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00:00Sitting in front of them, we think they'll play 4-3-1-2, but I'll confirm that after we see them get going.
00:08Luvumbo, Maestro and Bondo.
00:11Then Randy Nteka as an attacking midfielder, with Chico Bansa and the 22-year-old sensation Zini,
00:18who scored in the last two games for Angola, are up front.
00:22For Sudan, in goal, is Mohamed Mustafa.
00:25Across the back from left to right, Bakit Khamis, Mohamed Saeed, Abdelrahman Koukou and their captain Ramadan Agab.
00:33Sitting in front of them if they play 4-2-3-1 as we expect.
00:55Angola with a neat corner routine.
01:04Adil to Omer.
01:07And that's just shepherded out by the captain Jonathan Buatu-Menenga.
01:11And we're going to see a yellow card, the first yellow card of the game.
01:15And they're dangerous coming forward, Angola. Here's Chico Bansa on the right-hand side.
01:25Supporting him just behind is Randy Nteka.
01:30And here's a chance for the first shot of the game, maybe for Angola.
01:35It's well blocked and well dealt with by the Sudanese defence.
01:40Both games are currently 0-0, which would mean that Benin would be going through.
01:49This is Maestro again.
02:09Referee. Waves play on.
02:19And Abu Aghla has the ball just above the penalty box.
02:27And they've won a free kick.
02:30Or we're going to see Mohamed Saeed, the number three.
02:33No, it's Abdelrahman who goes for it himself and just can't get the ball up and down.
02:37He had plenty of space.
02:41I think the adrenaline.
02:44It wasn't a bad effort. A range finder, if you like.
02:55Now it's Angola's chance to come forward.
02:58And they've got men forward in the box.
03:01And that was the first shot on target.
03:03First real opening, the first real opportunity.
03:08And it was Zito who had that chance.
03:12Chico Bansa.
03:18And the ball is untidily cleared away by Angola.
03:22And it's back with the white shirts of Sudan.
03:24And now there's an opportunity for Adil.
03:27Right in front of goal. Good goalkeeping from Neblu.
03:30But the danger isn't cleared yet because here comes Sudan again with a right foot shot.
03:34And that's on target, but it's easily saved by Neblu.
03:38And Sudan are applying the pressure in this game just as they need to
03:42because Niger and Sudan are making the play.
03:46This was a real chance for Adil.
03:48And that's good goalkeeping from Neblu.
03:54The follow up.
03:56The foot wasn't high.
03:59The head went down towards the foot, not the other way around.
04:0245 minutes played.
04:05It's halftime.
04:06It's Sudan nil, Angola nil.
04:09In the other game in this group, it's Niger leading 1-0.
04:15Niger are leading Ghana.
04:19So they are doing what they need to do.
04:21And we've had one substitution for Angola, which I'll tell you about in just a second.
04:29But for now, Angola playing in red and black as is traditional.
04:37Pedro Bondo.
04:41Replaced by number 13, Agosto for Angola.
04:53That's the captain, Watu Mananga.
04:58And now a chance for Angola.
05:00And it's a good chance for Angola.
05:01And that did hit a hand in the area.
05:06It was the first time we've seen Zini with an opportunity.
05:10A lovely one-two.
05:12A backheel and Zini who scored in the last two games.
05:15Boy, I tell you what.
05:18All right.
05:26Here they are, Sudan in the area then.
05:28Abdulrahman gets the ball back.
05:30Brilliantly in. It's going to be the first goal.
05:32It's not. I can't believe he hasn't scored.
05:34I cannot believe that Walyedin Khidir has hit the post from the penalty spot
05:39with no one in between him and the goal.
05:41It was gaping.
05:44Goodness me.
05:46Mohamed Abdulrahman did so well to pull the ball back.
05:51Five for Sudan.
05:53There's nobody there. He's on the penalty spot.
05:56And he's managed to place it in the exact spot he didn't want.
06:02Here's the corner. Can they get it in this time?
06:05What about now? Can he? Oh, he's done it again.
06:07I don't believe it.
06:09Extraordinary scenes here in Libya.
06:11Sudan have hit the bar twice in the space of a minute or two.
06:17From Group D at the moment.
06:19And as we stand right now in Group F,
06:23it is Sudan who are going through at the expense of Niger.
06:27As Zini tries to win a penalty.
06:30And the referee quite rightly says, get up.
06:37Maestrom over the ball with the corner.
06:40It's taken short to the substitute, Agosto.
06:42Agosto.
06:56Corner for Sudan.
06:58Another chance to get close to the goal line.
07:11Long range shot.
07:14The height was good. The elevation was good.
07:16The direction was not.
07:19They are rock bottom.
07:21And that is it.
07:23That is it. Sudan have qualified for Morocco 2025.
07:28I don't think the referee added on enough time at the end of that game.
07:34I think there was more time to be added on there.
07:37I think there was more time to be added on there.
07:40And I think the Niger coaching staff, in their despair,
07:44will be cross about that.
07:46But the Sudan fans don't care.
07:48The Sudan team doesn't care.
07:50And nor does James Kwesiapia,
07:53who is the manager, the coach of the Sudan national team.
07:57At home, there is political strife.
08:01There is war. There is unrest.
08:03But here, in Libya, their football team,
08:06their 11 heroes on the pitch,
08:08plus the substitutes, the coaching staff,
08:10and everyone associated with Sudan,
08:13they are the heroes today.