VIDEO | CAF Champions League Highlights: Algeria vs Togo
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00:00We'll look to solidify their positions, ladies and gentlemen.
00:05So this is the moment where the 22 players are entering to the pitch.
00:13For Algeria, this qualifier run is an opportunity for redemption.
00:25And we are underway in this Group E encounter.
00:29Match day three of qualifying for the 2025 Total Energies Africa Cup of Nations.
00:38Score against Algeria, at the moment they've got a fending to do.
00:41Mandi into the middle.
00:42Nice idea.
00:43Nice ball in to Mat-Man, Baghdad, Buneja.
00:49It was a very hard ball for him to be able to guide on goal.
00:53It would have been some finish from there.
00:55But the idea was nice from Mandi.
01:00And the ambition was sky-high from Buneja.
01:04Now to Benrama.
01:05Mahrez coming in off the right flank.
01:07Benrama into Buneja.
01:09Unselfish of him.
01:11Lays it off beautifully to Awad.
01:14And Awad cannot guard his shot on target.
01:17But that was nice build-up play from Algeria.
01:21Highly unselfish there from the man whose goals we were talking about.
01:25And the finish was one that he won't want to look back at.
01:29Based on their own domestic leagues in Africa.
01:32And he was part of the team that finished runners-up.
01:34That's a nice ball over the top.
01:35In behind.
01:36Can they make profit here?
01:37Oh, that's an absolutely exquisite goal from Togo.
01:42And he made the difficult look incredibly easy.
01:46Thibaut Clijet.
01:49A big ball over the top.
01:50The first touch killed it.
01:51The second touch.
01:52And Togo have done what no team has done to Algeria in this group before.
01:57Namely, score a goal.
01:59Look at this.
02:01Ball over the top.
02:02Well, there was a little bit of miscommunication between Tugay and the goalkeeper.
02:06Tugay inviting the goalkeeper out didn't happen.
02:08But take nothing away from the finish.
02:10That is absolute perfection from Clijet.
02:13Look at this first touch.
02:15That worked well.
02:17And the second worked even better.
02:19And Togo lead.
02:23And he'll deliver.
02:25His first corner.
02:26Inswinger.
02:28From Márquez.
02:29And it's not fully cleared.
02:30And they're still knocking around inside the area.
02:32And Togo need to get this away.
02:35A fair bit to think about at present.
02:37Inswinger from Benrahma.
02:39And Brunatje just kills it.
02:41And Togo lead.
02:42To think about at present.
02:43Inswinger from Benrahma.
02:45And Brunatje just couldn't get up.
02:48And it looked like it was laser-guided onto his head.
02:52And when it is from that sort of range,
02:54normally finds his way into the back of the net.
02:57Good delivery.
02:58And he just couldn't get enough on it.
02:59If anything at all.
03:01We'll see better from this angle.
03:03Yes.
03:05Nehry.
03:07Dengke again.
03:08Good effort on the volley from Nehry.
03:09I mean, sorry for that.
03:12Dengke.
03:14Well, the idea was nice.
03:17And he was fairly clear from the moment he hit it.
03:22He took it down on his chest.
03:23So that gives you an idea of what Togo are achieving here.
03:26Ball into the middle.
03:27And ball past the post.
03:29Excellent delivery.
03:31And Bezzabaini could not keep his header inside the post.
03:38Great ball in.
03:39Good header.
03:40Rose up well.
03:41And a couple of inches to the left.
03:47And that was surely 1-1.
03:49Good connection from Bezzabaini.
03:52Benrama.
03:53Onto his right foot.
03:54He's out of sight already.
03:55And with his second, he crashes it into the back of the net.
03:58That is a stunning goal from Saeed Benrama
04:02to bring Algeria level.
04:05Absolutely belted it.
04:07His third goal for Algeria.
04:11And that fairly tore into the top left-hand corner.
04:16His first effort.
04:18Curled wide.
04:19But that was absolutely stunning
04:22from the Lyon man.
04:24And Uro Nyeni had absolutely no chance in the Togolese goal.
04:29Feast your eyes on this, especially if you're an Algerian.
04:32Look at that.
04:33Thump. Arrowed into the top corner.
04:37I don't think any goalkeeper in the world is stopping that one.
04:41Really phenomenally clean strike
04:45from Benrama.
04:51And it flew in.
04:55Picture perfect
04:57from Algeria's number 10.
05:01And what can they do here as Algeria come forward?
05:03Buneje!
05:04Can't keep the strike down.
05:06And can't fashion it on target.
05:11But the intent
05:13was absolutely clear from Baghdad Buneje.
05:18He just
05:20sat up and it didn't quite come down before he hit it.
05:23Always rising.
05:27But it's nice stuff
05:29as Benrama's attempt to cross deflects into the path of
05:33Uro Nyeni.
05:34And the cutback was perfection
05:36and it was good defending in the end.
05:40From the wall
05:41that was Benzavaini.
05:45He's been with the club since 2019.
05:55And it was entertaining
05:57in the first half
05:59not having a goal.
06:00And a reminder that Algeria
06:02have won both their 2025 Nations Cup qualifier.
06:05Ramirez can do miracles
06:09but not on this occasion.
06:11A long way out
06:12and there was going to have to be something special
06:15from that sort of distance.
06:20Space down the right-hand side
06:22and it's a goal.
06:24And it's a goal.
06:26And it's a goal.
06:28And it's a goal.
06:30Inside he plays it to Bunajab
06:33and that's surely a penalty
06:35because Bunajab
06:37was fouled.
06:38That's a yellow card for the goalkeeper
06:39as well.
06:41And of all the decisions
06:43that referee Boubou Jarreh
06:45is going to have to make
06:47in his career
06:48that is certainly
06:49one of the easiest.
06:51Fouled
06:54the striker of Algeria was
06:55Algeria was
06:59by Uru Njeni
07:04who will have the chance
07:06to redeem himself
07:09for the evening
07:10and to give Algeria the lead
07:12for the first time
07:14in the game
07:15can he convert the spot kick?
07:17he certainly can
07:18because he's rifled that home
07:21and Algeria
07:22lead by two goals to one
07:24and Saeed Benrahma
07:28doubles his tally
07:29in an Algerian shirt
07:31four goals now
07:32in 31 games
07:35for the 29 year old
07:37and that was fairly emphatic
07:39from the spot
07:42no doubt whatsoever
07:44in Benrahma's mind
07:45for the second time tonight
07:47he beats
07:48the Togolese goalkeeper
07:50Uru Njeni
07:54the wrong way
08:01Saeed Benrahma
08:03skips away from
08:04room for the shot
08:05didn't go so
08:06instead it's Mares
08:07who strikes it
08:08good save from Uru Njeni
08:10and back dab
08:11Bunejat
08:12cannot convert the rebound
08:15well if there was anybody
08:16you wanted it to fall to
08:19it was the man with over 30 goals
08:20for Algeria
08:22Bunejat just
08:23couldn't convert it
08:26good strike from Mares
08:27on his weaker right foot
08:32good save as well
08:35Benrahma
08:36nice ball into the middle
08:38no one was attacking it
08:40Bunejat
08:41here is Awar
08:42Awar into the back of the net
08:44makes it three
08:47it was simplicity in the end
08:49one touch to control
08:51and one to find
08:52the bottom corner
08:53from the edge of the box
08:55and finally
08:57there is daylight
08:58for Algeria
09:00in a game where they fell
09:01behind
09:02they are now
09:03two goals to the good
09:10and Houssem
09:12Awar
09:13has his second goal
09:15of this qualifying campaign
09:17Uru Njeni
09:18possibly
09:19unsighted
09:21where the two players
09:22in his way
09:24and here is the header
09:25from Aholu
09:29and it was
09:30an
09:31an
09:32unerring finish
09:34from the
09:35out
09:36Itihad
09:37man
09:39Ainouri
09:40oh look at that pass
09:41that's delicious
09:42and it's going to be four
09:44he couldn't miss
09:45and he didn't miss either
09:48and Amine
09:49Gouiri
09:51has his third goal
09:52of the campaign
09:54his third Nations Cup qualifier
09:56for 2025
09:58his third goal
10:02Calamity
10:03at the back for Togo
10:05giving this game
10:06a scoreline that
10:07is probably a little harsh
10:08on the visitors
10:12but it was the ball
10:13from Itihad
10:14the ball from
10:15Ainouri
10:16here
10:17in between the
10:18central defenders
10:20really was
10:21smart
10:22and although
10:23Uru Njeni
10:24got something
10:25on the strike
10:26from
10:27Umura
10:28who had just come on
10:30the ball spilled
10:31to his fellow
10:32substitute
10:33Amine
10:34Gouiri
10:36and he was not
10:37going to miss
10:38from there
10:44and that's
10:45a final whistle
10:46with Algeria
10:47delivering a
10:48dominant 5-1
10:49victory over
10:50Togo
10:51after a
10:52tiredly contested
10:53first half
10:54that saw the
10:55team's level
10:56at 1-1
10:57Algeria took
10:58control in the
10:59second half
11:00he has done
11:01Gouiri
11:02into Maza
11:03lovely and
11:04selfish pass
11:05to Mima
11:06this is stunning
11:07stuff
11:08from Algeria
11:09to make it 5
11:10that really
11:11is
11:12top draw
11:13unselfish
11:14play
11:15one touch football
11:16in and around
11:17the edge of the
11:18box
11:19into space
11:20passing it
11:21to the man
11:22in space
11:23and look at the
11:24damage that was
11:25inflicted
11:26and Maza
11:27who has just
11:28come on the
11:2918-year-old
11:30had a crucial
11:31role in that
11:32and really is
11:33the cherry
11:34on the icing
11:35on the cake
11:36for Algeria
11:37it is
11:38even harsher
11:39on Togo
11:40but look at this
11:41first of all
11:42from the pressing
11:43then Gouiri
11:44spotted Maza
11:45lovely little touch
11:46from him
11:47and then
11:48it was another
11:49substitute
11:50Farsi
11:51who played it
11:52across
11:54for
11:55Mohamed