African World Cup play-off first leg: Away wins for Algeria & Tunisia

The first leg of the African World Cup play-off was played across the continent today.

Ten countries were action with five aggregate winners representing the continent at the summer FIFA World Cup.

DR Congo 1-1 Morocco

The first game saw 10-man Dr. Congo playing a 1-1 draw against Morocco in Kinshasa.

Yoane Wissa 12th minute strike put the home team in front but Tarik Tissoudali equalized for Morocco 22 minutes after Ryan Mmaee  54th penalty miss.

DR Congo were reduced to 10-man after Ngonda Muzinga received his second yellow.

Cameroon 0-1 Algeria

Rigobert Songs Indomitable Lions were beaten in their stadium by Islam Slimani’s 40th-minute strike.

Algeria take a 1-0 advantage ahead of the second-leg clash.

Mali 1-1 Tunisia

Moussa Sissako scored an own goal in the 36th minute and received a red card in the 40th minute as Tunisia secured a tough 1-0 win against Mali.

Abdoulaye Doucoure made his debut for Mali in the game.

Egypt 1-0 Senegal

In a repeat fixture of the 2021 AFCON, Egypt was aided by an own goal from the 4th-minute own goal from Saliou Ciss.

Ghana 0-0 Nigeria

The much anticipated Jollof derby ended in a barren draw.

Here are the results:

DRCongo  1-1 Morocco
Cameroon  0-1 Algeria
Mali 0-1 Tunisia
Egypt 1-0 Senegal
Ghana 0-0 Nigeria

The second leg will be played on Tuesday

Nigeria v Ghana 6 pm
Senegal v Egypt 6 pm
Morocco v DRCongo 8:30 pm
Algeria v Cameroon 8:30 pm
Tunisia v Mali 8:30 pm