The adventure continues for Algeria! At ten against ten for most of the match, the host country of the CHAN 2022 was shaken up like never before but he managed to secure the essentials by snatching the victory after additional time against Côte d’Ivoire (1-0) this Friday in the quarter-finals at the Nelson Mandela Stadium.
From the start, Madjid Bougherra’s men got two huge chances with a header from Draoui sent to the outside of the post then a header from Mahious diverted in extremis by Ayayi and released in disaster on the post by Souleymane Coulibaly! Like this free kick from Salifou Diarrassouba which was almost taken back from close range, the Ivorians remained threatening and Guendouz found out at his expense. Betrayed by a suicidal back pass from Abdellaoui, the goalkeeper mowed down Karamoko outside the area and touched the ball with his hand as he passed. After recourse to the VAR the Mauritanian referee Abdel Aziz Bouh decided to exclude the doormancollapsed and in tears (20e). But the Elephants did not take advantage of their numerical superiority for long and Attohoula in turn left his team at ten for dragging his foot in Belkhiter’s private parts.
FULL-TIME! ⏰
???????? Algeria 1-0 Ivory Coast ????????
A late Aimen Mahious penalty gives Algeria the victory in our first quarter-final of the day! ???? #TotalEnergiesCHAN2022 | #ALGCIV pic.twitter.com/wOQXwl91xO
– Marhaba (@CAF_Online) January 27, 2023
Algeria on the gong!
Behind, we witnessed before and after half-time a domination of Algeria, which however lacked control, so that one opportunity answered another on each side of the field. During the last half hour, the match all the same assimilated more and more to a one-way street in favor of the Fennecs with situations which accumulated in the Ivorian surface (even if the men of Soualiho Haidara also had a heist ball, wasted by Zougrana).
But the precision was lacking in the last gesture, like this recovery from Laouafi which fled the frame then this diving header from Mahious too soft to worry Ayayi. However, it was from the attacker that the deliverance came after additional time. First when he was tackled in the area irregularly by Siahoune, causing a logical penalty. Then when the USM Alger striker was in charge of transforming it by making an entire stadium exult (1-0, 90e+6). What a finish, the Fennecs are in the semi-finals of their CHAN! They will face there on Tuesday the winner of Niger-Ghanascheduled for Saturday.
The explosion of joy at the stadium after Mahious’ goal ????????????pic.twitter.com/ElVJrowkvz
— Algeria Football Media ???????? (@DZFOOTBALLDZ) January 27, 2023
Algeria-Ivory Coast line-ups
Algeria ???? Ivory Coast
The selection is revealed #ALGCIV!#TotalEnergiesCHAN2022 pic.twitter.com/1AiZ9I56BP
— WELCOME (@caf_online_FR) January 27, 2023
