AFCON; Senegal Proceeds To Quarter Finals

Senegal have become the first team to reach 2 successive Total Energies Africa Cup of Nations finals since 2010 after their dramatic win against Burkina Faso last night.

Goals from Abdou Diallo, Bamba Dieng and Sadio Mane were enough to give the Teranga Lions a shot at redemption after losing the 2019 championship game to Algeria.

They will face today’s winner between the hosts Cameroon and Egypt on Sunday while for the Stallions, they will wait for the losing side to face off for the 3rd and 4th place play offs during the final day of the competition.

Meanwhile, Egypt’s Coach, Carlos Queiroz stopped training yesterday after he noticed a drone flying above the training ground of the Egyptian team ahead of their AFCON 2021 Semi Final match against Cameroon.

An official said the drone was there for security reasons.