A late Patson Daka header rescued a 1-1 draw for 10-man Zambia in opposition to Tanzania on Sunday to disclaim the Taifa Stars a primary ever TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations win.The Taifa Stars took a deserved first-half lead by means of Simon Msuva’s Eleventh-minute strike assisted by Mbwana Samatta.
However Zambia’s job grew tougher when captain Roderick Kabwe acquired a second yellow card simply earlier than the break to depart them a person down.
Regardless of their numerical drawback, Chipolopolo fought again valiantly in San-Pedro as Patson Daka went shut after the restart.
And the Leicester striker lastly made his mark by heading within the 88th-minute equaliser with an inch-perfect nook from Clatous Chama.
The late twist means Tanzania are nonetheless trying to find an elusive first AFCON victory after eight makes an attempt.
The draw leaves Tanzania backside of Group F forward of their remaining recreation with DR Congo whereas Zambia keep third.
Zambia seemingly require victory over Morocco on Tuesday to progress to the knockouts after this dramatic stalemate.
MATCH FACTS:
● Zambia haven’t received any of their final eight group stage video games on the CAF Africa Cup of Nations (D7 L1 – in 2013, 2015 and this yr), after profitable three of their earlier 4 such encounters within the competitors (D1).
● Tanzania have registered an Anticipated Aim worth of solely 0.21 in opposition to Zambia at present, the third lowest tally in the identical 2023 CAF Africa Cup of Nations recreation, behind… Zambia v Congo DR (0.20) and Tanzania themselves in opposition to Morocco (0.03).
● Simon Msuva has scored two of Tanzania’s final three targets on the CAF Africa Cup of Nations (v Kenya in June 2019 and v Zambia at present). The ahead is the primary Tanzanian participant to search out the online in several AFCON editions (1 aim in 2019, 1 aim this yr).
● Patson Daka has develop into the primary participant from Zambia to attain a aim (at present v Tanzania) and ship an help (on 17 January v Congo DR) on the identical CAF Africa Cup of Nations version since Christopher Katongo (3 targets, 1 help), Rainford Kalaba (1 aim, 2 assists) and Stoppila Sunzu (additionally 1 aim, 1 help) in 2012.
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● Simon Msuva and Mbwana Samatta have been concerned in Tanzania’s final three targets scored on the Africa Cup of Nations, between 2019 (1 aim for Msuva, 1 aim for Samatta) and this yr’s version (additionally 1 aim for Msuva, 1 help for Samatta).
● Roderick Kabwe has conceded the primary pink card for Zambia on the CAF Africa Cup of Nations since Opta started to gather these information (2010). Zambia and Tanzania are two of the 4 groups which have acquired a pink card at this AFCON 2023 (with Gambia and Guinea).
