The Round of 16 knockout stages of the Africa Cup of Nations have been completed, and The three Liverpool stars have different fates, with Salah and Mane successfully leading Egypt and Senegal to the quarter-finals, while Nabi Keita is sidelined from the final 16 of Guinea due to suspension. Salah and Mane will play in the quarter-finals on the same day on Sunday, Egypt against Morocco and Senegal against Equatorial Guinea, and if the two reach the final four at the same time, they will not play, meaning the two have a chance to meet in the final.
Mane Senegal has a surprisingly poor grasp
Senegal has been star-studded this season, with Liverpool striker Mane, Chelsea goalkeeper Edouard Mendy, Napoli centre-back Koulibaly, Paris Saint-Germain centre-back Abdou Diallo, Leicester city back Paris Mendy and so on, the African Cup of Nations was already one of the favourites before the start of the African Cup, but only 1 win and 2 draws in the group stage reached the round of 16 for the first time, but only 1 goal in three games or a penalty in stoppage time was really unexpected. Coming to the round of 16 opponent is only Cape Verde, Senegal has gained a large advantage in the first half of the 21st minute, the opponent was overturned by the VAR due to a more rough interception and then overturned by the VAR to become a red card, playing one more person but Senegal did not get much advantage, besieging the opponent but many shots failed to produce too much threat, the grasp of the forward line is far from the level. Until a long pass counter-attack by Senegal in the 57th minute of the second half, Mane pressed past two guards with a half-knife fast opponent goalkeeper one step ahead of the ball, then the goalkeeper hit his head and both fell to the ground, and finally the opponent's nine-man response was also a reasonable judgment, Mane found the goal in a corner attack after that. Senegal had 30 minutes to play 9 of 11 men and did not score another goal until stoppage time, and the other players in the team except Mane's better shooting ability were extremely poor, but they had South Palis Mendy and Koulibaly on the defensive line, and they maintained a championship taste in four games.
The king of Egypt was also subject to control
Liverpool fans will also understand why Salah's play style is biased towards "eating alone", there are really not many players in the team who can cooperate with Salah, Mohammed Herneny who plays for Arsenal has worked very hard, Salah has to be responsible for shooting and returning to help do the string, really used to one person to turn the situation around. Egypt's top 16 opponents are one of the hotTest Côte d'Ivoire, egypt, which was looked down on before the game, performed far better than in the group stage, Côte d'Ivoire is a team with more possession, Egypt will have more vacancies in the attack, Salah will not be frozen too tightly by the opponent, Egypt has as many as 15 shots in the field than the previous three group matches, proving that they are better at defensive counterattack, although this battle can only be 0-0 with the opponent in 90 minutes, and finally Egypt successfully advanced to the top 8 with a penalty shootout, but Egypt's defensive ability is more offensively reliable.
Nabi Keita's suspension in the round of 16 is the deadliest
Guinea is far behind Senegal and Egypt, with captain Nabi Keita suspended in the round of 16 and being upset by a second-half shot from the opponent Gambia to lose by one goal. After the exit, Nabi Keita can return to Liverpool early, he has performed well in this year's Africa Cup of Nations, and he can also score well, and an early return is very helpful for liverpool's midfielders.
Manesa and Rach had the opportunity to meet in the final
Senegal and Egypt are in the upper and lower lanes after advancing to the quarter-finals, Senegal will qualify for the final with the Gambia/Cameroon if they beat Equatorial Guinea on Sunday, while Egypt will have to beat the other favourite, Morocco, to have a chance to compete with Burkina Faso/Tunisia to reach the final. Senegal has a great chance of reaching the final four, but the opponent of the final four has a chance to be the host country Cameroon, whether they can reach the final depends on whether the grasp of their forward line has improved in time, as for Egypt on the way to the final, there are Monaco and Tunisia, and it is a team that is looked down on may help them, and Egypt can use Salah's power when counterattacking. Now that Salah and Mane have advanced to the quarter-finals, Liverpool fans want them to bring champions to their country and return to Liverpool after playing the final on 6 February.