SENEGAL CROWNED CHAMPIONS OF AFRICA
After an exciting month of African football, AFCON 21 came to an end on Sunday, 6th February 2022.
The Indomitable Lions of Cameroon came from 3 goals down to beat the Stallions of Burkina Faso for the third place position.
With arguably the biggest stars of African football taking on each other in the final, Sadio Mane and his Liverpool team mate Mohammed Salah were ready to take on each other. The game kicked off at exactly 7:00pm at The Stade Omnisport Paul Biya in Yaounde.
In the course of the game the Senegalese were given a glorious opportunity to take the lead as Abdelmonem brought down Ciss in the penalty area.
A worldclass save from Egyptian goalkeeper Gabaski denied Sadio Mane the chance to put his country in front.
At the end of 120 minutes, the game travelled to Penalties as Senegal Won by 4 goals to 2 with Sadio Mane getting the winning penalty.
AFCON 2021 INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
Player of the tournament - Sadio Mane(Senegal)
Goalkeeper of the tournament - Edouard Mendy(Senegal)
Top Scorer of the tournament - Vincent Abubakar(Cameroon)
I think Gabaski should have won the Goalkeeper of the tournament
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DeleteYh u r right
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