Sadio Mané Forced Off As Senegal Beat Cape Verde To Reach Quarter-Finals ,Morocco Triumphs Over Malawi

By Daily Sports on January 25, 2022

Liverpool forward Sadio Mané suffered a concussion scare while helping Senegal book their place in the quarter-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations with a 2-0 win over nine-man Cape Verde.

Mané was involved in a clash of heads with Cape Verde goalkeeper Vozinha early during the second half of the last-16 tie in Bafoussam. Following treatment for the mid-air collision in the 53rd minute when chasing a long ball upfield, Mané was allowed to continue while Vozinha, shown a red card for the foul, was carried off the pitch on a stretcher and reported to have been taken to hospital.

Mané went on to break the deadlock in the 63rd minute, clipping the ball in off the underside of the crossbar after it fell to him at the back post from a corner. There was a lengthy VAR review of a possible foul before the goal was confirmed, after which Mané dropped onto the pitch holding his head before eventually being helped off and substituted.

Senegal made sure of progress when Bamba Dieng scored a second on the counter attack during stoppage time. It remains to be seen whether Mané will be able to feature for the Lions of Teranga in the quarter-final on Sunday against either Mali or Equatorial Guinea.

Before kick-off, there was a minute’s silence in respect of those who died or were injured in the crush at the Paul Biya Stadium in Olembe on Monday night ahead of Cameroon’s last-16 tie with Comoros.

Cape Verde had been reduced to 10 men after just 21 minutes when midfielder Patrick Andrade was sent off for treading on Pape Gueye’s ankle after the referee reviewed the incident on the pitchside monitor having initially shown a yellow card.

Senegal will be joined in the last right by Morocco who came from behind to beat Malawi 2-1.

Malawi, through to the knockout stages for the first time after qualifying as one of the best third-placed teams, took a shock lead in the seventh minute when Gabadinho Mhango cut in from the left to fire a spectacular long-range effort into the top corner.

However, the Flames - minnows in the tournament at 129th in the Fifa rankings - were soon pegged back as Wolves defender Romain Saïss sent a close-range effort against the crossbar before Youssef En-Nesyri headed in an equaliser during first-half stoppage-time.

Morocco completed the turnaround with 20 minutes left when Paris St Germain right-back Achraf Hakimi converted another superb free-kick to send the Atlas Lions through to a quarter-final against either Egypt or Ivory Coast. (ULK Guardian)

•PHOTO: Mane

Source Daily Sports

Posted January 25, 2022


 

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