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00:00It would be Sfaxian's first victory, were they to claim it.
00:06Because it has not been the campaign that they'd want so far.
00:10And that home loss against Konstantin as well, who are flying high
00:13in true Ernest style. It is going to be Simba kicking from left to right in this
00:18cauldron of the Benjamin Kappa National Stadium.
00:24Early touches for Shem Maloney and Abdul Razak Hamza.
00:31Difficult to hold up but the striker's done well here.
00:35Tries to hook it around the corner. This is decent work here.
00:39Looking for that deep cross and it's a good opening.
00:46Decided to try go long immediately using the pace of Hassan Mahaj Hassan.
00:51And he gets around here. Here's Hassan. It could be an early goal.
00:56Oh what a shock for Simba. But absolutely brilliant for Sfaxian.
01:03They open the scoring here completely against the run of play.
01:12It was all route one using the pace of Hassan.
01:17And the 28-year-old just finding the gap.
01:21Musa Kamara didn't know much about it. He couldn't do much
01:26except spread his body and the angle just coming through.
01:30And that means Sfaxian taking early lead here.
01:35It's cut out right in the defense. And a hopeful ball more than anything
01:41trying to get in the path. Shem Maloney caught off it and really what a mistake
01:44from the center back. Allowing Haj Hassan to steal in.
01:51And puts Sfaxian in the lead. Well we know Christmas is around the
01:56corner but you don't want to be giving away presents like...
01:58We're looking for his options, searching, prying.
02:04He's gonna take it. It's a little chip dink pass and that's too easy.
02:07It's too easy indeed.
02:11The Sfaxian players completely rooted to the ground.
02:17And Denis Kibo, rising tallest. You have to compliment the delivery.
02:27A brilliant ball in from Jean Ahoua. But there was absolutely no movement from
02:32the Sfaxian defense.
02:36They seem to just be planted here. No contest whatsoever.
02:47And that really is shoddy defending. But Simba won't care one bit because
02:52they're back level straight away. What a response from the TAN's fourth official
02:56Ben Simahounissi Ibrahim, the Malagasy.
03:05It seems like a yellow card is shown to
03:10the assistant of Alexandre dos Santos.
03:15And as we say that the halftime whistle has
03:19sounded.
03:22An enthralling match started in the third minute
03:26really with that goal against the run of play by Hazem
03:30And just five minutes later
03:37as the match gets underway for the second half it's going to be
03:42Sfaxian kicking from left to right here in your picture
03:45in their white strip. And Simba playing in red from right to left.
03:52It was a yellow dish down earlier to one of the coaching staff of
03:56Sfaxian.
03:59Just a sign that the game can turn on a sixpence and
04:03you really have to watch out. It's going to be a long range free kick and
04:08rising over the bar.
04:11No problems there.
04:16Apombe decides to go a nice more direct pass and this is a brilliant take
04:20and a great save.
04:24Covered his angles well there Damin but the control from Mokwala was
04:30absolutely tremendous.
04:36Just a direct ball from Kapombe. Timed his run perfectly.
04:40The number 11 took it into his stride and maybe possibly should have gone
04:47along the ground rather than at a savable height for Damin.
04:54Determination. What can they do here? It comes all the way through and a left
05:00footer. It didn't seem like it was going to
05:02count. There was a foul in the box.
05:06Well it is actually been given as a corner play. It was
05:10engineered by Yusuf Kagoma.
05:14And it looks like Awesu is going to be taking the corner.
05:20That's a very deep launched corner ahead across the goal by Hamza.
05:28Not making the most of their set pieces. He's earning his side territory.
05:32A little bit of industry.
05:36And it's going to be him to take this free kick. It's a decent swirling effort.
05:41It might just drop kindly and it has to be acrobatically cleared.
05:44Again a strike back into the area.
05:49And Mkwala can't keep it in. It was Mutale rather
05:53with a touch. And Numa does very well. Might be an opportunity and a strike
05:59straight at the goalkeeper.
06:07A great save. At least got his position all correct there from Ayman Damin.
06:16The intricate play.
06:20And an extremely direct cross here from Valentin Numa.
06:29The referee wave play on. Numa got it into the center of the box.
06:35And off the left foot.
06:38Hammered straight at the goalkeeper. A very decent effort from Simba.
06:45Constantino would still hit the group on six points having played a game less.
06:51But he has a ball over the top. It's no offside.
06:54Kibu. A last shot. Goes over. And the goalkeeper has to palm it away.
06:59And giving away a corner. And this is definitely going to be the last.
07:04But we've said this so many times and it still hasn't been.
07:10Going wide. Going long. And it's a goal! Wow, that is sensational.
07:17It's the winner with the very last hitter of the ball.
07:23Oh, the crowd is delirious here. Simba has won the match in the very last second.
07:33It's astonishing. It's tremendous. You can't even hear yourself think over this crowd.
07:43A hopeful ball going over the top. And he's only gone and won the game.
07:53The two-goal hero, Denis Kibu.
08:00Alexander Santos, the coach of Sfaxi, points at the fact that there was more than a minute over what was promised in terms of injury time.
08:08Denis Kibu doesn't care. He's a two-goal hero for Simba.
08:16The full-time whistle has been blown. The referee is accosted. And there's pandemonium out on the pitch.
08:27What an end here to match day three.
08:33The substitutes of Sfaxi are absolutely fuming. They are furious.
08:39And these are not good scenes at all here. The referee having to be protected by security officials against the players.
08:46Or some disgusting behaviour.
08:52Really shocking. But it all came after this ball.
08:59What a delightful pass in. He was definitely onside, Denis Kibu.
09:04And a brilliantly planted header. Just when you all thought it was going to be over.
09:14Denis Kibu launching himself at it. And the quality that was missing throughout the match.
09:22That's a header for the ages. And it's nothing less than Simba deserved.
09:32The crowd absolutely ecstatic. And it launches Simba to six points in Group A.
09:39Sfaxi are absolutely bereft.