MADRID, 30 Mar. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The teams from Ghana, Senegal, Tunisia, Cameroon and Morocco certified this Tuesday the ticket to play the World Cup in Qatar at the end of the year after overcoming the third round of the qualifying playoff for the African continent.
The first to achieve it was Ghana, who eliminated Nigeria after drawing 1-1 in the second leg and after 0-0 in the first leg. On this occasion, with the double factor of goals in force away from home in the event of a draw, the Ghanaians certified their presence in Qatar.
It will be the fourth World Cup in the history of Ghana, which returns to the event after its absence in Russia 2018. This Tuesday, the goal of former mattress player Thomas Partey -ten minutes into the game- was enough to knock down Nigeria in the aggregate of the play off.
For its part, the reigning African champions, the Senegalese team, obtained the pass in the penalty shootout after winning 1-0 with a goal from Villarreal player Boulaye Dia, who took advantage of a rebound from a corner three minutes into the match. meeting.
These figures equaled those of the first leg and after extra time the penalty point was in charge of deciding the winner. Aliou Cissé’s pupils won 3-1 and confirmed that they will play the third World Cup in their history after Korea-Japan 2002 and the last in Russia.
In addition, Tunisia will be back in the World Cup after getting off Mali thanks to 0-0 on Tuesday and after 0-1 in the first leg. Mondher Kebaier’s players will play their second consecutive World Cup and the sixth in their history after Argentina ’78, France ’98, Korea-Japan ’02 and Germany ’06.
Morocco did not fail either, drawing with Congo (1-1) in the first round and needing to come back this Tuesday with a remarkable thrashing (4-1) led by former Madrid player Achraf Hakimi, scorer of the Moroccans’ last goal. Azzedine Ounahi, with a double, and Tarik Tissoudali, who also scored in the first leg, completed the victory. Morocco, like Tunisia, will play the sixth World Cup in its history.
And finally, Cameroon completed the quintet of African qualifiers after drawing by beating Algeria 1-2 in a heart-stopping match. The locals, who won 0-1 in the first leg, believed they had the ticket after tying in extra time with a goal from Ahmed Touba in the 118th minute of the match, but Karl Toko Ekambi, ex-Villarreal, surprised in the 124th minute to leave to frozen Algeria. It will be the eighth World Cup for the Cameroonians.