IVORY COAST: THREE PRESIDENTS WATCH "ENGLEBERT" (CONGO-KINSHASA) BEAT "CARA" (CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE) 3-0 IN INTERNATIONAL SOCCER MATCH

Record ID: 183327

  • Title: IVORY COAST: THREE PRESIDENTS WATCH "ENGLEBERT" (CONGO-KINSHASA) BEAT "CARA" (CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE) 3-0 IN INTERNATIONAL SOCCER MATCH
  • Date: 26th May 1970
  • Summary: 1. SV & CU Presidents Tombalbaye, Bongo & Houphouet-Boigny (4 shots) 0.19 2. GV Spectators 0.29 3. SV Presidents meet players 0.42 4. LV Flags of competiting nations playing 0.46 5. GV Kick-off Englebert (L to R) & Midfield play(3 shots) 1.15 6. SV Presidents 1.18 7. GV Englebert takes corner (2 shots) 1.33 8. GV Crowd 1.34 9. GV Englebert scores 1st goal 1.42 10. LV Scoreboard 1-0 1.46 11. SV Presidents watch (2 shots) 1.52 12. GV Kick-off 2nd half Cara (L to R) & midfield play 2.16 13. GV Englebert attacks 2.29 14. LV Scoreboard (2-0 Englebert) 2.32 15. GV Cara tries & fails 1.38 16. GV Englebert scores 3rd goal (2 shots) 2.50 Initials PAF/V/PN/SGM SPORT: SOCCER Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 10th June 1970 13:00
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  • Location: Abidjan, Ivory Coast
  • Country: Ivory Coast
  • Reuters ID: LVA86MQMKTDESWAQZZ030D8OYK2S
  • Story Text: The soccer champions on Congo-Kinshasa, "Englebert" beat the champions of Congo-Brazzaville' "Cara", 3-0 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast on Sunday (May 24) in the first leg of an eliminating round for the African Club Champions Cup.

    The match was watched by three President: Felix Houphouet-Boigny (Ivory Coast), Bernard Bongo (Gabon) and Francois Tombalbaye (Chad).

    The African Football Confederation decided that the first leg be played in the Ivory Coast and the return match in two weeks time in Yaounde, in Cameroun.

    FIRST HALF: Englebert playing Left to Right.

    In the 44th minute Kalonzo, the Englebert centre-forward (No.9), put the Congo-Kinshasa team in the lead and that remained the score at half-time.

    SECOND HALF: Cara playing Left to Right.

    Kalonzo scored again early in the second half to put Englebert farther ahead and in the 75th minute Saidi Leonard (No.10) made victory certain with a third goal.

    The game was watched by 40,000 spectators.
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