Senegal Beat Egypt On Penalties To Land First-Ever AFCON Title

Sadio Mane netted the successful spot-kick as Senegal beat Egypt 4-2 on penalties to clinch their first-ever Africa Cup of Nations after a 0-0 draw.

Mane had seen a seventh-minute penalty saved by Egypt keeper Gabaski however the Liverpool star held his nerve when he returned within the shootout.

Chelsea’s Edouard Mendy denied Mohanad Lasheen to offer Mane the prospect to win it in Yaounde’s Olembe Stadium.

Gabaski had made three good saves from Senegal’s Bamba Dieng in further time.

All 4 of Egypt’s knockout video games on the match went the space, and the North Africans had crushed Ivory Coast and hosts Cameroon on spot-kicks en path to the ultimate.

Gabaski had already saved 4 penalties on the match by the point the match went to a shootout, however on this event the 33-year-old was not capable of emerge on the successful facet.

Egypt had been the primary to err when centre-back Mohamed Abdelmonem noticed his penalty hit the left-hand upright and bounce away – however Gabaski instantly denied Bouna Sarr.

Nonetheless, Lasheen was then denied and Mane gained it with an emphatic end into the underside left-hand nook, that means his Liverpool team-mate Mohamed Salah didn’t even have the prospect to take a penalty, with the Pharaohs captain set to go fifth for his facet.

Senegal had beforehand misplaced two Nations Cup finals, ending runners-up in 2002 and 2019 to Cameroon and Algeria respectively.

The 2 sides will meet once more in March in a two-legged play-off for a spot on the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.