In a replay of the last Africa Cup of Nations final from a month and a half ago, Senegal came back to glory and again in the decisive penalty shootout after finishing the match 1-0, equaling the result obtained by Egypt last Thursday in Cairo.
Boulaye Dia tied the tie as soon as the match started (3) and the scoreboard did not move any more, despite the fact that both teams had chances to score, especially the locals.
As happened a month and a half ago in the continental final, the victory was decided on penalties and the outcome was the same as the one that occurred in Cameroon in the CAN.
After the first four shots were missed (two per team), Chelsea goalkeeper Edouard Mendy saved Mostafa Mohamed’s fourth shot and Sadio Mané did not miss the opportunity to qualify his country for the Qatar 2022 World Cup.
In the only tie of the five without the presence of teams from North Africa, Ghana eliminated Nigeria after drawing 1-1, thanks to the higher value of goals scored away from home, since last week the first leg had ended 0- 0.
Ghanaian captain and former Atlético de Madrid player Thomas Partey opened the scoring with a long shot (1-0, min. 10). The locals reacted with a penalty converted by William Troost-Ekong (1-1, min. 22), but were unable to break the tie that left them out of the World Cup event.
The Ghanaians achieve their fourth participation in the World Cup, after being present in 2006, 2014 and especially in 2010, an event in which they reached the quarterfinals, being eliminated by Uruguay (1-1, 4-2 in the penalties).
For its part, Morocco thrashed (4-1, 1-1 in the first leg) the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the tie to qualify for the Qatar 2022 World Cup on Tuesday, at the Mohamed V stadium in Casablanca.
With a brace from Azzedine Ounahi (21 and 54) and goals from Tarik Tissoudali (45+7) and Achraf Hakimi (70), the Moroccan team knocked out the Central Africans, who decorated the scoreboard thanks to a volley goal scored by Malango Ngita ( 77).
The last classified of the day was Tunisia, who will play their sixth World Cup after their draw at home against Mali (0-0) on Tuesday, making their victory in the first leg (1-0) a good one.
The own goal scored in the first leg by Moussa Sissako was decisive for the “Eagles of Carthage”, who were at the World Cups in 1978, 1998, 2002, 2006 and 2018.
Source: Ambito
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