the egyptian Mohamed Salah and Senegalese Sadio Mané, both teammates at Liverpool in England, will meet this Sunday in the grand final of the African Cup of Nations disputed in Cameroon. Egypt arrived at that instance on Thursday afternoon beat the local team 3-1 by kicks from the penalty spot after having tied 0-0 in the 120 minutes of playwhile Senegal had done it yesterday after beating Burkina Faso 3-1 who will play Cameroon on Saturday for third and fourth place.
The The great protagonist of the definition from eleven meters was Mohamed Gabaski, the Egyptian goalkeeper, who stopped two shots to the Cameroonians Harodl Moukoudi and James Lea Siliki and the remarkable fact was that Salah did not take any shots as it had been reserved for the fifth and final that it was not necessary to do. Zizo, Mohamed Abdelmonen and Mohamad Laseen scored for Egypt, which reaches the final after having beaten Ivory Coast in the round of 16 (5-4 on penalties) and Morocco 2-1 in the quarterfinals and is the top winner of the Cup with seven titles while Senegal never reached the continental tournament.
It should be noted that Egypt and Senegal will also define one of the five African places for the World Cup in Qatar as they will play each other in one of the five qualifying keys. The matches will take place on March 24 and 31.