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Plymouth Argyle defender Brendan Galloway made his Africa Cup of Nations debut in Zimbabwe's 1-1 draw with Angola in Morocco.

The 29-year-old came on as a 37th-minute substitute for the injured Teenage Hadebe in the Group B fixture in Marrakesh.

Having gone a goal down before Galloway was introduced, Zimbabwe equalised deep in first-half stoppage time through Knowledge Musona.

Zimbabwe had chances to win the game after the break, but were grateful to Galloway as they secured their first point of the tournament when the Argyle defender made a key 90th-minute clearance as Angola went close to a winner.

Having missed out on Zimbabwe's last Afcon appearance almost four years ago due to injury Galloway was named in the Warriors' squad for the tournament earlier this month.

He was an unused substitute in his side's dramatic 2-1 loss to a Mohamed Salah-inspired Egypt earlier this week in the opening group match.

Zimbabwe face South Africa in their final pool game on Monday 29 December.

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Plymouth Argyle defender Brendan Galloway was an unused substitute as his Zimbabwe team-mates lost 2-1 to Egypt in a dramatic Africa Cup of Nations opener.

The Warriors led 1-0 at half-time thanks to Prince Dube's strike against the run of play midway through the first half.

But Egypt piled on the pressure after the break with Manchester City forward Omar Marmoush equalising in the 64th minute before Liverpool star Mohamed Salah scored the winner in stoppage time.

Galloway's next chance to play in the tournament comes on Friday when Zimbabwe face Angola at 12:30 GMT.

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Lorent Tolaj will have learnt from his three-game ban says Plymouth Argyle boss Tom Cleverley.

The Pilgrims' top scorer has missed the last three games after a red card for violent conduct in the 3-0 loss to Leyton Orient last month.

The 24-year-old, who has scored 11 goals in all competitions this season, is in line to return to the side for Saturday's trip to Doncaster Rovers.

"I expect he's mature enough and he's professional enough to have learnt by that," Cleverley told BBC Radio Devon.

"We don't want to take that edge away from Tolly's game because I think it is a positive, but what's important is that the line doesn't get crossed again."

Argyle have won their last two matches 1-0, with Owen Oseni impressing up front in Tolaj's absence.

Cleverley says the 22-year-old has given him a difficult selection decision ahead of the trip to South Yorkshire.

"Owen Oseni did a great job in filling that void, well enough to be considered to keep his shirt," Cleverley added.

"That's something we'll decide over the next 24 hours and how Tolly, as our top goalscorer, will come back into the team, but Owen has done himself no harm in keeping his place as well."

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Plymouth Argyle head coach Tom Cleverley heaped praise on midfielder Joe Ralls after his goal settled their 1-0 win over Rotherham United.

The 32-year-old's strike close to half-time was his first since joining Argyle as a free agent last month.

The victory helped Argyle move up to 21st place in League One with the Pilgrims inside the relegation places on goal difference.

"He's a top quality player," Cleverley told BBC Radio Devon.

"He's another one who brings us that bit more of the balance in the age profile of the squad.

"I thought it was a really good performance, he's real class in the middle of the park and scored a well-worked goal to cap it off.

"I think he'll only continue to get better, so I'm really pleased for him because he's had a couple of niggles since he's been at the club, but the two starts he's made, he's been outstanding."