World Cup African qualifying roundup

Some surprising results in this weekend’s World Cup qualifiers in Africa. Games were played on March 28-29, 2009.

Group 1:-

Morocco 1-2 Gabon (Mounir El Hamdaoui / Pierre Aubameyang, Roguy Meye)
Togo 1-0 Cameroon ( Emmanuel Adebayor)

Two shocks in there, especially the latter. You don’t see the Indomitable Lions lose often in Africa. Togo and Gabon must be sailing on cloud nine.

Group 2:-

Kenya 1-2 Tunisia (Dennis Oliech / Ammar El Jamal ,Issam Jemaa )
Mozambique 0-0 Nigeria

Tunisia lead Group 2 after their win over Kenya in Nairobi, while little Mozambique held giants Nigeria to a draw in Maputo.

Group 3:-

Rwanda 0-0 Algeria
Egypt 1-1 Zambia ( Zaki/Kasonde)

The only Group where both matches ended in draws.

Group 4:-

Ghana 1-0 Benin ( Nagoe)
Sudan 1-1 Mali ( El Tahir/ Frederic Kanoute)

An early goal from Prince Nagoe was enough for Ghana to beat Benin in Kumasi. Mali and Sudan played out a 1-1 draw in Omdurman.

Group 5:-

Ivory Coast 5-0 Malawi ( Romaric, Drogba*2, Kone, Kalou)
Burkina Faso 4-2 Guinea ( Kere, A.Traore, Dagano*2/ Feindouno, Zayatte)

Ivory Coast showed their strength as they thrashed Malawi 5-0 in Abidjan, with skipper Didier Drogba scoring a brace. The win was marred by a wall collapse in the stadium that left nineteen men dead and many more injured.

Burkina Faso were not expected to win against Guinea- a great result for them in there.