Sunday, November 17, 2013

Cameroon 4 - Tunisia 1

Photo by Fethi Belaid
Tunisia were visiting Cameroon in Yaounde for the second leg of their CAF Third Round matchup.  The first leg had ended 0-0.  Cameroon hit Tunisia for an early goal.  Pierre Webo dispossessed Tunisia defender Karim Haggui and then made a run down the left side of the penalty area before seeing that he had no teammates in support.  Therefore, Webo took a shot and the result was a goal in off the base of the far post.  At the half hour mark, another piece of individual brilliance made it 2-0 to the hosts.  Benjamin Moudandjo cut past Houcine Ragued and a slide tackle from Sameh Derbaly before rolling a ball into the net.  Moudandjo took off his shirt and ran onto the track to celebrate with the crazed fans.  Cameroon led 2-0 at intermission.

Five minutes into the second half, Tunisia were back in the match.  A long ball forward left Tunisia substitute Ahmed Akaichi in a foot race with Cameroon centerback Aurelien Chedjou.  Akaichi won and laced a half volley into the net to bring the score to 2-1.  Cameroon took all control back off a Benoit Assou-Ekotto corner kick twenty minutes into the second half.  The ball was curled onto the six-yard line, and an unmarked Jean Makoun headed home for a 3-1 lead.  Cameroon sealed the victory four minutes from time.  Eric Choupo Moting shook the mark of Haggui and then curled a ball past the goalkeeper.  The post intervened, but Makoun gathered the rebound, faked to send the goalkeeper sprawling the wrong way, and then cut back for the easy open finish.  Cameroon win the match 4-1 and qualify for Brasil 2014, eliminating Tunisia in the process.

Goals
Cameroon
Pierre Webo 4
Benjamin Moudandjo 30
Jean Makoun 65, 86

Tunisia
Ahmed Akaichi 49

Match Reports:
http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/news/newsid=2225155/index.html?intcmp=newsreader_news_box_1
http://espnfc.com/us/en/report/381877/report.html?soccernet=true&cc=5901
http://us.soccerway.com/news/2013/November/17/fifa-world-cup-africa-play-off-cameroon-4-tunisia-1-4-1-agg/n245289/

Highlights:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuU06o7D4xE


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