Welcome to our live coverage of the 2016 COSAFA Under-20 Championships Group C clash between Angola and Sudan at the Mogwase Stadium on Thursday.
Starting line-ups:
Angola XI: Joao Eduardo, Mario Balburdia, Pedro Correia Alves, Joaquim Alanga, Nelson Mudile, Francisco Sacalumbo, Nelson Da Luz, Vladimiro FéLix, Fernando Morais, Alberto Miguel, Zinadine Catraio
Sudan XI: Ishag Mohamed, Eid Mugadam, Mohamed Tamimeldar, Mazin Humiedan, Ammar Taifour, Khaled Osman, Walaa Mohamed, Hassan Hassan, Mohamed Arshin, Mohaid Mohamed, Mustafa Elfadni
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FULLTIME: Angola claim a 1-0 success against a Sudan side who had their chances!
85′ – Vladimiro Felix is substituted for Domingos Antonio of Angola.
82′ – Khaled Osman for Sudan is red-carded for a second bookable offence after a malicious challenge on Angola’s right winger Vladimiro Felix.
79′ – Mazin Humiedan for Sudan receives a yellow card after fouling Angola striker Nelson Da Luz on the right side of the pitch.
75 ‘- Walaa Mohamed for Sudan controls a long ball, turns and fires into the net but his effort is ruled offside.
64′ – Sudan earns a penalty after Angola’s Nelson Mudile’s handball. Walaa Mohamed takes it but Angola’s keeper Joao Eduardo makes a brilliant save!
61′ -Angola & Mauritius subs: Fernando Morais for Calebi Yanda whereas Mauritius pull out Hasabelrasol Ali for Mohamed Arshin
51′ – Angola’s keeper Joao Eduardo jumps to punch away the ball just when Walaa Mohamed of Sudan was about to shoot in the box.
HALFTIME: Angola lead at the break, but Sudan have had their chances!
41′ – Angola’s Pedro Alves slices the ball to beat Sudan’s off-side trap but Sacalumbo reacts late to the ball which rolls out wide across the goal-mouth.
37′ – GOAL! A through ball finds long-legged Angola striker Fransisco Sacalumbo, who races clear to slot into the empty net!
34′ – Sudan rue yet another missed bright scoring opportunity. Khaled Osman finds himself one-on-one with crawling Angola goalkeeper Joao Eduardo, flicks the ball wide past him and when the Sudan player tries to shoot, the keeper recovers to block the ball. Wasteful.
30′ – Angola get their brightest scoring opportunity but defender Mario Balburdia’s free-header at the far post goes over the bar. Balanced affair.
28′ – Yellow card for Sudan’s Khaled Osman following a wild lunge on Angola striker Nelson Da Luz on the middle of the pitch.
23′ – Walaa Mohamed wastes Sudan’s golden scoring opportunity as he puts the ball between the legs of Angola’s sweeper Joaquim Balanga, gets around him but he takes time to shoot and on rushing Angola keeper Joao Eduardo snatches the ball from his feet.
20′ – Angola crawl their way back into the game winning some free-kicks. A tangle of the legs but the referee waves play on as Angola’s Morais goes to ground hoping for a free-kick after being challengd by Sudan captain Mustafa Elfadni.
12’ – Sudan’s busy striker Walaa Mohamed back-heels the ball and turns past Angola’s defender Nelson Mudile, but referee Ahmad Heeralall blows for offside.
7′ – Sudan win their first corner kick on the right. Mugadam swings it into the box but the ball flies out with Sudan’s forward Walaa Mohamed unable to connect with his head. Sudan makes a statement of intent!
1′ – We are under way!
