#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
Ethiopia
Starting XI: TBD
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Sierra Leone
Starting XI: TBD
MATCH EVENTS | via ESPN
Facts going into the game:
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First match of the 2026 FIFA World Cup African qualification Group A
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This is the first time that Ethiopia and Sierra Leone have played against each other, they have never faced one another in football.
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.