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Article: Brilliant Santos help Tunisia beat Zambia in African Nations Cup
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- January 23, 2006
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Brilliant Santos help Tunisia beat Zambia in African Nations Cup
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- A Brilliant Francileudo dos
Santos helped defending African champions Tunisia beat Zambia 4-1
here on Sunday in a Group C match in the 25th African Nations Cup.
Tunisia, which won the 2004 African Nations Cup on home soil,
managed to shrug off a lukewarm first half and came from behind in
the match played in Egypt's second largest city of Alexandria.
The Zambians got an early lead in the ninth minute when James
Chamanga pounced on a defensive blunder between goalkeeper Ali
Boumnijel and Hatem Trabelsi.
Chamanga controlled outside the Tunisian box after a moment of
indecision between ...