00:03Lesotho
00:06get the ball moving here as we enter the fray, Group A.
00:12And the CAF, the Cup of Nations qualifiers for 20-27.
00:19Too mad in the challenge there just by Fellini.
00:26Humaleng Falene, who's one of the two centre-backs with Teabo Macele.
00:39But happy passing the ball around under Nabil Negiz.
00:43He hasn't had too much time, remember.
00:44It's been two weeks since he was brought in.
00:48There's the high ball over the Sharpen.
00:49He's here with a chance to get there.
00:51Shot in, and the referee has blown the whistle.
01:01Umasako, one of the big centre-backs in this Nijia team.
01:05That's a good darting run down the left-hand side from Lesotho.
01:08Tries to get the ball across.
01:10It's been cut out. Very comfortable.
01:12Timing of the run to try and greet that was first-class.
01:15As he gets hold of the ball once again.
01:17Puts it on his right foot!
01:18And there's the outside of the right foot.
01:20The shot goes high.
01:21That should have been driven into the corner, and I think that he knows that.
01:25Looks up to the sky and understands that that was most definitely a great goal-scoring opportunity.
01:33And let's have a look.
01:34First of all, there's Fellaini with the throw-in.
01:37Gets rid of his two defenders.
01:40And there's the hand-in-the-hands moment.
01:42Look at that turn.
01:43Fabulous turn with the outside of the right foot.
01:45King continues.
01:48Iguena ready to feast on this set-piece in the tenth minute.
01:59Right foot whipped into the penalty area.
02:02It's gone close to goal.
02:03Look at that off the crossbar.
02:04And a fabulously taken free kick finally from Fellini.
02:08And, well, they really were shaking in their boots at the back knees yet.
02:13And the defense couldn't do anything about it.
02:15And you saw that Casilli was off his line there.
02:18And he's racing back to try and get there.
02:20And if that would have been going in, I'd tell you, he would have been at fault
02:24for not being in the right position.
02:35Boncana.
02:40Well, the flick and a chance to get there first.
02:42Well, look at the wrestling match taking place around the penalty spot.
02:45It just allowed Mourane to get himself there.
02:48Look at that for a block.
02:50And a little turnover has been picked.
02:52Yeah, the low shot.
02:54A bit of a grass cutter, really, that was dealt with perfectly by Mourane.
02:57But you've got to be careful.
02:58Coming through the middle.
03:00Well picked up.
03:01And a nice serious importance of making sure that you keep possession
03:06and that you control the ball well.
03:08But that challenge there just to steal the ball away from Lesotho was absolutely sublime.
03:13Ball coming across.
03:14It's a header that goes back into the hands of Casilli, the goalkeeper.
03:19Just getting in the way.
03:23Great running down the right-hand side.
03:25And Mokacane.
03:26Mokacane goes for the direct shot.
03:28I don't know if that was intentional, but didn't really connect very well, did he, Mokacane?
03:36Just thought that maybe he would, like, get that decent crossover towards Motobang.
03:41Not the case.
03:42There's a little look up.
03:43He does everything right.
03:45He does everything right.
03:45I don't think that that was what he intended to do.
03:51And again, just getting himself into the penalty box.
03:54It's nicely done.
03:55Hit the ball off the player, Mohlomi Macheta.
04:02And as well, one of the big, tall defenders.
04:14Whipped in with the left foot towards the goalkeeper.
04:17Well, he does really well.
04:18This is a group A that consists of the giants of North Africa.
04:24Morocco, giving the ball back.
04:26That's super dangerous.
04:27Well, he's been knocked off his feet.
04:28I don't know why he went down.
04:30Didn't need to go down there.
04:31It was a question of staying on your feet.
04:33Direct and a little bit stronger than the little feeble ones outside of the boot.
04:39The fancy footwork.
04:40Sometimes you've got to forget about that, depending on the surface.
04:46Tumalan Faleni.
04:50Using Mohlomi Macheta.
04:53Macheta, there's the ball coming back.
04:57Oh, nice little bit of a touch there.
04:59There's Sosa, Sosa, Sosa.
05:00Goes to the left-hand side.
05:02Niger with Sosa going for goal.
05:04Finds the goal.
05:05Left-footed underneath the goalkeeper.
05:07And Niger take the lead here.
05:10We have just less than eight minutes left to play in the first shot.
05:15A one-man mission from Daniel Sosa.
05:23Well, these Niger fans going absolutely wild.
05:26You can totally understand because this is an important goal for him.
05:31Number 13 in his 30th appearance from the Acreborn striker who plays for Nizia.
05:39There you go.
05:40Lovely little spin.
05:41And look at the acceleration there.
05:43Puts it away from the defender.
05:45Onto his left foot.
05:46And the acceleration drives him right past underneath the outstretched leg of Morane.
05:52To offer Nizia a 1-0 lead.
05:56And all it takes is a little spark to get him going.
06:11Diagonal ball falls to Boncano.
06:14Pinpoint accuracy.
06:15Threw ball there to Sosa.
06:17Sosa gets it back.
06:18That's a brilliant piece of play.
06:19Couldn't strike it.
06:20Boncano had everything at his feet.
06:23And that should have been buried.
06:25That really should have been smashed in.
06:27He took the time to control it.
06:30That first touch.
06:32Look at that lovely one-two.
06:34That really was boom.
06:36Yeah.
06:37Kind of fumbled.
06:40Right-footed back into his path.
06:43And a double shot.
06:49Double Michele just communicating and saying,
06:51Guys, we really need to make sure that we fill those gaps.
06:54They're getting a little bit too much space.
06:58Stay on your man.
06:59Stay on your marker.
07:02Don't let him beat you on a...
07:071v1.
07:101v1.
07:11Jibo.
07:14Watch out for the big guys.
07:17Sneaking behind the last defender.
07:21It's a good delivery.
07:22Second goal coming in.
07:24Sakho's the man.
07:26A wonderful touch.
07:27And he got behind the defense.
07:29Perfectly touched there.
07:31Just needed to make contact.
07:34And goal number two coming their way.
07:36And Nizia.
07:38Strike again.
07:39And look at the time on the clock.
07:43Literally at halftime.
07:45Massive blow for the crocodiles of Lesotho.
07:48And they knew they needed to defend that properly.
07:51But the big man steps up.
07:53Doesn't even nod at home.
07:55He just times his run to perfection.
07:58Unmarked.
07:59That left foot stuck out.
08:02Bit of contact.
08:03And he takes it away from Mourane, the goalkeeper for Lesotho.
08:09Poor defending.
08:13And a perfect delivery there by Jibo.
08:17Second goal before Nizia.
08:20The goal is for player number three.
08:24Umar Sakho.
08:25He's literally foot up.
08:27Jibo's delivery was sublime.
08:29There's the ball into the penalty box.
08:30Nice touch there.
08:31Nice control there from Toluani.
08:33The ball does come out.
08:34There's a chance for a header.
08:35There's the volley coming in.
08:37Couldn't keep it down.
08:38The idea...
08:42And there's the halftime whistle blown by the referee.
08:45Fabrizio Duarte of Cabo Verde.
08:49And, uh...
08:52The ideal first half for Nabil Enegis in his first game.
08:57...experience there.
09:03Here we go in the second half.
09:05Nizia Lesotho.
09:06Sosa's 38th-minute goal.
09:08And then the goal scored by Sakho.
09:13Literally on the strike of halftime.
09:17Separates these two teams.
09:19Let's see how they react.
09:20Lesotho coming out of the changing rooms.
09:24Long ball a little bit too far for...
09:30The ball is in for his teammate.
09:32It goes high.
09:33And just, uh...
09:35Comes down a little bit too late.
09:37Over the wrong side of the, uh...
09:39Crottinguele.
09:40There's the, uh...
09:41Ball that comes over to the right-hand side.
09:43You can see there's danger there.
09:44But, uh...
09:44Mourane.
09:46Easily, uh...
09:47Keeping an eye on Keiru.
09:48And preventing him from...
09:49Dancing down that right flank and...
09:52Collecting...
09:52Possession.
09:54That was the ball that came across.
09:55It was a little...
09:56Bit fiercely struck there.
10:00Good idea, but...
10:04Little bit of a race down towards the byline.
10:07Goes down on the edge of the penalty box.
10:09And tries to get his hands on there.
10:11And, uh...
10:12It's Sema.
10:14Winning the ball back.
10:16Oh, it's there for a take.
10:17And the shot comes in!
10:19Great save!
10:20Ball on...
10:20Drive.
10:21From distance.
10:22Filosoto.
10:23Potentially.
10:23Lofted in.
10:24Straight into the penalty box.
10:26Again, there's a chance for a volley.
10:28Need to latch onto that.
10:30And, uh...
10:30Couldn't quite make contact.
10:33Uh...
10:33Has been collected by Fotoane.
10:35There's another high ball going in.
10:36There's the header coming in!
10:38It's a decent header from Murtabang.
10:40But it wasn't taken back away from the goalkeeper.
10:43Uh...
10:44Into a little bit...
10:45Nice, slick work there.
10:47And it's a good ball as well.
10:48It's been picked up here.
10:49As they go forward and look for a third goal.
10:52Put it on his left foot.
10:53It's a scrambled effort.
10:55Not a great shot from Adebayor.
10:56We know that he can score goals.
10:58Uh...
10:58Scash there from Malani.
11:01Oh, nicely done.
11:02Gets past two players.
11:04There's the delivery into the penalty box!
11:05It was not a bad effort there.
11:08Should have really pounced Murtabang.
11:09All he needed was a...
11:12Free kick for Soto here.
11:17Hoping to try and send something into the penalty box.
11:20There's the, uh...
11:21The high attempt by Murtabang.
11:24But he's...
11:24I mean, he's just faced with towering the crocodiles.
11:30Snapping at the heels of Mena.
11:33But they're unable to deal with Niger.
11:36But that's a poor back pass.
11:38And a little slip as well.
11:40Oh, he's gone down.
11:41Is that going to be a penalty?
11:42And surely it is.
11:44Yes, it is.
11:44As you can see, Sera Murtabang gets hauled down.
11:47And it came from a little slip.
11:49And maybe their only mistake that they've actually made in defense Niger.
11:54And I think it's Umar Sakho who just has a little bit of a fall.
11:57And then he hauls down Murtabang.
11:59A rare mistake from the Rostov-based player.
12:03Who scored the second goal.
12:04Just look at this.
12:05First of all, it was a faulty back pass.
12:09There's the slip.
12:10And then afterwards just getting in the way of Murtabang.
12:20Purposely getting in the way.
12:22And offering Lesotho a lifeline.
12:25With just over six minutes remaining.
12:33Sera Murtabang.
12:35Murtabang in the corner.
12:37And he nails the spot kick for Lesotho.
12:40Bides his time and then drives it into the corner to beat Kassili.
12:45A classy spot kick indeed.
12:49Goal number 11 in 51 matches played for the Crocodiles of Lesotho.
12:55And an important one as well.
13:02The Simba goalkeeper had already made his mind up and headed off down that left side.
13:09Leaving a gaping wide open goal for him to drive it into the corner.
13:14Not much of a chance Sera Murtabang to get hold of this.
13:19But still goes up for it.
13:20And again Sakko comes to the rescue.
13:23It's been picked up.
13:24An opportunity.
13:25Whoa.
13:26And a shot there calling that it came off the arm.
13:30But...
13:33Is the resulting corner of the header.
13:34What a great save that was from Kassili.
13:37Who comes to the rescue because that front post.
13:41He was forced to really push that away.
13:44It was a fabulous header.
13:46And they nearly managed to get themselves an equalizer.
13:50Just look at this.
13:50This is a whipped-in front post.
13:53Get there first.
13:55Kain.
14:03Collected there.
14:03The chip over the chop.
14:06A long-range shot coming in.
14:08It's a brilliant effort.
14:10And how about that for a save coming from Muirane.
14:13And the half-volley.
14:17Okukane straight through the middle.
14:20Ball comes out to Muhtembang.
14:23Muhtembang.
14:23There's the lofted ball.
14:25It's not a bad one.
14:25There's the header that comes back.
14:26A chance for a shot coming through.
14:29And a little lunge there.
14:31It was quite dangerous.
14:31It's been picked up.
14:32Delivery comes over.
14:33There's the header.
14:34And well, it's been cleared.
14:36But it hasn't been.
14:37An excellent pass out here.
14:39And Makuro.
14:40Makuro gets the ball over.
14:41There's the header.
14:42It's gone over the top of the goal.
14:44And it leaves Kassili hanging off the crossbar.
14:48And just knocked off the ball there.
14:50It's going to be a free kick.
14:52And it'll probably be the last chance for Lesotho to get the ball up into the Niger half.
14:58As Milani scrambles back up onto his feet.
15:00Following contact on his head.
15:03But it's not even going to be taken there.
15:05It's the final whistle.
15:06And what a result for Niger.
15:08Two goals in the first half.
15:11Proved to be enough for them to deal with the crocodiles of Lesotho.
15:16And they went out unable to do anything.
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