A 3-2 victory for Syli National in a match counting for the fourth day of the qualifiers for the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations, Côte d’Ivoire 2023.
Motivated, Kaba Diawara the Guinean tactician intends to rely on this positive result for the next outings of his men: “The game was good and we tried to score as many goals as possible. We were stronger and faster. We analyzed our first game and realized we could create more chances from the wing and I’m happy we tried to do that and scored three goals. »
From the fifth minute, the Guineans opened the scoring through their captain Naby Keita. The Liverpool FC midfielder rushes in on a brilliant pass from François Kamano before deceiving the keeper with a low shot. A goal that sounds the awakening of Ethiopia. In the 34th minute, Canaan Markneh equalized with a shot inside the penalty area. The Syli did not let it go and regained the advantage three minutes before the break. Keita goes from scorer to passer. His offering to Ilaix Moriba finds the embut.
Back from the locker room, Guinea is more enterprising. The Guineans push and score in the 70th minute. Morgan Guilavogui joins the party and increases the score on the Guinean side. At the end of the encounter, Kitika Jemma reduced the mark for Ethiopia. 3-2 final score.
“With this victory, the Guineans have nine points in Group D with three wins in four matches. They are ahead of Egypt, second, next opponent of the Guineans:
“We are still not qualified and we have to win the last two matches in June, especially against Egypt who beat us in the first round. It’s like in boxing, they took the first round, now we have to take the second.
For its part, Ethiopia remains red lantern with only three points and its hopes of qualification are dwindling.
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