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00:00Stade Malien, it is a huge debut for them, but also a welcome return to action for the
00:21hosts with their domestic season yet to get up and running.
00:25It is Stade Malien against Stellenbosch.
00:35So Stade Malien in all white with the blue, Stellenbosch in their well-known colours.
00:45Already on the back foot, the cross swung in, it's a really good one, Kyle Juergens making
00:52sure there is a sense of return to some attacking magic.
00:59What a chance for Moctar Cissé, Daka, Simeon Dooley, as we see Stellenbosch players starting
01:14to get a bit of time on the ball and just starting to grow in confidence.
01:20There is a call to calm for Stade Malien, Daka looks to launch, they will have a corner,
01:32Jadon Adams was interested, it's a very good defensive header as they look to reset.
01:42So close to just a second ever professional goal and he was really showing an appetite
01:49this early evening.
01:52That time the header blocked.
02:04It's for Longranger, oh it's gone in and all of a sudden Stade Malien lead.
02:18Canney accepts the hug and it is a painful moment for Sainz-Stevens and Stellenbosch
02:28but the Stadien are certainly celebrating a cracking start.
02:38Won the ball here brilliantly and then let fly but that was what we were waiting to see,
02:43huge deflection but there will be no care from Aman Mancan, 24-year-old, struck it well
02:54and it's off the shoulder of Etegkosi Ntsegaba.
03:01Tialo uses the decoy, nice little step over, now releases Moctar Sese but offside, 3-1
03:10victory here, saw them advance not dominantly but 3-2 on aggregate over the Liberian side
03:18to his feet.
03:21Certainly no indication yet that he's going to fail to come back on but for the moment
03:28his side are down to 10 and there was an opportunity there for the visitors and there is the halftime
03:41whistle while Stellenbosch rode an early storm to hit the post with the header of Nduli as
03:50they make their Confederations Cup, but certainly not least, Tonino Pallas who was non-existent
04:01in his performance to get involved, he is replaced by Andre de Jong.
04:11So Steve Barker hasn't hung around to try and instigate change, along with Adams and
04:23Titus surviving the cull at the break.
04:29Here is Fili on for Juergens, popping up on this left flank, step overs, strike and it's
04:36a first shot on target for Stellenbosch, Stade Malien, the header over from Magasuba from
04:46another set piece, this one fired from distance but high and the 5-0 thrashing of Nsingenzini
04:53Hotspurs, otherwise has never previously netted in his very early career with Stellenbosch.
05:04McCanny lights up the Confederations Cup, he certainly can hit the target, N'Golo Traore
05:12almost returning, coach Mamadou Kané, only a week or so ago, very sad news that his father
05:29Seju Kané had passed away, but hoping that his size can do his father proud, they certainly
05:40have done so far with their goal lead.
05:50Falling behind, oh that's well left by Moctar Cisse, Diallo, Stellenbosch, get bodies back
05:57but that's fired across, great chest, shapes to shoot, goes to the byline, the hand of
06:04Stephens keeps it out for now, but then Stade Malien would have just found themselves offside,
06:16although forced further back, allowing the Stade Malien defence to get back into position,
06:26Stellenbosch, chance to deliver from deep, it's a really good ball in and it snuck past
06:31the post, red hot, fired wide by Cisse at the near post, always going to be a tough one.
06:47Ball dug out, hit towards goal, but substitutes Iaka Diaby couldn't get enough on it, Abba
06:55can find a way out that keeps Stellenbosch on the move, that's a great ball by De Jong,
07:02Cupido tries to protect the ball, Fili, better from Stellenbosch, clips into the back post
07:10but again a looping ball, once it was possession of Magasuba, now back with Traore, more than
07:19happy to continue, ball breaks, Cisse there first, Diaby the furthest forward, it's a
07:31long ranger, that's no trouble, well the long throw sets up the decoy, and now a chance
07:44to deliver, it's a really good ball, but leading his side competitively first time since his
07:51father's death, they're about to pay a perfect tribute if they can hold on for this victory,
08:00which would be an incredible start, chance for Stellenbosch, it's here and now, we've
08:08already played 2.45 of the four, the ball into De Jong, Fili, hits the target but it's
08:16a comfortable save in Golo Traore, which is long, that's a great defensive header and
08:24surely the points are Stamalian's now, charging Ron and Diaby into the area and he's won
08:35his side a penalty, well there's almost no pressure on this spot kick, the game will
08:47surely be over, but Diaby, last season's quarter-finals look to Daouda Koulibaly to
08:58give themselves a 2-0 win, we don't know how important that could be come the end of the
09:02group with head-to-head, part of the separators and he makes sure of a fantastic 2-0 win in
09:15the context of their coach Kane losing his father and two months inactive competitively,
09:24this is a huge performance and result for last season's quarter-finalists, the 23-time
09:32Mali champions with a 2-0 victory wrapped up from the spot, Mamautu Kane points to the
09:41sky and his number 10 made sure, it's two and out, Stellenbosch brave on their Confederation
09:53Cup debut but it was always going to be a huge ask, after a long trip from South Africa
10:01to Western Africa and in the end they've shown up well, but when Nduli hit the bar
10:14with a header in the first half, that proved to be as good as it got in front of goal,
10:21Aman Minjan got the opening 15 minutes, defensively excellent, emotions for Mamautu Kane.