At the time of the fierce battle between the five major leagues and major cups in Europe, a passionate football competition on the African continent was also held as scheduled, he is the biennial African Cup of Nations event, because there are many African players playing in the five major leagues, so this African Cup of Nations has also received a lot of attention.
The first match in the B group of this African Cup of Nations took the lead between the traditional strong teams Senegal and Zimbabwe, the two teams on paper are very different in value, Zimbabwe has not played in the five major leagues, and their team is only ranked 121st in the official ranking of FIFA, even lower than the national football team.
Senegal, on the other hand, let us see their fierceness in the 18-year World Cup, and they are currently ranked 20th in the world, sitting on Liverpool stars Mane, Koulibaly, Chelsea goalkeeper Mendy, and Mane alone has reached 80 million euros, which is simply an aircraft carrier on the African Cup of Nations.
Race conditions
Soon after the start of the match, the mighty Senegal attacked the opponent Zimbabwe, the trio of Mane, Keita Balde (playing for Cagliari in Serie A) was their most important offensive weapon, and Zimbabwe also put up a 4-1-4-1 lineup to strengthen the defense, taking advantage of the numerical advantage of the midfield to form a defense.
The first shot was from Senegal's left-back, who currently plays for AC Milan's Barlo Touré, but unfortunately his shot was directly out of range. Then it was Mane's turn to play, and he grabbed the last beautiful human ball on the left side of the opponent to complete the escape, but unfortunately the last shot facing the goalkeeper was weak and weak and was confiscated. Senegal was also discouraged, however, and then a beautiful shot from the edge of the penalty area was completed by Barlow Toure before the end of the match, which finally hit the side-netting of the goal and ended the first half of the match.
In the second half, just like the first half, Senegal's attack has been thunderous and rainy, and the opponent's deep defensive barrel formation has also made the team unable to open the situation, and another reason is that the training time of these players from the five major leagues is too short, and their tacit understanding is not enough.
And all this was seen by the team's manager Aliou Cisse, the coach who received attention on the sidelines of the 18-year World Cup because of his characteristic hairstyle and thus made adjustments in the front, the two major strikers Keita Bald and Dia in the 64th and 77th minutes were replaced in succession, followed by striker Habidiolo from Strasbourg in Ligue 1 and Pape Gaie from Marseille.
In the last 10 minutes, the Zimbabwean players still made some reactions, they made several counter-attacks under the leadership of Mussona, who performed well in this game, but the efficiency was not high, and then Senegal coach Cisse was also worried on the sidelines by the game that was about to be equalized, and it became a joke to be equalized against the weak team!
It was not until the last minute that the balance of the match tilted in Senegal's favour, and in the 95th minute, the last minute of stoppage time, Senegal's shot in the penalty area was blocked by the opponent's majonggui handball, so he received a priceless penalty, and the penalty was handed over to Mane, and he also lived up to the expectations of the last minute to score this penalty and then directly kill the opponent.
After the game, Senegal coach Cisse was on the sidelines to celebrate this hard-won victory, which also allowed them to score three points in their first match at the Africa Cup of Nations, and then they had to face guinea, the direct rival of the group, and if they played in this state, it was very likely to overturn.