Egypt, Algeria Beat By Minors. Ghana, Zimbabwe, South Africa In Draws.

An undisciplined Ghana team failed to stamp their authority in Kumasi. They were a pale shadow of the team Africa and the world fell in love with during the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Sudan, for their part, were arrogantly patient and not giving the Black Stars any respect.

The Sudanese team could not thread the right final ball in their counter attacks. They won all their tackles and combats outsides the penalty box, giving Ghana lots of free kicks that they  fluffed. The missed dead ball situations that could have been converted were not utilised as each one of them was taken by a different player. That is an element of indiscipline of the first degree.

With about 10 minutes to go, Asamoah Gyan was red-carded for an unclear offense. Goalkeeper Kingson was involved several times to deal with long Sudanese balls. It was a well deserved draw for Sudan, who will fancy their chances against the more illustrious opponents.

Algeria lost 0-2 to Central African Republic in one of the shock results of AFCON qualifier. Record 6 times winners and defending champions were well beaten by Niger in Niger. Zimbabwe and Cape Verde, like the Sierra Leone  versus South Africa match, did not produce any goals. Congo beat Swaziland by 3 goals to 1.