And he has scored virtually immediately.
08:48Cries of Guinea, Guinea raining down from the stands.
08:52Paolo Duarte all of a sudden a lot happier.
08:56Takes the goal well, does Yacouba Barry.
08:59But what about that for a pass?
09:02Outside of the boot, bends it into the path of the attacker.
09:07Unless I'm very much mistaken, it's Mournay Sia.
09:11It's well blocked though.
09:16That's a rash tackle. It'll be a free kick given and no more.
09:23I'm pretty happy to keep his cards in his pocket there.
09:30Thanks.
09:31Thanks.
09:45Thanks, guys.
09:46No, no, no.
09:46Any details there?
09:47No, no.
09:48No, no.
09:51No, no.
09:51No, no.
10:27And a ball into Hinsa.
10:31Cross blocked by an industrious Sia.
10:47Guinea not showing the same quality, though.
10:50When you look at that game, that will be coming up on the 24th of March,
10:55although the ball's been given away here.
10:58Still alive, deflection, and Sultan gets down well to make the stop.
11:18Jabati found himself in Norway and England.
11:27That's a good pullback.
11:30Someone in the Eritrean ranks has to take on the strike, and that's a brilliant strike.
11:38Game on, with less than ten minutes left to play here in Conakry.
11:46The best goal of the lot falls to Eritrea, and those travelling fans can celebrate.
11:54Their team have played good football in this game, and Guinea have been passive.
12:05Let's have a look at the game.
12:06The goal, rather, uses the Guinea players as a shield.
12:13Just places the ball away from Kamara.
12:18Now a chance again for Eritrea.
12:20Surely they can't.
12:21What a defensive clearance, but there was offside in the build-up.
12:26There was offside in the build-up.
12:29The ball didn't cross the line regardless.
12:37Lundgren claimed that ball through.
12:43When the fourth minute of added time, Kamara claims needed that, the Guinea goalkeeper.
13:02And Guinea have just about got the job done here in Conakry.
13:06They've tiptoed over the line against a valiant Eritrean side.
13:11It is a victory that keeps Guinea's chances and hopes of qualifying for the Africa Cup of Nations alive.
13:19Eritrea's chances more or less officially over now with just one point from their first three matches
13:26and the knowledge that only one team will qualify from Group D alongside Kenya.
13:34Yacouba Barry's goal after eight minutes in the second half.
13:38Enough for Guinea to take all three points.
13:41That's all that will matter for the Sili Nacional.
13:44Possibly not so for their head coach, Paolo Duarte.
13:46Who..
13:47I'm just saying it's probably a few more people in the second half.
13:47Who was..
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