In the early morning of February 4, Beijing time, in the semi-finals of the African Cup of Nations, El Salah led Egypt against rival Cameroon. In the semi-finals that ended first, Mane's Senegal defeated Burkina Faso 3:1 to reach the final.
Unlike Senegal, which has been fighting weakly in the knockout stage, Egypt has been a strong opponent all the way to the final.
In the group stage, Senegal, which is in the same group as Guinea, Malawi and Zimbabwe, only scored 1 goal to advance to the first place in the group, of course, they did not concede a goal, one goal scored 3 points, and the other two games did not score 0-0 draw. Egypt was in the same group as Nigeria, Sudan and Guinea-Bissau, and eventually qualified second in the group after Denilia.
In the quarter-finals, Senegal's opponent is Cape Verde and Egypt's opponent is Côte d'Ivoire. In the quarter-finals, Senegal's opponent was Equatorial Guinea and Egypt's opponent was Morocco.
Yes, Egypt started 433 and Salah played as a right winger in the forward trident. Cameroon started 343 and Lyon striker Ecambi led the forward trident.
After the match began, Egypt, which was stronger overall, dominated the attack. In the 9th minute, Salah's shot deflected off the upright.
In the 14th minute, Eccambi broke through with the ball, got rid of the back cross, and was confiscated by the goalkeeper.
In the 18th minute, Cameroon's corner kick, Ngadewu's header hit the post and popped up, Abubakar followed up with a follow-up shot that was blocked off the line. Egypt escaped.
In the first half, the two sides drew 0-0, and although neither scored, the competition was fierce.
In the second half, Egypt made a substitution adjustment, and Trezeguet replaced El Soleia. In the 48th minute, Mustafa Mohammed's header was confiscated by Onana.
In the 56th minute, the Cameroon midfielder made a mistake in returning the pass, Salah broke the ball, forming a single knife, Onana quickly attacked outside the box to release the ball, defusing the danger.
In the 71st minute, Guyt fired a shot from outside the penalty area that hit the upright and popped up.
After 90 minutes of regular time, the score was still 0:0, and it went into overtime. In the 98th minute, Shanghai Shenhua foreign aid Bassogo came on as a substitute to replace Ecambi. In the 100th minute, Salah received a cross from his teammate and pushed it off the upright.
At the end of extra time, the two sides still drew 0:0 and entered a brutal penalty shootout!
In the first round, both sides scored penalties. In the second round, Cameroon's Mkudi lost a penalty. In the third round, Cameroon again lost a penalty. In the fourth round, Cameroonian player Njie deflected a penalty, and the game ended, and Egypt defeated Cameroon 3:1 in the penalty shootout to reach the final of this African Cup of Nations.
Mane, Salah, Liverpool's team-mates will be "roommates" in the Africa Cup of Nations final. It is worth mentioning that in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers in the African region, senegal played in the top 10 against Mane, and Egypt played for Salah were also drawn together, and one of them was destined to miss this year's World Cup.