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Other sports – Rugby. Africa Silver Cup (Hen North). The Algerians dominated the Senegalese during the first day played yesterday in Toulouse.
The Algerians had the greatest difficulty in repelling the Senegalese threat. The match was played at the very end, on a penalty test / Photo DDM, Valentine Chapuis
Alain-Coulon Stadium, 4 pm, this Sunday. While the sun is beating, the stadium vibrates at the entrance to the field of Algerian and Senegalese XV for this first meeting of the Africa Silver Cup which attracted many supporters. 80 minutes and three tries later, Algeria wins 22-18 after a match under high tension.
They had taken the game in hand, fast and pragmatic, the Senegalese have dominated the 20 first minutes, not leaving an opportunity for their opponents to climb into their 22m. The team seems well in place, the players manage to shift and take the intervals, the explosive rear Mamadou Ndiaye, pierce the defensive curtain and is not far from finding the fault before being taken again.
The match looks difficult for Algeria. But, once the pause "cool" past, pushed by a deafening public, Algeria manages to register two tries almost blow by blow. What shatter the certainties of the Senegalese team, who returns to the locker room with three points behind.
As in the first half, Algeria commits faults and allows Senegal to return to equality in the 52nd minute. The pressure goes up a notch, the Algerian defense is in place, Maxime Boyer tries a drop almost 50 meters. It passes between the posts, Senegal takes the advantage 18 to 15. But it is the last five minutes that have raised the stands of Alain-Coulon stadium. The penalty test granted by Mr. Cardona 4 minutes from the end releases the Algerian fans. Two minutes later, the stadium holds its breath, Senegal is more than two meters from the goal line and charge. In vain. The end of the match is whistled and Senegal concedes the victory to Algeria, which thus temporarily takes the lead of the competition. Wednesday, Côte d'Ivoire will enter the race against Senegal, before returning to Algeria next Saturday.
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