Kouyate and Sarr send Senegal to the semi-finals
Senegal reaches the AFCON semi-finals by defeating Equatorial Guinea.
defeats
Equatorial Guineato reach the Africa Cup of Nations semi-finals for the first time in their history, and
Cheikhou Kouyate
and
Ismaila Sarr’s
goals in the last 25 minutes of the game secured the victory for Aliou Cisse's side as the game ended with their 3-1 victory.
Senegal opened the scoring in the 28th minute of the game when
Famara Diedhiou
found the net with an assist provided by Liverpool’s
Sadio mane
, but Equatorial Guinea managed to level the game again in the 57th minute of the game when
Jannick Buyla
converted
Pablo Ganet's
pass and gave Equatorial Guinea some hope for staying in the competition, despite the opposition’s dominance throughout the game, but Aliou Cisse's men weren’t there to give up at any cost, and in the 68th minute of the game
Cheikhou Kouyate
, who had entered the pitch as a substitute, gave his side the lead again to show their dominance in the match, but even that was not enough for them, and they doubled their lead in the 79th minute when Ismaila Sarr scored the third goal and helped Senegal to the semi-finals with a confident victory, and they will face
Burkina Fasoin the semi-finals on Wednesday.
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