{"id":22162,"date":"2019-07-19T21:40:43","date_gmt":"2019-07-19T21:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/?p=22162"},"modified":"2019-07-19T21:40:43","modified_gmt":"2019-07-19T21:40:43","slug":"afcon-2019-algeria-crowned-champions-africa-second-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/afcon-2019-algeria-crowned-champions-africa-second-time\/","title":{"rendered":"AFCON 2019: Algeria crowned champions of Africa for the second time"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"oc-c-body-part oc-c-body-part--text\">\n<p><em>AFCON 2019: Algeria crowned champions of Africa for the second time<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Baghdad Bounedjah\u2019s first minute deflected effort handed Algeria their second Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) title after a 29-year wait with a 1-0 victory over Senegal in a highly charged final at the Cairo International Stadium on Friday night.<\/h3>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7515973527815049\" data-ad-slot=\"5197133662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oc-c-body-part oc-c-body-part--text\">\n<p>Algeria who were playing only their second final since 2010 held on to the slim advantage for the rest of the 90 minutes while Senegal\u2019s wait for a maiden AFCON title still lingers on. It is another case of so near yet so far away, the Lions of Teranga having lost another final in 2002 in Mali.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oc-c-body-part oc-c-body-part--text\">\n<p>Within the opening minute, Algeria was one goal up. Bounedjah picked the ball after Chekou Kouyate had missed his attempted tackle on the left, drifted in and struck a shot that came off Salif Sane, the man coming in for the suspended Koulubaly.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oc-c-body-part oc-c-body-part--text\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7515973527815049\" data-ad-slot=\"5197133662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><br \/>\nThe ball took a punishing dip beyond the keeper into the net with one half of the stadium stunned into silence while the other half in green and white of Les Fennecs roared in a deafening crescendo.<\/div>\n<div class=\"oc-c-body-part oc-c-body-part--text\">\n<p>Algeria\u2019s tact of starting off quick and playing the ball in Senegal\u2019s half worked perfectly until halfway through when the Teranga Lions started roaring slowly into the game.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oc-c-body-part oc-c-body-part--text\">\n<p>In the 26th minute, Henry Saivet attempted to catch keeper Adi-Rais Mbohli off his guard with a freekick from range, but the hawk-eyed shot-stopper adjusted quickly to gather.<br \/>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7515973527815049\" data-ad-slot=\"5197133662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oc-c-body-part oc-c-body-part--text\">\n<p>Mbaye Niang had a brilliant effort later with a superbly struck volley from range. The burly forward chested the ball down from 20 yards out and took a sweet volley on the half-turn, his stinging effort going just over.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oc-c-body-part oc-c-body-part--text\">\n<p>At the stroke of halftime, Sane almost made amends in exact same fashion he had conceded in the first minute, but this time is strike from range off a corner was deflected over the bar.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oc-c-body-part oc-c-body-part--text\">\n<p>The second half started in as much pace as the first had ended and Senegal thought they had been given a lifeline on the hour mark when Djamel Benlamri seemed to have handled the ball inside the box off a Sarr cross.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oc-c-body-part oc-c-body-part--text\">\n<p>However, after consulting the VAR, the referee overturned his earlier decision of a penalty and gave possession back to the Algerians.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"oc-c-body-part oc-c-body-part--text\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"oc-c-body-part oc-c-body-part--text\">\n<p>Algeria managed to hold on to the score-line and secured the Cup of Nations crown with an unbeaten run.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7515973527815049\" data-ad-slot=\"5197133662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><br \/>\ncredit: CAFonline<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AFCON 2019: Algeria crowned champions of Africa for the second time Baghdad Bounedjah\u2019s first minute deflected effort handed Algeria their second Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) title after a 29-year wait with a 1-0 victory over Senegal in a highly charged final at the Cairo International Stadium on Friday night. 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