CAN 2021 qualifiers: Mali suffers but defeats Namibia
The Mali team during CAN 2019. Pierre René-Worms / RFI
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Faced with a nasty Namibian team, Mali struggled to win three points on the third day of the CAN 2021 qualifiers. A penalty from El-Bilal Touré gave victory to the Eagles (1-0).
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Until the end and this Namibian shot which licks the small net of the Malian goalkeeper, the Eagles will have suffered to keep their small advantage.
Because Namibia, far from presenting itself as an expiatory victim, has caused many worries in Mali.
Hamari Traoré and his family struggled to overcome the Brave Warriors.
A penalty goal from El-Bilal Touré (33rd) after a foul on Doumbia was still enough to clinch the second victory in three days.
But the Eagles, who played without an audience for coronavirus cause, were not sovereign in this meeting.
Too much technical waste, few completed sequences, etc., Mali made realism speak in Bamako.
This was enough to garner three new points that allow him to return to the head of group A up to Guinea, winner of Chad (1-0) on Wednesday 11 November).
The return leg is scheduled for Tuesday, November 17.
There is no doubt that the Malians will be eagerly awaited in Windhoek.
Well done the Eagles!
Group A
Guinea 1-0 Chad # Mali 1-0 Namibia
Rendezvous in
Namibia
in 4 days for the decisive 4th playoff day.
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The Eagles of Mali (@LesAiglesduMali) November 13, 2020
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