AFCON 2022: Watch Moment Senegal Were Crowned Champions Of African Football…After Defeating Egypt On Penalties (Video)

After an excruciating one-hundred and twenty minutes of scathing football between Senegal and Egypt at the final of the now-ended African Cup of Nations in Cameroon, Sadio Mane scores the winning goal penalty against his close pal and football club colleague Mohammed Salah’s Egypt to help his country lift the African Cup of Nations for the first time ever. Senegal Khalidou Coulibaly

Sadio Mane who had in the first 5 opening minutes of the game had lost an opportunity to put Senegal ahead from the spot after Abdelmomoen had brought down the Senegalese left-back Ciss.
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The Teranga Lions had squandered several gilt-edged opportunities to go ahead in the first half, with the Egyptian goalie Abdulgabar serving up an extraordinary performance yet again, making saves after saves, which continued into the second-half and even went on into the extra time too.

Gabaski the Egyptian goalkeeper saved one of the Senegalese penalties also when it came to the deciding shootout moment. He was named man of the match, he is definitely more than deserving of the title of the player of the tournament after several of his heroics.
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The Teranga Lions has now finally broken the jinx after, reaching the AFCON final on 3 different occasions on the third try lead to the trophy by former captain now coach, Aliou Cisse part of the super successful Senegalese side of the early 2000s that took the world by a storm and shocked the world champions at the time at the 2002 world cup.

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