MEDI1TV Afrique : L'actualité sportive du 20-11-2024
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00:00Hello everyone, welcome to Medien TV for your sports news with Maxi-Sport.
00:20In Tanzania, Botswana and Mozambique took the last 3 qualifying places for the next African Nations Cup in Morocco.
00:28Tanzania took its place at home in Guinea with a 1-0 lead, which doubled the ranking of a small point in the last day of qualifying in Group H.
00:38In Group C, where Egypt, the tournament's seven-time champion, has already composed its ticket, Botswana qualified by keeping the pharaohs in check.
00:46In Group I, Mozambique qualified by taking over the territory of Guinea-Bissau by 2-1.
00:52The surprise of these qualifiers is Ghana, Africa's quadruple-champion, who will miss the tournament for the first time in two decades.
00:59As a reminder, the 2025 edition of the African Nations Cup will take place in Morocco from 21 December 2025 to 18 January 2026,
01:06shifted so as not to coincide with the World Cup of clubs with 32 teams organized by FIFA in the United States from 15 June to 13 July.
01:13And to take stock of these qualifiers for the African Nations Cup, planned in the Kingdom, as well as a little tour of the world of the round ball, we will be in Europe and South America.
01:27We are lucky to be with Shemzdin Belghassem, a sports journalist for Foot Mercato, live from Paris, with us for one day.
01:34Mr. Shemzdin, thank you for accepting our invitation.
01:38Hello Adnas, hello everyone. Thank you for the invitation. It's always a pleasure to talk about African football with you.
01:46It's a pleasure to share. We'll start by talking about African football.
01:51The 24 tickets for the next African Nations Cup were dropped at the end of this international break.
01:56How did the favourites perform at the final of the competition, according to you, in these qualifiers?
02:02It's simple. The majority of the favourites have passed. All the favourites have passed.
02:09Some have performed and some have just qualified.
02:12For example, Morocco, for me, sent a certain message to Africa.
02:17They were already qualified, but they were serious.
02:226 wins, 1 loss, 26 goals, if I'm not mistaken, 2 goals conceded.
02:28We can often talk about Ademola Luqman, Serou Ghirassi, but Brayen Ghiass showed that he was one step ahead.
02:40Morocco showed that we had to count on them for their home ground.
02:44In the other favourites, I think especially Algeria.
02:47We have Djibouti Petkovic, who showed that there was quality in the group and that they were able to produce something coherent.
02:54Côte d'Ivoire, who will want to defend his title, was still in place.
02:59Egypt, with their new Pepito Marmouche, showed that we had to count on them.
03:04There are selections like that that have proven that they are at the level.
03:09The other favourites were a bit more difficult, but they will be available.
03:15Cameroon will be available.
03:17Nigeria will be available.
03:19There are selections that have shown a certain momentum.
03:25A lot of favourites.
03:27We'll talk about the disappointments right after, but generally, the favourites showed that they were there and that we had to count on them next year.
03:35We talked about this a few seconds ago.
03:37Some favourites didn't show the face we were expecting from them in these qualifiers.
03:42Some of them managed to qualify.
03:44What did teams like Ghana lack in these qualifiers?
03:49I was thinking about Ghana, who didn't manage to get their ticket for Morocco.
03:53For Morocco, there is a lot of quality in this group, but there is also a generation that is a bit less brilliant than before.
04:04There are things inside the group that we don't really know about.
04:09There are things inside that made it impossible to qualify.
04:14I'm a bit disappointed because Ghana is a big name on our continent.
04:21We would have liked to see what Ghana could have done in Morocco.
04:25There won't be any Ghana.
04:27I'm also thinking about Guinea, who disappointed us yesterday by losing to Tanzania.
04:31It must have been a heartbreak for the Guineans.
04:33For a few years now, Guinea has shown a selection that is moving forward.
04:38A selection that is going up.
04:40A selection that has done things recently.
04:42Under the influence of a Serro-Girassi, who has been incredible since the start of the season with Borussia Dortmund.
04:47In terms of surpassing him, he is also fantastic.
04:50So no, there won't be any Ghana.
04:53For me, they are two disappointments because I would have liked to see them.
04:56We can also, in a way, talk about Djokovic.
04:59He made an exceptional run in Côte d'Ivoire and he won't be there.
05:05So no, for Ghana, I think there are things inside that we don't know about.
05:09It's regrettable not to see a team like Ghana with such prestige not to be in Morocco.
05:15We now go to Europe.
05:17The League of Nations has also given its verdict for the end of the year 2024.
05:21A few words about the French team, which has had a tumultuous campaign in this competition,
05:25but which has finally risen to the top of its group in front of Italy.
05:30The French team has done a bit of the recipe that we know of the French team.
05:36It's a team that has a lot of talent, we know that.
05:39But it's a team that often, when things don't go well, always has a little bit of luck.
05:47This experience, finally, of going to win important matches.
05:50They went to win in Italy like at San Siro, it's not nothing.
05:53While Italy had just given them three in the Parc des Princes and they gave them their money's worth.
05:58So no, France is a team that knows how to do it.
06:01With Julien Deschamps, there is this malice, I would say, to go and get the results that matter.
06:07To stay afloat, finally.
06:08To stay afloat in this range of high-level teams in Europe.
06:14And every time, France is at the rendezvous on this.
06:18It's a tumultuous campaign.
06:20The many things around Kylian Mbappé too.
06:24I think Deschamps has a hard time finding his 11 chips.
06:28A certain consistency in attack, in particular, I think.
06:31So no, no, no.
06:32There is a job for the French team.
06:33But they have the upper hand.
06:34They are qualified.
06:35They will be in the starting line-up for the quarter-finals.
06:37The draw will take place on Friday.
06:40There will be Croatia, or Serbia, or Denmark.
06:45I don't know anymore.
06:47France will normally be spared to go far in this League of Nations.
06:52We'll see.
06:53But there are still some settings that are worrying.
06:54And they will have to be settled for Julien Deschamps.
06:57We also have to mention the year of Spain, which ends in 2024.
07:01The European champion is defeated in the official competition.
07:04What was the recipe for La Roja under the orders of Luis de la Fuente this year?
07:10I would say that the recipe for Luis de la Fuente is simply that he went to see in his history manual.
07:14He went to see the period 2010, 2008, 2012.
07:17And he saw how strong Spain was collectively at that time.
07:21And I think he was able to make a 2.0 version that works brilliantly since the Euro.
07:27Even since the League of Nations 2023, if we can say so.
07:30And frankly, Spain is simply the best team in the world at the moment.
07:36It's the one that runs the best.
07:37It's like a clock.
07:39It's such a well-oiled team that I think there are few teams in the world that can even keep up with them.
07:46Not just the boxes, but simply keep up with them.
07:48Spain, it's brilliant what they've done at the moment,
07:52whether it's in the qualifiers for the League of Nations.
07:57Honestly, I think Spain is my favourite team for their own success in the League of Nations.
08:04But it's also a team that I think is a model for the other teams.
08:09With what Luis de la Fuente has managed to put in place in a few months, it's simply impressive.
08:15I don't want to name the players, but there's a lot of quality.
08:19So no, honestly, Spain is the top level.
08:22It's what they do best.
08:25Thank you very much, Hesham Seddin.
08:26We'll end this interview with a few words on La Roja.
08:29Thank you for being here.
08:31I'd like to remind you that you're a sports journalist for Futmerkato.
08:34Thank you for being here and answering our questions.
08:36Thank you. Have a good day.
08:41Two years later, ESFAR is in the final of the League of Women's Champions of Africa,
08:44in Domptown.
08:45The Egyptian club, UFC Mansal, made their debut last night at the Stade L'Ebbe, the El Jadida.
08:49They were favourites on paper.
08:50The Moroccan champions were determined to continue the adventure.
08:53As soon as they were sent off, they were very focused.
08:56With the opening of the score, Safabane, in the 11th minute,
08:59was a bit too relaxed after the opening of the score.
09:03Amine Elioua's defenders were surprised,
09:06giving Khadija Rmichie a penalty,
09:10but also a new penalty,
09:12turned by Meheb at the 97th minute for the Egyptians.
09:16They put the two teams back on equal footing,
09:18not giving up after this goal against the course of the game.
09:21The soldiers can only wait a few seconds to double the score
09:24by Doha El Medeni on Koufran.
09:26A Hitchcock-esque scenario,
09:28which allows the leaders to find a familiar opponent in the final.
09:31It will be Tepe Mazembe,
09:33the winner of the Edo Queens in our semi-final.
09:36Three goals to one after the extension.
09:39Thanks to God, the team showed what they were capable of
09:42in this competition, which has always had personality.
09:45For a long time, this champion's personality
09:48has allowed the players to maintain the state of mind
09:51necessary to not give up in this competition,
09:54or even in this match.
09:56As you have seen, we have been confronted several times
09:59with difficult scenarios,
10:01which have allowed the players to find a familiar opponent.
10:04We have been confronted several times
10:06with difficult scenarios,
10:08against the all-powerful Mazembe in front of the pool,
10:11and tonight, against Massar, especially in the last moments.
10:14But thanks to God, the girls, with this state of mind that they have,
10:17and this consolidated group that they form,
10:19will go very far, whether it is here,
10:21with the ESFAR, or for the internationals,
10:23with the Moroccan team.
10:25First of all, I congratulate the FC Massar
10:27for their efforts and the grit they showed on the field.
10:30The match was clearly not easy,
10:32and God willing, we have done the essential,
10:34and we are qualified for the final.
10:36I thank all the people who have participated in this journey
10:39that we carry out, regardless of their involvement.
10:41And for the final, we hope to show our best face.
10:44If God wills it, we also thank the public,
10:46the women's football fans,
10:48and we dedicate this victory to His Majesty King Mohammed VI
10:51and the supporters of the ESFAR.
10:54We end this edition with tennis.
10:56Two years after Roger Federer,
10:58Rafael Nadal became, yesterday in Malaga,
11:01the second member of the Big Three,
11:03to arrange his rackets for good,
11:05after a last defeat in the quarter-finals
11:07of the Davis Cup against the Netherlands.
11:09Rafa's huge career ended in Malaga,
11:11after the defeat of Buzin against the Dutch,
11:13the Dutch pair,
11:15composed of Wesley Kolhoff
11:17and Bottic Vanden Zandschulp,
11:19Rafael Nadal's downfall,
11:21the whole, rather, in the day,
11:23beat Carlos Alcaraz and Marcel Granoller,
11:25without two games decided,
11:27in the tie-break final score 7-6,
11:29to put an end to the professional career
11:31of the double Olympic champion from Mallorca,
11:3338 years old,
11:35winner of 22 Grand Slam titles
11:37and 4 Davis Cups with Spain.
11:39The Malagasian bull then had the right
11:41to a beautiful farewell ceremony
11:43on the Malagasian court.
11:50In reality, no one wishes
11:52that this moment arrives.
11:54To be honest, I'm not tired of playing tennis,
11:56it's just that my body has reached the point
11:58where it doesn't want to play tennis anymore.
12:00So we have to accept the situation.
12:02I feel really privileged
12:04to have been able to turn
12:06one of my hobbies into a career,
12:08a career that lasted longer
12:10than I could have imagined.
12:12I can only thank life
12:14and all the people I have here.
12:16Not everyone is here,
12:18but many are.
12:20My family, and above all,
12:22and without any doubt,
12:24my team and my friends around me.
12:26But let's hope that I will still be here
12:28as a person for many years.
12:30Thank you all very much.
12:32Really, thank you very much.
12:56Images full of emotion
12:58that close this edition of Maxi-Sport.
13:00Thank you all for following it.
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