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00:00Here we go then, it is of course Maniema Union who will be playing in green and black.
00:14And the ball going back to Eiffange, Brudel Eiffange is the man and
00:21Moanda just losing possession there, they're being harassed very swiftly by Raja Casablanca.
00:27You know you have a team who have managed to win this competition on three occasions,
00:331989, 1997, 1999 but it's been a while, it's been set up perfectly, good opportunity down
00:40towards the byline, that was a golden opportunity there for Raja Casablanca, Eiffange coming to the
00:46rescue. Scoring opportunities, oh my word that's surely going to be a free kick and well Baddie,
00:53referee says no, but he didn't make any contacts and that's a good lovely touch and Afati getting
00:58the ball over to the right hand side, Zahouni he gets the ball over to the left hand side,
01:02it's an opportunity for a shot, oh that's in the back of the net, Najari fires it in
01:08and a great goal from Raja Casablanca, Maniema Union's defence, well they were just left a
01:16little bit short at the end, Najari very cool and collected finishing there, dealt with his man,
01:24pushed it inside and then hit it home from close range and the 28 year old from La Rache,
01:32the former KASM Marrakesh player, well for Ricardo Sapinto,
01:39their first goal of group B of this Total Energy's CAF African Champions League group,
01:46look at that, deals with his man, Upini goes down, keeps it on the left, doesn't put it on the right
01:54and into the corner, slotting it in perfectly,
02:00lofted ball once again towards the big boy, the big man, it's a great opportunity there,
02:05well he should have lunged, look at the frustration and Zanitti
02:13with strong words being thrown in his direction as you can see, now what can Maniema Union
02:22do from this set piece, let's see if they can get an equaliser,
02:27that will go down beautifully at this time of the game, good header as well,
02:31saved there by Anais Zanitti,
02:41player looking to try and find accuracy,
02:47it's gone for the shot and it's not a bad one as well, straight into the hands of Zanitti
02:52who holds it well, he saw that coming
02:56and that's the half-time whistle, blown by the Sudanese referee Mahmoud Ismail,
03:03well we saw a goal find the back of the net, the first goal for Raja Casablanca,
03:08it's Elias Maniema Union nil, Raja Casablanca,
03:13it's Elias Maniema Union nil, Raja Casablanca one,
03:21Younes Najari the goal scorer in the 17th minute,
03:27they're looking to try and get the equaliser as Raja playing in white, get the ball rolling,
03:34a little bit of a nervous start, the ball picked up by Obed Mbala,
03:47good pressure here from the home team, Maniema who comes back over to the right hand side,
03:58Lupini ball going back to Ndombele,
04:05fighting their time, waiting patiently, surging forward, the captain Ndombele reads
04:15Zanitti watches on as Basiala goes and uses that right foot, there's the shot coming in, it's a
04:24tame shot and the former AS VAR player, the captain of this Raja team, that right foot of
04:33his, just waiting for the referee to restore order, nice delivery, well that was a good
04:42opportunity there, the header came from Kia Mwanda, signed from Kevin Rouen, now Basiala,
04:52there's the delivery, headed away at the front post,
04:56he's got to get the ball over the top, it's got to get high,
05:00oh he's just gonna,
05:04Enafati,
05:09he's gonna
05:13leave it for Bordeaux, Bordeaux will, the Mauritanian, no it's Enafati as a good defensive header,
05:21we've seen Bordeaux, we haven't seen too much of him for Raja
05:24in the game, in occasion, Onoia, out wide to Mbala, Mbala has an option,
05:31that's nicely done, tries to find his way through,
05:40super play by Bordeaux, I don't know how he managed to get out of there,
05:43and that's a pretty decent ball as well, down towards Zerhouni, Zerhouni needs to get past
05:48his man, Lupini's there, there's a couple of players, he's put it into the path, that's a
05:53great challenge, a fantastic challenge, just to prevent that pass from finding
05:59the man who was darting down that left-hand side, I think it was Ferdowsi,
06:05can they get the goal, can they get that equalizer, can they get their first goal
06:10in the Total Energy's CAF African Champions League, will it be this man here, Amongo Basiala,
06:23can he curl it around the wall, can he beat Zanitti with that right foot of his, it's sweet,
06:34needs to strike it perfectly, Basiala, oh that's a good save, and it's just been
06:40well parried really by Zanitti, into anybody's land, no one there to latch on to it,
06:49Kitwa came up, but it was
06:53Najari in the 17th minute, look at the shirt pulling there,
07:00nicely squared up, good opportunity for a shot, there's the shot, oh look at that rocket shot,
07:06how about that, the first ever goal for Mani Emer Union, what about that, that is just pure gold,
07:14coming from the team from DR Congo, drilled in sensationally from Bakasu,
07:24Joseph Bakasu, celebrate that man, and watch him celebrate, that was sensational, beating Anais Zanitti,
07:44well they've got their equalizer, but they've got their first ever goal,
07:49African Champions League, look at that, drilled into the corner, Zanitti was lost,
07:57that was perfectly hit, squared into his path, and a first time drive, he knew it, look how
08:06far it is from outside of the penalty box, that's a good ball, that's a very good ball,
08:13and an opportunity here, Sakho just trying to,
08:18free kick, no free kick, it's been set up, and good running back to clear the danger,
08:24here's Mbala, Mbala loses the ball, it's been picked up, and here's Zahouni,
08:29Zahouni puts it on his left foot, it's a shot, it goes high in it, first division,
08:34there's the delivery, Bula scoots, oh he's been picked up, oh he's just slipped, that is just
08:42so unfortunate, you knew exactly what would have happened there at that point,
08:48jogging back behind the last defender, and there it is, that's the final whistle,
08:54and they are completely empty, all of the players on a very hot
08:59and humid afternoon in Kinshasa, and in this Total Energy's cap, African Champions League,
09:06Group B encounter.