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2011 African Nations Championship final

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2011 African Nations Championship final
Event2011 African Nations Championship
Date25 February 2011
VenueAl-Merrikh Stadium, Omdurman
RefereeDaniel Bennett
Attendance+ 43,000
2009
2014

The 2011 African Nations Championship final was a football match to determine the champions of the CHAN 2011 tournament and took place on 25 February 2011 the match was contested by Tunisia and Angola. Tunisia defeated Angola by 3–0, Tunisia winning their first title.[1][2] Before this match the two teams met in the group stages and it finished 1–1.[3]

Background

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Angola defeated hosts and Sudan on penalties after a stormy 1–1 draw and secured a place in the final against Tunisia. Tunisia also needed a shootout after a 1–1 deadlock following extra time before eliminating neighbours Algeria and reaching final. Angola won 4–2 on penalties and Tunisia 5–3 to set up a repeat of a Group D clash in Port Sudan which was drawn when the southern Africa nation scored deep in stoppage time.[3][4]

Route to the final

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Tunisia Round Angola
Opponents Result Group stage Opponents Result
 Angola 1–1 Match 1  Tunisia 1–1
 Rwanda 3–1 Match 2  Senegal 0–0
 Senegal 0–2 Match 3  Rwanda 1–2
Group D winner
Pos Team Pld Pts
1  Tunisia 3 7
2  Angola 3 5
3  Senegal 3 4
4  Rwanda 3 0
Source: CAF
Final standings Group D Runner-up
Pos Team Pld Pts
1  Tunisia 3 7
2  Angola 3 5
3  Senegal 3 4
4  Rwanda 3 0
Source: CAF
Opponents Result Knockout stage Opponents Result
 DR Congo 1–0 Quarter-finals  Cameroon 0–0 (a.e.t.) (7–8 p)
 Algeria 1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–5 p) Semi-finals  Sudan 1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)

Match Details

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Summary

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Angola started off well piling feverish pressure on the Eagles of Carthage through the right flank but lacked a lot of polish with their finishing. Both teams raised the adrenalin levels of their fans with Tunisia coming close to scoring in the 13th minutes but the Palancas Negras man between the woodworks Lamá made a point blank save. Three minutes after, Zouheir Dhaouadi came close to scoring but the Angolan goalkeeper anticipated well to block it from his post.

Mejdi Traoui's powerful drive in the 20th minutes was punched aside by Lama who was well positioned to deny the Eagles their first goal.[5] Adel Chedli sent the Carthage fans on their foot at the Al-Merrikh Stadium in the 37th minutes but he missed the post by an inch. Their one-two-one-two upfront kept mesmerizing the Angolan guardsmen but their finishing were poorly executed.

The dingdong battle continued into the interval. The north Africans returned from the interval much determined. They set the stadium alive two minutes into the second half when Traoui Mejdi Traoui in the ball from waist level with a perfect right foot from Dhaouadi's cross from the left flank.

Tunisia's onslaughts began paying off from the 74th minute when Zouhaier doubled their lead with a fine left foot roll of the ball that went past Lamá straight into the woodwork. As the game wears on substitute Oussama Darragi put the final nail on the coffin in the 80th minutes to gift the north Africans the ultimate.[6]

Details

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Tunisia 3–0 Angola
Traoui 47'
Dhaouadi 74'
Darragi 80'
Report
Tunisia
Angola
Tunisia:
GK 16 Aymen Mathlouthi
DF 2 Khaled Souissi
DF 3 Walid Hichri
DF 5 Aymen Abdennour
DF 6 Fateh Gharbi Yellow card 60'
MF 7 Youssef Msakni downward-facing red arrow 85'
MF 8 Khaled Korbi Yellow card 45'
MF 12 Adel Chedli Yellow card 31' downward-facing red arrow 77'
MF 14 Mejdi Traoui
FW 11 Salema Kasdaoui
FW 15 Zouheir Dhaouadi Yellow card 36' downward-facing red arrow 89'
Substitutes:
MF 10 Oussama Darragi upward-facing green arrow 77'
MF 13 Wissem Ben Yahia upward-facing green arrow 85'
FW 9 Lamjed Chehoudi upward-facing green arrow 89'
Manager:
Sami Trabelsi
Angola:
GK 1 Lamá
DF 3 Osório Carvalho
DF 5 Kali
DF 14 Amaro
DF 19 Fabrício Mafuta
MF 8 Chara
MF 13 Hugo downward-facing red arrow 57'
MF 15 Miguel Quiame downward-facing red arrow 76'
MF 20 Nary downward-facing red arrow 83'
FW 10 Santana Carlos
FW 23 João Martins
Substitutes:
MF 7 Job upward-facing green arrow 83'
FW 17 Zé Kalanga upward-facing green arrow 57'
FW 18 Love upward-facing green arrow 76'
Manager:
Lito Vidigal

Assistant referees:
Jason Damoo (Seychelles)
Angesom Ogbamariam (Eritrea)
Fourth official:
Mohamed Ragab (Libya)

References

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