2011 African Nations Championship Final

Angola started off well piling feverish pressure on the Carthage Eagles through the right flank but lacked a lot of polish with their finishing. Both teams raised the adrenalin levels of their fans with Tunisia coming close to scoring in the 13th minutes but the Palancas Negras’ man between the woodworks Lama made a point blank save. Three minutes after, Zouhaier came close to scoring but the Angolan goalkeeper anticipated well to block it from his post. Traoui Mejdi’s powerful drive in the 20th minutes was punched aside by Lama who was well positioned to deny the Eagles their first goal.[5] Chedli Adel sent the Carthage fans on their foot at the Merreikh Stadium in the 37th minutes but he missed the post by an inch. Their one-two-one-two upfront kept mesmerizing the Angolan guardsmen but their finishing were poorly executed. The dingdong battle continued into the interval. The north Africans returned from the interval much determined. They set the stadium alive two minutes into the second half when Traoui Mejdi tapped in the ball from waist level with a perfect right foot from a Zouhaier cross from the left flank. Tunisia’s onslaughts began paying off from the 74th minute when Zouhaier doubled their lead with a fine left foot roll of the ball that went past Lama straight into the woodwork. As the game wears on substitute Darragi Ousama of Esperance put the final nail on the coffin in the 80th minutes to gift the north Africans the ultimate.[6]