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Watch Highlights: Senegal beat Ghana on penalties to win 2019 WAFU Cup

Clinton Eleto — Sun, 13 Oct 2019 22:29:39 +0000

Watch Highlights: Senegal beat Ghana on penalties to win 2019 WAFU Cup

Host nation Senegal are the champions of the 2019 West African Football Union Cup after beating defending champions Ghana 3-1 on penalties.

The scoreline was goalless after normal 90 minutes before going into extra time where Senegal took the lead and Ghana equalizing a minute later to send the game to penalties.

Watch the highlights below:

https://youtu.be/d6feH6y3x1U

WAFU Cup 2019: Ghana to face Senegal in the finals

Clinton Eleto — Thu, 10 Oct 2019 07:47:32 +0000

WAFU Cup 2019: Ghana to face Senegal in the finals

Ghana Black Stars B will face Senegal in the finals of the 2019 WAFU Cup.

The defending champions will fight for the prestigious title against the Lions of Senegal this Sunday.

Senegal who are the host of the competition booked their place in the finals after beating Mali 2-0 on Wednesday night at the Stade Lat Dior.

Ghana sealed their place in the final after recording a 3-1 win against Ivory Coast.

Ghana and Senegal will lock horns in the finals on Sunday.

WATCH Highlights: WAFU 2019; Senegal 3-1 Guinea-Bissau

Clinton Eleto — Sun, 29 Sep 2019 05:01:59 +0000

WATCH Highlights: WAFU 2019; Senegal 3-1 Guinea-Bissau

Senegal opened the 2019 West African Football Union Cup (WAFU) with a 3-1 win against Guinea Bissau on Saturday afternoon.

The game started well for the host nation as Djibril Gueye opened the scoring just nine minutes into the game.

Assane Mbodj doubled the lead for Senegal in the 29th minute with a great finish, Claudio Gomes snatched one goal back for Guinea-Bissau ten minutes later before the half time whistle was blown.

Abdoulaye Ba scored the third goal for Senegal to seal the win for his team in the second half.

Watch the highlights below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGRTyvl2z_0

AFCON 2019: Algeria crowned champions of Africa for the second time

Clinton Eleto — Fri, 19 Jul 2019 21:40:43 +0000

AFCON 2019: Algeria crowned champions of Africa for the second time

Baghdad Bounedjah’s first minute deflected effort handed Algeria their second Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) title after a 29-year wait with a 1-0 victory over Senegal in a highly charged final at the Cairo International Stadium on Friday night.

Algeria who were playing only their second final since 2010 held on to the slim advantage for the rest of the 90 minutes while Senegal’s wait for a maiden AFCON title still lingers on. It is another case of so near yet so far away, the Lions of Teranga having lost another final in 2002 in Mali.

Within the opening minute, Algeria was one goal up. Bounedjah picked the ball after Chekou Kouyate had missed his attempted tackle on the left, drifted in and struck a shot that came off Salif Sane, the man coming in for the suspended Koulubaly.

The ball took a punishing dip beyond the keeper into the net with one half of the stadium stunned into silence while the other half in green and white of Les Fennecs roared in a deafening crescendo.

Algeria’s tact of starting off quick and playing the ball in Senegal’s half worked perfectly until halfway through when the Teranga Lions started roaring slowly into the game.

In the 26th minute, Henry Saivet attempted to catch keeper Adi-Rais Mbohli off his guard with a freekick from range, but the hawk-eyed shot-stopper adjusted quickly to gather.

Mbaye Niang had a brilliant effort later with a superbly struck volley from range. The burly forward chested the ball down from 20 yards out and took a sweet volley on the half-turn, his stinging effort going just over.

At the stroke of halftime, Sane almost made amends in exact same fashion he had conceded in the first minute, but this time is strike from range off a corner was deflected over the bar.

The second half started in as much pace as the first had ended and Senegal thought they had been given a lifeline on the hour mark when Djamel Benlamri seemed to have handled the ball inside the box off a Sarr cross.

However, after consulting the VAR, the referee overturned his earlier decision of a penalty and gave possession back to the Algerians.

Algeria managed to hold on to the score-line and secured the Cup of Nations crown with an unbeaten run.

credit: CAFonline

WATCH: AFCON 2019: Uganda 0-1 Senegal | Match Highlights

Clinton Eleto — Fri, 05 Jul 2019 22:57:44 +0000

WATCH: AFCON 2019: Uganda 0-1 Senegal | Match Highlights

Senegal became the second side to reach the quarterfinals of the ongoing Total Africa Cup of Nations 2019, beating Uganda 1-0 at Cairo International Stadium on Friday (5 July 2019).

Sadio Mane scored the only goal, his third of the tournament after 15 minutes and soar to the summit of the scorers’ chart. However, Mane was denied a brace when Uganda goalkeeper Denis Onyango saved his penalty on the hour mark.

WATCH: AFCON 2019: Kenya 0-3 Senegal | Goals and Highlights

Clinton Eleto — Mon, 01 Jul 2019 21:35:30 +0000

WATCH: AFCON 2019: Kenya 0-3 Senegal | Goals and Highlights

Senegal demolished Kenya to qualify to the next round of the 2019 Afrcia Cup of Nations thanks to goals from Ismaila and Sadio Mane.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_vmde7Q2sk

WATCH: AFCON 2019: Senegal 0-1 Algeria | Goals and Highlights

Clinton Eleto — Fri, 28 Jun 2019 08:31:03 +0000

WATCH: AFCON 2019: Senegal 0-1 Algeria | Goals and Highlights

Algeria became the third team to book their place in the 2019 Total AFCON round of 16 when they emerged victorious 1-0 from their Group C Matchday 2 thriller over fellow favorites and Africa’s best-ranked team Senegal on Thursday at Cairo based 30 June Stadium.

Youcef Belaili scored four minutes after the break to send Les Fennecs to the round of 16 as the third team to achieve this after Nigeria and hosts Egypt.

WATCH: AFCON 2019: Senegal off to a flying start after sinking Tanzania

Clinton Eleto — Sun, 23 Jun 2019 20:36:38 +0000

WATCH: AFCON 2019: Senegal off to a flying start after sinking Tanzania

Senegal are off to a flying start after beating Tanzania 2-0 in their opening game of Africa Cup of Nations 2019.

Keita Balde opened the scoring in the 28th minute before Diatta scored the second to give Senegal a commanding victory.

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WAFU Women’s Cup: Ghana Black Queens off to a flying start after beating Senegal

Clinton Eleto — Thu, 09 May 2019 11:18:50 +0000

WAFU Women’s Cup: Ghana Black Queens off to a flying start after beating Senegal

The Ghana Black Queens began their WAFU Women’s Cup campaign with an emphatic 2-0 win over Senegal on Wednesday evening.

The game started in a very great manner but both teams failed to find the back of the net in the first forty-five minutes of the game.

Evelyn Badu broke the deadlock in the 75th minute with a close-range effort to put the Black Queens in front, before Abdulai Mukarama scored in the 90th minute to seal the victory for Ghana.

Earlier in Group A, host nation Ivory Coast thrashed Togo 5-0.

Ghana will face Togo on Friday as they will be looking to secure a spot in the semi-finals.

CAF U20 AFCON: Mali crowned champions after beating Senegal on penalties

Clinton Eleto — Sun, 17 Feb 2019 19:06:22 +0000

Mali achieved a historical feat on Sunday when they beat Senegal 3-2 on penalties to claim their first ever U20 Cup of Nations trophy at the Niamey stadium in Niger.

Boubacar Traore opened the scoring for Mali in the 16th minute, the forward dribbled past a defender before brilliantly slotting the ball on the left-hand side of the goalkeeper.

Senegal forged ahead for an equalizer before the end of the first 45 minutes but Mali stood their ground with an organized style of play in every department.

https://youtu.be/FcuGnEoFGA8

Senegal coach Dabo made a lot of attacking changes in the second half as he looked to get back in the game.

Senegal hard work paid off when Souleymane Aw pounced on a rebound to level for his team with an overhead kick in the 75th minute of the game.

Both sides had few chances to seal the game but couldn’t find a breakthrough before the referee ended the second half.

Mali came out victorious in the penalty shoot-out, thanks to their goalkeeper who made an important save to put them in a position to win the prestigious tournament.

South Africa emerged as bronze winners on Saturday after beating Nigeria to claim third-place. All the last four teams have already qualified for the U20 World Cup that will take place in Poland.