In the early hours of February 3, the semi-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations concluded a scramble, with Liverpool's Mane leading Senegal 3-1 against dark horse Burkina Faso in the final, where they will compete with the winner between Egypt and host Cameroon for the title of the tournament. This may mean that the Africa Cup of Nations final will be staged in a Liverpool derby between Mane and Salah, the Reds' twin stars.
In this match, Senegal can be described as star-studded, in addition to the Reds No. 10 Mane, Napoli captain Koulibaly, Bayern centre-back Sal, Blues Chelsea main goalkeeper Edouard Mendy, Paris centre-back Diallo and Marseille midfield core Papugeye and other well-known stars have started. In the first half, Senegal twice launched a threatening attack to win penalties, but were overturned by VAR. It wasn't until the 70th minute of the second half that they broke the deadlock. A barb inside The Koulibaly penalty area triggered a scuffle, with Diallo breaking the deadlock with a close-range goal.
Six minutes later, Mane sent a clever cross after a steal in front of the goal, Guye scored the ball in front of the goal, the score became 2-0, and in the 82nd minute, Burkina Faso pulled a goal back to make the score 1-2, but then Mane's one-handed goal completely sealed the victory for Senegal. He also became the senegalese national team's all-time top scorer with 29 goals.
In this campaign, Mane played the whole game, scoring 1 goal and giving 1 assist in 3 shots on goal, and delivered the highest 5 successful breakthroughs and 5 key passes of the game, which can be described as star-studded. After the match, he was voted the best player of the game without any suspense. In this cup, Mane has scored 3 goals and delivered 2 assists, both of which are in 3rd place, and are in very good shape.
Mane led the team to a great success, and his club teammate Salah did not hesitate to let go, in the African Cup of Nations quarterfinals, Salah scored a goal and delivered a fatal assist, leading Egypt to a 2-1 reversal of Morocco to catch the last train of the final four. Although the data of 2 goals and 1 assist in 5 games looks slightly inferior to Mane, but as the schedule deepens, his form is getting better and better, although the host Cameroon is full of momentum, but Salah's Egypt team and Senegal will meet in the final.
The two lovemakers are in good shape and are expected to meet in the Africa Cup of Nations final, a result that may make Reds coach Klopp painful and happy. On the one hand, he is pleased with the excellent performance of his beloved apprentice, but on the other hand, Uncle Scum also has to silently worry about the Premier League that is about to rekindle the flames of war. According to the schedule, the Reds will attack the fourth round of the FA Cup this Sunday against Cardiff City, who is 20th in the Championship, which is a game of great disparity and it will not be difficult for the Reds to win against their opponents. But the next eight days, from February 11 to 19, the Reds will have a devil's schedule, starting with a home game against the Blue Foxes Leicester City in the 24th round of the Premier League, and two days later to attack the 25th round of the Premier League away to Burnley. On February 17, the Champions League knockout rounds kick off, with the Reds visiting Meazza challenging Serie A champions Inter Milan and returning home to Norwich In two days, which will be the 26th round of the Premier League.
Of course, on February 11, the African Cup of Nations has come to an end, and Salah and Mane will return to Liverpool. However, after experiencing the successive vicious battles in the African Cup of Nations, they must be greatly affected in terms of physical strength, and it is still unknown whether they can attack the club competition in the best condition, which is where Uncle Scum is worried.