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CS Sfaxien: Confederations Cup Winners ‘07
CS Sfaxien (Tunisia) claimed the Confederations Cup after defeating Al Merreikh (Sudan) 1-0 in the 2nd leg of the final in Tunisia.
Al Merreikh had it all to do in this match after losing 4-2 at home in the first leg. Sfaxien Defender Amir Messaoud scored the only goal of the game with a 86th minute free kick and the tie finished 5-2- the biggest victory margin in the history of the Confederations Cup final.
It concluded a bad month for Al Merreikh who lost their coach Otto Pfister last month when he resigned to become coach of Cameroon’s Indomitable Lions.
2007 has been a fantastic year for Tunisian club football.
CS Sfaxien’s victory has followed quickly on the heels of Etoile du Sahel’s (Tunisia) sensational triumph over Al Ahly (Egypt) in the CAF Champions League final last month.
CS Sfaxien will now take on Etoile on 23rd February for the Super Cup, this one off game sees the Confederation Cup holders take on the Champions League winners in Sousse.
All Eyes on South Africa 2010
It has been a busy week for the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) in South Africa.
Sep Blatter was in Durban speaking to construction workers who’d been on strike for the last 2 weeks. Disputes over pay and conditions have also seen strikes in Cape Town and Nelspriut in recent months but the LOC say the stadiums will be ready with plenty of time to spare.
It was announced that up to 120 000 South Africans will be lucky enough to get a free ticket to a World Cup match in 2010. Organizers are also aiming to make tickets affordable for South Africans on low incomes. The cheapest tickets will be just £10/$20 for the group stages and a seat at the final will cost from £73/£146.
On Sunday the world’s media were in Durban for the World Cup qualification draw. Group 4 catches the eye with South Africa and Nigeria drawn together. All though South Africa, as hosts, are guaranteed a spot at the World Cup it should make for an interesting tussle between two of Africa’s brightest hopes for the 2010 tournament.
Group 1CameroonCape Verde Islands Tanzania Mauritius |
Group 2GuineaZimbabwe Namibia Kenya |
Group 3AngolaBenin Uganda Niger |
Group 4NigeriaSouth Africa Equatorial Guinea Sierra Leone |
Group 5GhanaLibya Gabon Lesotho |
Group 6SenegalAlgeria Liberia Gambia |
Group 7Ivory CoastMozambique Botswana Madagascar |
Group 8MoroccoEthiopia Rwanda Mauritania |
Group 9TunisiaBurkina Faso Burundi Seychelles |
Group 10MaliCongo Chad Sudan |
Group 11TogoZambia Eritrea Swaziland |
Group 12EgyptDR Congo Malawi Djibouti |
The 12 group winners and the best eight runners-up advance to the third and final qualifying phase. This process will also decide who will qualify for the African Nations Cup in Angola 2010.
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