At the end of a match marked by a refereeing error, ASC Jaraaf lost Sunday on the pitch of USM Alger (2-0) during the sixth and final day of the group stage of the CAF Cup. The Green and White have long posed a real equation to the Algerians.s will not see the quarter-finals with ASEC’s victory against Orapa United.
ASC Jaraaf will see red against the refereeing after this meeting. Dominated but well in place for a long time, Malick Daf’s men ended up giving in (2-0) against the Union Sportive de la Médina d’Algiers, Sunday evening, on the occasion of the sixth and last day of the phase of groups of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Cup. If the USMA has mastered things and has not actually stolen its success, this elimination of Jaraaf will be tainted by a gross refereeing error.
An inexplicably forgotten penalty
If the Algerians had ample possession of the ball, as was the case throughout the game, the Jaraaf players did not have any real chances, goalkeeper Cheikh Lo Ndoye being content to catch a few easy balls in his area. Well in place, the Wormst and White managed to obtain some situations through their counter-attacks. And they were not far from creating a surprise after half an hour of play, when Abdoulaye Faty thought he had caused a penalty.
At the start of the action with this recovery on the edge of the opposing surface, the Senegalese right winger, offset by Issaga Kane, made the difference and thought he had defeated, with an inside hook from the left, the captain of the USMA, Redouani, in order to open up a shooting angle. Except thatThe 29-year-old Algerian stops Faty at the last minute. If the contact seems quite obvious, the Togolese referee Aklesso Gnama let the game continue… to the great dismay of Jaraaf who could have taken the advantage of this potential penalty in the 35th.
-Under pressure, the Green and Whites cracked
This is an oversight all the more unfortunate since at the same time, ASEC Mimosas, third in the group and Jaraaf’s competitor for qualification for the quarter-finals, opened the scoring against Orapa United. But Malick Daf’s men couldn’t really afford to bet on their rivalsux Ivorians to advance to the next round. ASEC, which led 3-0 while the score between USMA and Jaraaf turned to 0-0, calmly took place on its lawn and won its match with a score of 4-0.
Ten minutes from the end at the Stade du 5-Juillet-1962, Jean-Rémi Bocandé’s partners still held qualification in hand. But that was without counting on Ismaïl Belkacemi. The competition’s top scorer stunned the Jaraaf players by opening the scoring in the 81st minute. Too sufficient, Jaraaf was unable to react and Redouani can afford to kill the match (90th+9). Thus ends the adventure of the Vert et Blanc, overtaken by ASEC which accompanies USMA in the quarter-finals of this edition of the CAF Cup.
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