Zambia keeps World Cup dream alive

By Daily Sports on September 6, 2017

Zambia on Tuesday night crushed Algeria to keep the 2018 World Cup hopes alive. The Southern Africans beat the Desert Warriors 1-0 at the Stade Mohamed-Hamlaoui in Constantine.

Algeria controlled the flow of the game early on and should have taken the lead in the 16th minute, but Riyad Mahrez failed to score from a penalty spot.

Algeria suffered a further setback in the 24th minute when goalkeeper Rais M'Bolhi had to leave the field injured and was replaced by Abdelkadir Salhi.

The disruption in the Algerian team allowed the hard-fighting Zambians a chance to claw their way back into a match they had been mere spectators in until then.

Zambian substitute Alex Ngonga turned provider as he played Patson Daka through on goal and he duly found the back of the net with a clinical finish.

Algeria tried to rescue the match, but were unable to do so.

The loss leaves Algeria rooted at the bottom of Group B, World Cup qualifying with one point to their name and unable to qualify for Russia – same as Cameroon who are third with three points following their 1-1 draw with Nigeria on Monday.

The win for Zambia sees them keep up their pressure on Nigeria in Group B – the Southern African side has seven points, three behind leaders Nigeria.© Backpage TXT

•Photo shows Alex Ngonga.

Source Daily Sports

Posted September 6, 2017


 

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