#Ethiopia 0-0 Sierra Leone


Venue: Stade El Abdi, El Jadida, Morocco

Free FIFA+ stream: https://www.plus.fifa.com/en/content/ethiopia-v-sierra-leone-caf-qualifiers-first-round-group-a-fifa-world-cup-26tm-live-stream/4cc10b0d-f417-4a01-b2fa-a3c3964d317f


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Ethiopia

Starting XI: TBD

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Sierra Leone

Starting XI: TBD


MATCH EVENTS | via ESPN


Facts going into the game:

  • First match of the 2026 FIFA World Cup African qualification Group A

  • This is the first time that Ethiopia and Sierra Leone have played against each other, they have never faced one another in football.

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    1 year ago

    hello, i just opened reddit checking here and found this match thread plus that Fifa+ are giving a match for free and tldr i decided to watch it since due to international break there aint much to watch plus that i am curious on how do the African WCQ work compared to the others haha.

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    1 year ago

    Half time, still 0-0. That was a fun sequence at the end with the number 8 of Sierra Leone just deciding “screw it, i will do it myself” and dodging 4 opponents, even leaving 1 in the floor. Jokes aside, yeah, Ethiopia probably need to rethink their defensive tactics because Sierra Leone are taking a lot of advantages of their mistakes there plus their own improvisation so yep, Ethiopia better find some way to not get put in so many problems, else it might end ugly for them. As for Sierra Leone, not bad from what i managed to see (entered in like minute 20 or so) in defense and progressing the ball for offense, specially the last 10 minutes with how Ethiopia didnt get that many shots. Just a bit more luck and they might find a goal.

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    1 year ago

    i wonder if the second half will be played, like, before we could barely see who played for which team, but now it is even more foggy and like, idk if it is visible enough for the match to continue.

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    1 year ago

    So far it feels like while Ethiopia can do passes between lines well and just feel the better team quality wise in completing passes, due to how for the most part (of what i have seen) Sierra Leone have been able to get the ball clean, it doesn´t fully work until they do some trickery like with that free kick being taken fast almost resulting in a header goal off a center into the box, and on the other hand Sierra have honestly been doing well considering they could have scored a couple of minutes ago due to that miscomunication in the header between goalie and defender of the other team had their player shot at the net instead of trying a pass plus that might be me but it feels like Sierra Leone are good at improvising on the fly if a play on the attack doesnt work smoothly to keep the ball going in the attack no matter if a player from Ethiopia tries to stop them. Like, it feels pretty even so far imo.

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    1 year ago

    Lmao did I hear that correctly??? “Hey, are you pregnant?” As the player is struggling on the ground