Africa Cup of Nations

FT Saturday, January 31, 2015
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Tunisia DWDWD 1
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Estadio de Bata

Match Report

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Hosts Equatorial Guinea reach ANC semis with help of late penalty decision

Javier Balboa was the hero for Equatorial Guinea as his curling extra-time free-kick sealed their place in the semi-finals of the African Nations Cup with a dramatic 2-1 win over Tunisia.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
41
1
Yellow Cards
5
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
8
4
Corner Kicks
4
4
Saves
2
50.3
Possession
49.7
11
SHOTS
12
4
ON GOAL
5
0.4
On Target %
0.4
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
348
Accurate Passes
353
454
Passes
448
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
4
20
Crosses
19
0.1
Cross %
0.2
94
Long Balls
47
46
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
4
Blocked Shots
4
17
Effective Tackles
16
20
Tackles
24
0.9
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
35
Effective Clearances
42
35
Clearances
42

Head to Head

TUN leads series 1-0-1

Lineups

TUN · 3-4-2-1

  1. 16Aymen MathlouthiG
  2. 2Syam Ben YoussefCD
  3. 3Aymen AbdennourCD-L
  4. 20Mohamed Ali YacoubiCD-R
  5. 13Ferjani SassiCM-L
  6. 6Hocine RaguedCM-R
  7. 12Ali MaâloulLM
  8. 17Hamza MathlouthiRM
  9. 19Ahmed AkaïchiF
  10. 9Yassine ChikhaouiCF-L
  11. 18Wahbi KhazriCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 22Moez Ben CherifiaSUB
  2. 11Amine ChermitiSUB
  3. 7Youssef MsakniSUB
  4. 15Mohamed Ali MoncerSUB
  5. 4Bilel MohsniSUB
  6. 1Farouk Ben MustaphaSUB
  7. 10Hamza YounesSUB
  8. 23Selim Ben DjemiaSUB
  9. 14Stéphane NaterSUB
  10. 5Rami BedouiSUB
  11. 21Jamel SaihiSUB
  12. 8Edem RjaibiSUB

EQG · 4-4-2

  1. 1Felipe OvonoG
  2. 4RuiCD-L
  3. 5Diosdado MbeleCD-R
  4. 16SipoLB
  5. 8Randy IyangaRB
  6. 21Iván ZarandonaCM-L
  7. 18Viera EllongCM-R
  8. 11Javier BalboaLM
  9. 14Enrique BoulaRM
  10. 9Raúl FabianiCF-L
  11. 10Emilio NsueCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 20Miguel Ángel MayéSUB
  2. 17Roben Obama Nsue OndoSUB
  3. 6JuvenalSUB
  4. 7Rubén BelimaSUB
  5. 12Iván BoladoSUB
  6. 22Pablo GanetSUB
  7. 19Carlos CharlySUB
  8. 2Dani EvuySUB
  9. 15IbanSUB
  10. 23Ruben DarioSUB
  11. 13Aitor EmbelaSUB
  12. 3Igor EngongaSUB

Timeline

  1. 9' Hocine Ragued (Tunisia) Yellow Card at 9'
  2. 61' Salvador Edu (Equatorial Guinea) Substitution at 61'
  3. 63' Mohamed Yaacoubi (Tunisia) Yellow Card at 63'
  4. 66' Ahmed Akaachi (Tunisia) Yellow Card at 66'
  5. 70' Ahmed Akaachi (Tunisia) Goal at 70'
  6. 80' Ivan Bolado (Equatorial Guinea) Substitution at 80'
  7. 85' Mohamed Ali Moncer (Tunisia) Substitution at 85'
  8. 85' Amine Chermiti (Tunisia) Substitution at 85'
  9. 86' Amine Chermiti (Tunisia) Yellow Card at 86'
  10. 86' Rubén Belima (Equatorial Guinea) Substitution at 86'
  11. 90'+3' Javier Balboa (Equatorial Guinea) Penalty - Scored at 93'
  12. 90'+6' Salvador Edu (Equatorial Guinea) Yellow Card at 96'
  13. 90'+6' Ferjani Sassi (Tunisia) Yellow Card at 96'
  14. 102' Javier Balboa (Equatorial Guinea) Goal at 102'
  15. 104' Youssef M'Sakni (Tunisia) Substitution at 104'
  16. 104' Youssef M'Sakni (Tunisia) Substitution at 104'

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