Sadio Mane slotted the decisive penalty to ship Senegal to the Global Cup finals
whilst his Liverpool team-mate Mohamed Salah suffered shoot-out heartbreak for Egypt.
Mane’s spot-kick concluded a dramatic 2nd leg in Diamniadio after Hamdi Fathi’s fourth-minute personal purpose hauled the hosts degree following Egypt’s 1-0 win in Cairo on Friday night time.
The outcome used to be a repeat of the Africa Cup of Countries ultimate two months in the past when Mane once more scored the successful penalty towards the similar combatants.
Senegal ruled lots of the court cases and Egypt have been indebted to goalkeeper Mohamed El Shenawy, who produced a chain of surprising saves to disclaim Pape Abdou Cisse and Ismaila Sarr in time beyond regulation.
Salah, with hundreds of lasers from the stands shining in his eyes as he ready to take Egypt’s first penalty, blazed over the bar and after each side contrived to pass over their first 4 spot-kicks blended, it fell to Mane to seal his facet’s passage to Qatar.
In the meantime, Thomas Partey’s early purpose noticed Ghana additionally qualify for the finals after a 1-1 draw with Nigeria in Abuja, which proved sufficient to ship the Ghanaians thru at the away targets rule.
The draw for the Global Cup finals takes position on Friday at 5pm.
