Draw sees Tunisia and Angola through

Thursday, 31 January 08, 01:11 PM · Comments(0)

A scoreless draw between Tunisia and Angola was enough to advance both teams to the quarter-final of the African Cup of Nations tonight.

Despite South Africa and Senegal playing the more entertaining game of the night in a 1-1 draw the result was left irrelevant to Group D.

Tunisia now plays Cameroon in the quarter-final round while Angola will face Egypt.

At the Baba Yara stadium it would have needed a lop-sided vicotry for either South Africa or Senegal to keep the door open for progression.

But despite doing almost all the attacking it was South Africa's unreliable defence and poor finishing that continued to cost it dearly.

Elrio Van Heerden opened the scoring on 13 minutes for Bafana Bafana but the backline was caught cold 20 minutes later by Senegal's all-time top scorer Henri Camara.

In the second half South Africa laid seige to the Senegal goal but Bouna Coundoul, deputising for Tony Sylva, produced a string of inspired saves on the occasions the ball was on target.

Any chance South Africa had of grabbing a consolation victory was torched as both Thembinkosi Fanteni and Siphiwe Tshabalala put shots wide in the latter stages.

Coach Carlos Alberto Pareira has insisted this Cup of Nations tournament was preparation for the 2010 World Cup for his team, and after collecting two points from three games his side has plenty to work on.

Senegal on the other hand were described by commentators as having reached the "end of an era" in which it could be considered one of the big teams of African football.

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