2011 African Nations Championship final

2011 African Nations Championship final

Event	2011 African Nations Championship
Tunisia Angola 3 0
Date	25 February 2011
Venue	Al-Merrikh Stadium, Omdurman
Referee	Daniel Bennett
Attendance	+ 43,000
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The 2011 African Nations Championship final was a football match to determine the champions of the CHAN 2011 tournament and took place on 25 February 2011 the match was contested by Tunisia and Angola. Tunisia defeated Angola by 3–0, Tunisia winning their first title.^[1][2] Before this match the two teams met in the group stages and it finished 1–1.^[3]

Angola defeated hosts and Sudan on penalties after a stormy 1–1 draw and secured a place in the final against Tunisia. Tunisia also needed a shootout after a 1–1 deadlock following extra time before eliminating neighbours Algeria and reaching final. Angola won 4–2 on penalties and Tunisia 5–3 to set up a repeat of a Group D clash in Port Sudan which was drawn when the southern Africa nation scored deep in stoppage time.^[3][4]

Tunisia		Round	Angola
Opponents	Result	Group stage	Opponents	Result
Angola	1–1	Match 1	Tunisia	1–1
Rwanda	3–1	Match 2	Senegal	0–0
Senegal	0–2	Match 3	Rwanda	1–2
Group D winner Pos Team Pld Pts 1  Tunisia 3 7 2  Angola 3 5 3  Senegal 3 4 4  Rwanda 3 0 Source: CAF		Final standings	Group D Runner-up Pos Team Pld Pts 1  Tunisia 3 7 2  Angola 3 5 3  Senegal 3 4 4  Rwanda 3 0 Source: CAF
Opponents	Result	Knockout stage	Opponents	Result
DR Congo	1–0	Quarter-finals	Cameroon	0–0 (a.e.t.) (7–8 p)
Algeria	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–5 p)	Semi-finals	Sudan	1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)

Angola started off well piling feverish pressure on the Eagles of Carthage through the right flank but lacked a lot of polish with their finishing. Both teams raised the adrenalin levels of their fans with Tunisia coming close to scoring in the 13th minutes but the Palancas Negras man between the woodworks Lamá made a point blank save. Three minutes after, Zouheir Dhaouadi came close to scoring but the Angolan goalkeeper anticipated well to block it from his post.

Mejdi Traoui's powerful drive in the 20th minutes was punched aside by Lama who was well positioned to deny the Eagles their first goal.^[5] Adel Chedli sent the Carthage fans on their foot at the Al-Merrikh Stadium in the 37th minutes but he missed the post by an inch. Their one-two-one-two upfront kept mesmerizing the Angolan guardsmen but their finishing were poorly executed.

The dingdong battle continued into the interval. The north Africans returned from the interval much determined. They set the stadium alive two minutes into the second half when Traoui Mejdi Traoui in the ball from waist level with a perfect right foot from Dhaouadi's cross from the left flank.

Tunisia's onslaughts began paying off from the 74th minute when Zouhaier doubled their lead with a fine left foot roll of the ball that went past Lamá straight into the woodwork. As the game wears on substitute Oussama Darragi put the final nail on the coffin in the 80th minutes to gift the north Africans the ultimate.^[6]

25 February 2011

20:30

Tunisia	3–0	Angola
Traoui 47' Dhaouadi 74' Darragi 80'	Report

Al-Merrikh Stadium, Omdurman

Attendance: 40 000

Referee: Daniel Bennett (South Africa)

Tunisia

Angola

Tunisia: GK 16 Aymen Mathlouthi DF 2 Khaled Souissi DF 3 Walid Hichri DF 5 Aymen Abdennour DF 6 Fateh Gharbi  60' MF 7 Youssef Msakni  85' MF 8 Khaled Korbi  45' MF 12 Adel Chedli  31'  77' MF 14 Mejdi Traoui FW 11 Salema Kasdaoui FW 15 Zouheir Dhaouadi  36'  89' Substitutes: MF 10 Oussama Darragi  77' MF 13 Wissem Ben Yahia  85' FW 9 Lamjed Chehoudi  89' Manager: Sami Trabelsi

Angola: GK 1 Lamá DF 3 Osório Carvalho DF 5 Kali DF 14 Amaro DF 19 Fabrício Mafuta MF 8 Chara MF 13 Hugo  57' MF 15 Miguel Quiame  76' MF 20 Nary  83' FW 10 Santana Carlos FW 23 João Martins Substitutes: MF 7 Job  83' FW 17 Zé Kalanga  57' FW 18 Love  76' Manager: Lito Vidigal

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