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Senegal Beat Egypt On Penalties To Win Their First Ever Africa Cup Of Nations Title

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Updated 22:17 6 Feb 2022 GMTPublished 21:39 6 Feb 2022 GMT

Senegal Beat Egypt On Penalties To Win Their First Ever Africa Cup Of Nations Title

Liverpool teammates Sadio Mane and Mo Salah met in the Africa Cup Of Nations final.

Josh Lawless

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Sadio Mane scored the winner as Senegal beat Egypt 4-2 on penalties in the 2022 Africa Cup Of Nations final in Cameroon.

Egypt made the final after knocking out the hosts on Thursday, following on from Senegal's 3-1 win over Burkina Faso the day before.

The contest, the 52nd in the tournament, was anything but a classic but featured a superb showing from Egypt's goalkeeper Mohamed Abou Gabal - more commonly known as 'Gabaski'.

Not even first-choice going into this tournament, the Zamalek shotstopper benefited from an injury and saved two penalties against Cameroon.

He continued his fine form with a superb performance in between the sticks, denying Sadio Mane from 12 yards with the help of his Liverpool teammate Mo Salah when Senegal were awarded an early penalty.

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But there was redemption for Mane as he smashed in the winning spot-kick after Chelsea goalkeeper Edouard Mendy saved from Mohanad Lasheen.


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Mane sprinted away in celebration and was mobbed by his teammates after delivering their first ever AFCON title.

It was a particularly sweet moment for manager Aliou Cisse, who missed a penalty when they lost to Cameroon in the 2002 final.

Egypt will be looking to get revenge next month as they face Senegal in the two-legged qualifier for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

Featured Image Credit: Image: Sky Sports

Topics: Egypt, Mohamed Salah, Africa Cup Of Nations, Senegal

Josh Lawless
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Josh is a sports journalist who specialises in football and WWE. He has been published by Curzon Ashton FC, Late Tackle, Manchester City FC, The Mirror, Read Man City and Manchester Evening News. He provides coverage of professional wrestling and has covered two WrestleMania events for SPORTbible.

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