In the key match of the Fifa World Cup Africa Qualifier in Qatar on March 30, Egypt and Senegal fought for 120 minutes without winning or losing, only to be eliminated in the penalty shootout and missed the 2022 World Cup. Egypt's number one star Salah performed badly, falling 12 yards in the penalty shootout and crying after the game. Interestingly, Senegal's number one star, Mane, is Salah's teammate at Liverpool, and the two are now in a situation of heaven and hell.
There are 10 groups in the African Division, a total of 40 teams participating in the 2022 World Cup Qualifiers, after 2 stages of fighting, the 1st place in each group directly advanced, and then carried out a 1V1 draw, and the 5 teams that won the final victory directly advanced to the Qatar World Cup. In the third stage, the game was mainly away, Egypt won the first leg at home with a one-goal victory, salah performed well, and only 4 minutes after the opening minutes. However, when it came to Senegal's home stadium, the entire Egyptian team was not in the form, and the offensive data was generally behind.
Sometimes it was such a coincidence, also in the opening 4 minutes, Senegal's free-kick in front of the field caused chaos in front of the Egyptian goal, and defender Fati slammed the ball into his own door in a panic. Since then, Egypt has tried to launch an attack, but each time Salah has rushed left and right, trapped in the heavy encirclement of the opposing defenders, and the result is not successful. In this way, the two sides fought 1:1 in 90 minutes and had to enter extra time, and in the 30 minutes, the two sides still failed to break the opponent's goal, and the game was dragged into a penalty shootout.
Playing penalties is not all about luck, mentality can directly affect the player's play, Salah is obviously inferior to Mane in this regard. Senegal conceded penalties in the first two rounds, and Egypt also conceded penalties, but Salah, as the number one star and the first to appear, was too devastating to morale. Since then, Senegal has scored three consecutive penalties, Mane has made a final decision, and Egypt has only scored 1 penalty, and finally lost to the opponent by an aggregate score of 2:4, missing the 2022 World Cup. It is worth mentioning that Senegal has participated in the World Cup for two consecutive times, stepped on the World Cup for the third time in the history of the team, and ended the curse of 22 years of unwinnable Egypt, setting three records can be described as three joys.
Egypt, who participated in the last World Cup, failed to qualify from the group, lost the qualification for this year, and Salah cried into tears after the game. According to the latest data released by de Transameration, Salah reached 100 million euros, which is the most expensive right winger at this stage, even surpassing Mane. In today's Liverpool team, Salah is the real thigh, mane is getting worse and worse, but when it comes to the national team, Mane has become the last laugher, which is the charm of football, until the last moment, you can never guess the ending.