In the early morning of March 26, Beijing time, the 2022 Qatar World Cup Qualifiers in the African Region held the final round of competition, 10 teams decided 5 qualifying places at home and away, and today began the first leg of 5 matches. After a lot of battles, Egypt beat Senegal 1:0 at home, Nigeria drew 0:0 away to Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo drew 1:1 at home to Morocco, Algeria beat Cameroon 1-0 away, and Mali lost 0-1 at home to Tunisia.
Liverpool forward partner Salah, Mane this year in the national team another "civil war, last month's African Cup of Nations final two have met, when Mane led the Senegal penalty shootout to defeat Egypt to win the title, today the two met in the final competition for World Cup qualification, in their own home, Salah opened to give the club partner a good look, just 4 minutes, El Soleia penalty area arc in front of the light pick pass, Mustafa penalty area line grabbed a nod of the ball, Salah anti-offside success after the insertion of the ball to slightly adjust, Ultra-close half a knife turned and pumped, goalkeeper Mendy struggled to block, the ball bounced up BOOM's hit the crossbar and bounced out, but the wrong in and out, the ball hit Heath and rebounded into the net, Egypt made a fantastic start 1:0.
In the 24th minute, Gabel's precise over-the-top cross from the right corner of the penalty area, Mustafa's small penalty area edged a nod to the goal, and Mendy struggled to save the ball. The two sides then fought fiercely, but there were not many definitely good chances, and in the 79th minute, Senegal's free kick opportunity at a 45-degree angle on the right side of the field, a tactical coordination, Gaiye hoisted the ball obliquely in front of the goal, Dion grabbed the nodding ball to ferry, Sal followed up with a small angle goal and was saved by goalkeeper Xenawi. In the 87th minute, Salah broke through the cross from the right and The ball stopped inside the Mamousz penalty area, but he reacted quickly and took a big step to turn around and shoot furiously, and the ball was slightly deflected above the mid-netting. In the end, both sides failed to rewrite the scoreline, and Egypt won 1-0 at home to Senegal.
Africa's first loss, earlier Africa's second Tunisia was the first to win away, this game can be said to be quite dull, both teams combined to shoot less than 10 times. In the 36th minute, Msakani grabbed it, and Sisakko was nervous to return the pass to the goalkeeper, but his back pass angle was very tricky, and the ball was directly passed by him to the bottom right corner of the goal, and Tunisia laughed at the 1:0 opening record. Just 5 minutes later, Sisacco gave another gift, this time stopping Tunisia from single-handedly sending himself off the field. In the second half, Mali, who had one less man, was even weaker to score, and in the end, Tunisia won a small away victory and took advantage of the two legs to advance to the World Cup. In the first leg of today's five-game showdown, none of them scored more than 2 goals in total, and three of them were 1-0 wins.