Senegal defeated Egypt to win the African Cup of Nations 2021 edition. They performed this feat through penalties after playing football for 120 minutes with no goals.
Overall Senegal were the better side. They never relented on probing the Egyptian defense. They had several chances to score but didn’t take them. In the end the better team finally won.
Congratulations to African champions Senegal on their first ever AFCON Title.
Cameroon survived Burkina Faso scare to win 3rd place in Afcon 2021. As at the 67th minute it was Burkina Faso’s match to win as they were leading by 3-0. But Cameroon came back in superb fashion, levelling up 3-3 within 20 minutes including scoring 2 goals within 5 minutes. The game went straight into penalties after regular time and Cameroon triumphed 5-3 to claim Bronze.
Burkina Faso had themselves to blame for the defensive and goalkeeping errors which led to those goals.
It was the same problem they had with Senegal when they lost 3-1.
For Cameroon it was a successful tournament even though they won’t lift the Afcon trophy this time around. Vincent Aboubakar is set to become the highest goal scorer 8 eight goals.
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It was a tense and difficult match as expected but in the end, Egypt beat Cameroon on penalties to book a final with Senegal.
The game was goalless after 120 minutes of football but Egypt would have scored in the 117 minute when a low cross just flew across the Cameroon goal post without any Egyptian striker to tap the ball in.
Cameroon gave a very good account of themselves in the match. They also had their chances.
In the end the game was settled through a penalty shootout. Egypt won 3-1 on penalties.
Cameroon will now play Burkina Faso for the 3rd position.
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Senegal are through to the final of the African Cup of Nations (Afcon) 2021. They defeated Burkina Faso 3-1 to set a date against either Egypt or Cameroon. Senegal, who have never won the Afcon, have a very big chance to win it now. Senegal are the current top rated football team in Africa according to the latest FIFA rankings.
Burkina Faso’s very good run in the tournament came to an end in the semifinal. They gave a very good account of themselves but the Senegalese team was just too tough for them to handle. The first half of the match ended goalless with Senegal just edging it. Senegal were unrepentant with their fast attack on the Burkinabes defence. They were finally rewarded as the Burkina Faso defence made critical mistakes which led to all 3 goals Senegal scored.
Burkina Faso should be proud of themselves. They had a good tournament. They will have a chance to claim third place as they will play the loser of the match between Cameroon and Egypt.
The countries into the semi final of Afcon 2021 are Burkina Faso, Egypt, Cameroon and Senegal.
Burkina Faso are the surprise semifinalists. They defeated highly rated Tunisia by 1-0. The Burkinabes will face Senegal in the semifinal. They have got a chance even though Senegal are the favorites to go through.
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In the second semifinal game, Egypt will take on Cameroon. Since that 1-0 loss to Nigeria in the first game Egypt have hit fine form, eliminating IvoryCoast and Morocco in the process. For me, Egypt are now favorites to win the competition followed by Senegal.
Cameroon will need to be at their very best to beat the Egyptians.
The Cameroonians have home advantage though and have been very good in the tournament so far. Egypt won’t find it easy at all but they are favourites to win.
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The Super Eagles of Nigeria were in the news again as they were surprisingly knocked out of Afcon by Tunisia. Tunisia restricted Nigeria to few chances and when they had theirs they scored. It was one of the worst performances of the super eagles in the knockout phase of this competition.
Burkina Faso were able to defeat Gabon only after 120 minutes of normal time winning 7-6 on penalties.
Gambia stunned Guinea, 1-0 while the Hosts, Cameroon, survived Comoros scare to finally win 2-1.
Senegal were too much for Cape Verde, downed them 2-0 while Morocco secured a hard fought victory over Malawi by 2-1.
The last two games of the second round produced no goals in normal and extra time.
Egypt defeated Ivory Coast 5-4 on penalties while Equatorial Guinea sent Mali out after winning 6-5 on penalties.
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The Quarter Final pairings see Gambia vs hosts, Cameroon. Cameroon will fancy their chances but they will surely get a run for their money.
Tunisia will take on Burkina Faso. Tunisia are the favorites here but they must not underrate their opponents.
Egypt will take on Morocco, sadly one of these teams will crash out. This game is equally poised.
Senegal’s prize for beating Comoros is a Quarter final match against Equatorial Guinea. Senegal are favourites to go through
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