14th AFRICAN MEN'S NATIONS
CHAMPIONSHIP-SECOND DAY:
ALGERIA DEFEATED THE DEFENDING CHAMPIONS
EGYPT LEADED GROUP A WITH A SECOND WIN
Egypt and Algeria led both groups in the second day of the 14th
African Nations Championship in Cairo . Both teams got the
second win in raw Egypt over Rwanda 3/0 and Algeria over solid
Cameroon 3/2. Tunis achieved first win over RD Congo 3/0 in
Group A, while Morocco also got their first win over South
Africa 3/0 in Group B.
TUNIS-RD CONGO
The disappointed Tunisian team made its best to regain spirit of
the competition in the second day against RD Congo and succeeded
to win 3-0 (25-13,25-17,25-16) in only 54 minutes. Tunis played
with its main players to achieve a fast win and this occurred
through the stable form of the setter Ghazi Guidara and the
spiker Noureddine Hfaidh. In the first set the good block of the
Tunisian team especially Chaker Ghezal and Hosni Karamosly made
it easy to win 25-13. In the second and third sets Congo team
appeared better with their spiker Mosange as star of his team
but the more experienced Tunisian players won both sets 25-17
and 25-16 easily.
MOROCCO-SOUTH AFRICA
In the second match Morocco got their first win over South
Africa in a good match as the new emerging Morocco team played a
decisive match and won in straight sets 25-21,25-18,25-23 with
their spiker Khalid Satour and blocker Abdesamad and Hisham Adim
as superstars of the match.
In the first set the Morocco team led from the start with the
aid of their blockers and good service of Khalid Satour to win
25-21. In the second set it was easier for Morocco to win 25-18
in a shorter time due to good defense of Adil Erraisse and
Youcef Aharrar. The third set was the most exciting as South
Africa team did the best to catch the match and reached to 23-23
draw as their spiker Guershon Rorich and Adriaan as well as the
blocker Goldschmidt reached to their optimum performance but
Morocco players ended the set with their experience 25-23 to win
their first match.
ALGERIA-CAMEROON
The third match was the most exciting of the second day of the
competition as Algerian achieved a very difficult win over
Cameroon 3/2 (25-19,20-25,25-16,19-25,17-15) in 100 minutes of
fantastic volleyball. Algeria led the match from the start by
winning the first set 25-19 in 19 minutes due to the good
performance of the spiker Bernaoui Krimo. Cameroon team
equalized the result by winning the second set 25-20 in 25
minutes through their perfect block of Ndaki Mboult and Menva
Guy. Again Algeria led by winning the third set 25-16 in 16
minutes by their solid defense of the libero Dif Hassan and the
spikes of Kerboua Ali. Cameroon extended the match to tie break
for the first time in the competition as it won the fourth set
25-19 by the good block of Menva Guy against the Algerian
spikes. The final set was very interesting as Algeria led in the
technical time-out 8/6 before Cameroon equalized the result
11-11 and 14-14 but the more experienced Algerian players ended
the set 17-15.
EGYPT-RWANDA
In the fourth and last match of the second day Egypt achieved an
easy won over Rwanda in the shortest match in the competition as
it took only 53 minutes for the Egyptians to end the match in
straight sets 25-9,25-15,25-15. Egyptian coach started the match
with his standing players like Hamdy El-safi and Ibrahim Rashwan
in the first set, but he got them out in the second and third
sets to play with his second choice players like Nehad Shehata
and Saleh Fathi. The second set was the best for Rwanda as they
led for the first and last time 8-6 but Egypt regain the rhythm
to equalize 10-10, but after a good service of Mahmoud Abelaziz
and Nehad , Egypt won the set. Rwanda players Jean Luc and Eric
Msabimana were the best but the experience was towards the
Egyptian side.
CGI
