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Senegal Win First AFCON, Defeat Egypt 4-2
Senegal won the African Cup of Nations, AFCON tournament on Sunday, February 6, 2022 after it defeated Egypt on penalty kicks after 120 minutes of cautious play from two of Africa’s leading teams.
The game was extended to extra time after Senegal lost the chance to score a goal through a penalty at the sixth minute when Sadio Mane had his effort saved by Egypt’s goal keeper, Mohamed Qotb Abou Gabal Ali, popularly known as Gabaski.
Egypt came to the penalty shoot out with the experience of having beaten Morocco and Cameroon through penalty shoot outs.
GreenWhiteGreen GWG reports that at the end of the 90th minute of mostly defensive play by both sides that expectation that a winner will come during the extra-time did not come to pass. In the history of the AFCON since 1960 a winner has never emerged during extra-time.
Despite the penalty loss, Senegal had more of the opportunities at goal but were repeatedly denied by Gabaski.
Senegal won the tournament when Mane converted the last of the penalties for his country after Egypt lost two of its kicks as Senegal prevailed by 4-2.
Gabaski who won the Man of the Match award, however, said the award meant nothing to him in the face of the failure of his team to win the trophy.
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