FIFA World Cup Qualifying - CAF

FT Saturday, September 2, 2017
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Zambia WWWLD 3
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Heroes National Stadium · 51,000 att.

Match Report

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Zambia all but end Algeria World Cup hopes with 3-1 triumph

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Head to Head

ALG leads series 2-0

Lineups

ZAM · 4-4-2

  1. 16Kennedy MweeneG
  2. 19Ziyo TemboCD-L
  3. 13Stoppila SunzuCD-R
  4. 20Fackson KapumbuLB
  5. 6Simon SilwimbaRB
  6. 11Chisamba LunguCM-L
  7. 23Kondwani MtongaCM-R
  8. 10Fashion SakalaLM
  9. 17Augustine MulengaRM
  10. 3Patson DakaCF-L
  11. 22Brian MwilaCF-R

ALG · 4-4-2

  1. 23Raïs M'BolhiG
  2. 21Ramy BensebainiCD-L
  3. 5Ilias HassaniCD-R
  4. 3Faouzi GhoulamLB
  5. 2Aïssa MandiRB
  6. 8Saphir TaïderCM-L
  7. 10Nabil BentalebCM-R
  8. 11Yacine BrahimiLM
  9. 15Hillel SoudaniRM
  10. 13Islam SlimaniCF-L
  11. 9Sofiane HanniCF-R

Timeline

  1. 6' Goal! Zambia 1, Algeria 0. Brian Mwila (Zambia) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Augustine Mulenga with a cross following a corner.
  2. 33' Goal! Zambia 2, Algeria 0. Brian Mwila (Zambia) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner.
  3. 38' Ilias Hassani (Algeria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 43' Fashion Sakala (Zambia) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 45' Substitution, Algeria. Youcef Attal replaces Ilias Hassani.
  6. 51' Youcef Attal (Algeria) is shown the yellow card.
  7. 55' Goal! Zambia 2, Algeria 1. Yacine Brahimi (Algeria) left footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Hillel Soudani.
  8. 56' Second yellow card to Fashion Sakala (Zambia) for a bad foul.
  9. 58' Substitution, Algeria. Rachid Ghezzal replaces Hillel Soudani.
  10. 58' Substitution, Zambia. Enock Mwepu replaces Chisamba Lungu.
  11. 70' Substitution, Zambia. Roderick Kabwe replaces Brian Mwila.
  12. 70' Ramy Bensebaini (Algeria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 71' Rais M'bolhi (Algeria) is shown the yellow card.
  14. 80' Substitution, Zambia. Alex Ngonga replaces Augustine Mulenga.
  15. 81' Substitution, Algeria. Idriss Saadi replaces Ramy Bensebaini.
  16. 89' Goal! Zambia 3, Algeria 1. Enock Mwepu (Zambia) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Simon Silwimba.
  17. 90'+7' Patson Daka (Zambia) is shown the yellow card.

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