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02.02.2004
Camara saves Guinea
Guinea sealed a place in the last eight of the African Cup of Nations thanks to a late strike from Titi Camara.
The former West Ham and Liverpool forward smashed his shot into the roof of the Tunisia goal five minutes from time.
Before the goal Guinea`s fate was to be decided by lots after rivals Rwanda went ahead against DR Congo.
Tunisia opened the scoring thanks to Slim Benachour who neatly finished off a one-two with Francileudo dos Santos.
Guinea`s aim before the match was to hold Tunisia to a draw or even beat the hosts to take top spot in Group A.
We left it late but we`ve all been working very hard and we didn`t want our Cup of Nations to finish here
They could have gone ahead after just five minutes but Abdoulkarim Sylla hit the crossbar following a good run into the penalty area.
Guinea`s Kanfory Sylla then had a chance to open the scoring but his turn and shot narrowly flew over the Tunisia goal.
First, Dos Santos was denied by Guinea defender Schuman Bah who put the Brazilian-born striker under pressure inside the penalty box.
Moments later, fellow striker Ziad Jaziri latched on to a through-ball but stumbled just as he was about to shoot.
Benachour was on target for Tunisia
Tunisia`s pressure finally told in the 58th minute when Benachour, who had just returned from a one-match red-card suspension, gave his side the lead.
The crafty midfielder finished off an exquisite move, between himself and Dos Santos, by rifling the ball high into the Guinea net.
The result still would have seen Guinea qualify in second, but 15 minutes before the final whistle that all changed when Rwanda took a 1-0 lead against DR Congo.
That would have left the fates of both Guinea and Rwanda decided by lots.
But with five minutes of the match remaining, Titi Camara kept a cool head when he took advantage of defender Riadh Jaidi`s mistake to score and virtually guarantee his side`s passage into the last eight.
Guinea last reached the latter stages of the Cup of Nations in 1976 when in a round-robin group match to decide the title, they drew 1-1 with Morocco. The draw earned the Moroccans the Cup.
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Tunisia: Khaled Azaiez; Hatem Trabelsi (46, Anis Ayari), Karim Saidi, Radhi Jaidi, Alaeddine Yahia, ; Riadh Bouazizi, Adel Chedli, Slim Benachour, Ziad Jaziri, Imed Mhadhebi (67, Jawhar Mnari), Santos.
Guinea: Kemoko Camara; Bobo Balde, Schumann Bah, Ibrahim Sory Conte, Kanfory Sylla; Pascal Feindouno (80, Souleymane Youla), Abdoul Salam Sow, Abdoul Karim Sylla (63, Fode Mansare), Ousmane Ngom Camara; Sambegou Bangoura, Aboubacar Titi Camara (89, Sekou Oumar Drame).
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