In the early morning of January 26, Beijing time, the African Cup of Nations 1/8 final, Senegal vs Cape Verde.
It was a conversation of strengths and weaknesses, with Senegal FIFA ranking 20th in the world, the total value of the team reaching 343 million euros, and there were famous players such as Mane, Gaiye, Koulibaly and E. Mendy. Cape Verde's FIFA ranking is 73, only one place higher than the national football team, with a total value of 22.63 million euros.
Chinese fans should be familiar with the Senegalese national team. In the 2002 World Cup, Senegal and the national football team, the first time in the history of the team to reach the World Cup main stage, and the national football team lost 3 consecutive games and 1 goal did not score the bottom out of the game, Senegal finally reached the quarterfinals, the first round of the group stage defeated the defending champion France.
In the 2022 World Cup qualifiers in the African region, Egypt led by Senegalese PK Salah led by Mane, the winner advanced to the World Cup regular tournament, and the loss was out.
In this group stage, Senegal and Guinea, Malawi and Zimbabwe are in the same group, 3 games, 1 win, 2 draws and only scored 1 goal, also advanced, or the first promotion in the group.
Cape Verde finished in Group A and advanced to the round of 16 as the third of the four best-scoring groups.
Senegal started the 433 formation, Mane, Didsio and Dia formed a forward trident, Guy, Mendy and Gaiye were three midfielders, Sith, Diallo, Koulibaly and Sal were four defenders, and goalkeeper E. Mendy. With a total starting price of 220 million euros, this set of starters can be described as a gathering of famous players, Mane is the main striker of Liverpool, E. Mendi is the main goalkeeper of Chelsea, and Koulibaly, who plays for Napoli, is the world's top centre-back of this era.
Cape Verde, playing in the 343 formation, the total value of the starting eleven is only 12.975 million euros, compared with Senegal, the gap in strength is too large.
As soon as the game began, Senegal pressed heavily on the attack. In the first minute, Mane's powerful shot from inside the penalty area popped up on the neutral post.
In the 20th minute, Cape Verde suffered a crushing blow, Andrade stomped on Gaye and was directly shown a red card by the referee, and Cape Verde was one less person to fight early.
In the 56th minute, E. Mendy's long pass directly attacked, Wozinya attacked, knocked down the forward Mane, was sent off with a red card, Wozinha was the goalkeeper. Now Cape Verde has no more to play.
In the 61st minute, Mane's shot was saved by the goalkeeper. A minute later, Senegal's corner kick was released and Mane grabbed the point to hit the goal.
In the 69th minute, Mane was injured and could not insist on being substituted.
In stoppage time, Forts made a mistake in midfield, Senegal counter-attacked with a broken ball, Diyediu assisted, and Dion formed a single knife and hit a shot to lock the score at 2:0.