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00:00 Miguel Cardoso looks like he's leading the crowd as well.
00:04 They're in the technical area.
00:06 Peter Kamaku gets us underway.
00:12 Esperance de Chiniz, the host in there.
00:15 Red and yellow stripes kicking from right to left here in the first half.
00:19 Foreman lined up on the edge of the area here.
00:25 Ball comes in, header at the back post but
00:29 not the contact he was looking for and it was a long way out to be fair.
00:33 That was Mohamed Tugay.
00:35 Out level with the penalty spot.
00:37 Full sight behind him as well, very difficult to get much power.
00:42 Oh, that's lovely movement as well and Ben Hamid is in space on this left hand side now.
00:48 And time to measure the cross into the area and...
00:51 Oh, missed the man at the near post.
00:54 And eventually scrambled clear by Acek.
00:58 Now perhaps a bit of space for Shalali.
01:00 Shalali cuts inside.
01:02 Oh, nice little ball through there.
01:04 Put back and the shot driven in.
01:06 Well saved there from Charles Foley.
01:08 A lot of space being created, that's better though.
01:11 Wilkie with a nice ball in, headed away at the near post.
01:14 It falls to an Esperance player on the far side.
01:16 Again lifted in, headed away this time by Koulibaly.
01:19 Still hemmed into their own area.
01:23 The long ball comes in now to the back post.
01:26 85% possession so far for Esperance.
01:28 Haven't done a huge amount with it to be fair.
01:30 Oh, and the ball given away here.
01:31 Great opportunity!
01:33 And somehow they've butchered it here.
01:36 How about that?
01:37 Mfose.
01:40 Coming up from left back, the ball...
01:43 Looked under control here, then just a slip.
01:47 And why not take the shot?
01:49 Why not take the shot there?
01:52 Mfose was already marked.
01:55 Mfose.
01:56 I think a back right.
01:59 Normally a left back, obviously just didn't have.
02:02 Lifted in again, and it's just about clawed away by Foley.
02:11 Karr.
02:12 First and foremost amongst them.
02:15 Lovely teasing ball from Shalali.
02:19 That's better though.
02:25 Now space over on that right hand side.
02:26 Good ball into the centre!
02:28 And the header goes just wide of the upright.
02:30 Number 11, Bada,
02:34 coming in completely swamped in there.
02:36 And that's a lovely ball down the channel.
02:38 Sass with the ball back and...
02:40 Good defensive work.
02:41 Cuts out the danger, at least for the moment.
02:44 And Esperance gets something on the board
02:48 to take into half-time here.
02:50 Opening up on that right hand side.
02:52 The ball whipped in across.
02:53 Goal missed by Foley.
02:54 Put behind.
02:56 Gratefully by Bakka Bakre there.
02:58 The number three patrolling the back post
03:01 on that right hand side.
03:03 Actually it was deflection that took it away from everyone.
03:06 Just coming off the toe
03:09 of Zouzou.
03:12 Sass whips the ball in with pace.
03:17 The overhead gets missed by
03:19 one man.
03:21 The shot comes in and that's well taken by Foley.
03:24 And the foul
03:25 goes against Esperance there.
03:27 They try to just build one last attack
03:31 before the half-time interval.
03:32 We're underway then
03:40 for the
03:42 second half here
03:43 at the Hamadiyah Gravy Stadium.
03:46 Esperance de Chines, the home side.
03:49 Dominic Boulanger,
03:50 the number one goal scorer
03:52 for the home side.
03:53 Dominating possession in the first half.
03:55 Kicking from left to right in the second period.
03:57 Corner taken short again.
04:05 Just four men waiting for it in the area though.
04:07 The header comes in with that straight at Charles Foley.
04:09 Esperance building
04:15 up from the back.
04:16 There's a definite
04:17 change in tempo here.
04:19 As a shot comes in from distance.
04:20 First one of those we've seen so far.
04:22 Not the best of strikes though, but...
04:24 Sass
04:28 just in that pocket between the midfield and defence.
04:30 And there's a little one-two here and a great opportunity
04:32 here for Sass, but it's great defending
04:34 in the end.
04:35 Mantini, Trebita.
04:37 Now the corner to the near post.
04:41 Foley beaten in the air.
04:43 Shalali.
04:47 Knot of players at the ball.
04:50 Charles Foley.
04:51 Better off staying on his line.
04:54 Shalali
04:58 under pressure, it has to be said.
05:00 Just couldn't quite control the header.
05:01 Don't think he knew much about it either.
05:03 I think it came off the back of the head in the end.
05:05 And now there's space opening up on the left-hand side.
05:10 Time to stand up across.
05:12 Fools the defender.
05:13 Flicked on at the near post.
05:14 A shot from Sass.
05:15 Well blocked.
05:16 Now maybe an opportunity on the counter-attack here,
05:18 but I beg your pardon, it was Tiara Suba.
05:21 Esperance starting to build up ahead of Steve here.
05:26 The shot comes in and it's off the upright.
05:28 Fabulous strike.
05:30 And Assec lucky to still be on level terms and Foley.
05:35 Keepers absolutely nowhere near that.
05:40 Fabulous strike from the substitute.
05:47 Seymour Beguira.
05:49 I think the net's still shaking.
05:53 This is the thing though with Assec, they're sitting so deep.
05:57 The folly of Charles Foley.
06:05 Nearly catching him out.
06:06 Here's Sass.
06:07 Sass using his footwork and the shot comes in from Rodriguez,
06:10 but he's just scuffed it slightly.
06:12 These are quarter-final first legs.
06:14 Not exactly been full of goals.
06:16 As the good cross comes in and the header just over the bar
06:22 from Rodriguez.
06:23 Too strong in the air for Frank Zuzu.
06:25 Just a reminder of the results so far in these quarter-final
06:29 first legs on the first match on a Friday night.
06:32 Al Ahly winning 1-0.
06:34 In Tanzania against host Simba.
06:42 They are very much in the book.
06:44 Picking up the ball on the side.
06:46 Ben Ali swings the ball in.
06:47 Picked up there by Rodriguez.
06:49 The header back across though.
06:51 Goes to a white shirt but then not the best of clearances.
06:54 Of course nobody to aim at.
06:55 There's nobody up the pitch.
06:56 Poku there, the number 23, the man furthest forward for the moment.
06:59 Again, swung into the back post at Foley.
07:12 Another header there from Rodriguez.
07:14 Well, the service has been better for the...
07:17 And really, he should be doing better with that one.
07:21 Lovely cross, set up perfectly for the number nine.
07:24 Couldn't control the header.
07:26 Still searching for his first African Champions League goal
07:31 this season.
07:33 Five, six players lined up on the edge of the area here
07:39 for Esperance, waiting for a good delivery.
07:42 Ball comes into the back post, but the header again
07:44 balloons over the bar.
07:45 This time Mohamed Tugay unable to add to his...
07:49 Sakho clears it.
07:51 Asek with the man down on that far side, ignored by the referee.
07:56 The shot comes in from distance as well.
07:58 High and wide.
07:59 And not even that.
08:04 No, Peter Kamaku.
08:10 Brings this game to an end.
08:12 The fourth and final of the CAF Champions League
08:15 quarterfinal first legs comes to a close here.
08:18 [Music]
08:21 [BLANK_AUDIO]