Taifa Stars from Tanzania were beaten 7-0 by Algeria, who reached the last 16 in Brazil last year before
being beaten by eventual champions Germany, were the most emphatic winners of
the day.
After a 2-2 draw in the second-round first leg,
Christian Gourcuff's side brushed aside their opponents in Blida - Faouzi
Ghoulam and Islam Slimani netting braces while there were further goals from
Yacine Brahimi, Riyad Mahrez and Carl Medjani.
Ivory Coast were also comfortable winners, adding to their 1-0
first-leg lead over Liberia with a 3-0 success thanks to Giovanni Sio's brace
and one from Jean Seri.
Egypt overturned a
1-0 first-leg deficit in style by thumping Chad 4-0,
while Nigeria's 2-0 home win overSwaziland saw them progress after a goalless first leg, Efe
Ambrose and Moses Simon the goalscorers.
Ghana - whose quarter-final appearance in 2010 remains the
equal best of any African nation at a World Cup - secured their place in the
last qualifying stage as strikes from Wakaso Mubarak and Jordan Ayew
secured a 2-0 win after a 0-0 first-leg draw against Comoros.
Cameroon's work had
largely been done with a 3-0 first-leg win at Niger, and Alexandre Belinga's men finished the job with a
goalless draw.
South Africa's
passage was similarly comfortable as Manucho Diniz's own goal midway
through the second half earned them a 1-0 win over Angola and
a 4-1 aggregate victory.
Senegal,
who like Cameroon and Ghana have also reached the last eight of a
World Cup, prevailed - their 3-0 win over Madagascar seeing them through 5-2.
Tunisia defeated Mauritania 2-1 for the second time in five days to go through,
while Congo saw off Ethiopia2-1 to advance 6-4 and Libya's 3-1 win at Rwanda saw
them progress 4-1 on aggregate.
Elsewhere, Burkina Faso and Mali both won 2-0 to overturn 2-1 first-leg
deficits against Benin and Botswanarespectively, while Cape
Verde Islands' 2-0 victory completed the turnaround against Kenya, who had
won 1-0 in the first leg.
0 comments:
Post a Comment