YAOUNDE (CAMEROON), Jan 31: The biggest stars of African football are on course to meet in their continent’s biggest game.
Mohamed Salah’s Egypt and Sadio Mané’s Senegal reached the African Cup of Nations semi-finals on Sunday. One more win for both teams will see the Liverpool pair meet in the final.
Salah scored the equaliser and created the winner to inspire Egypt’s comeback to beat Morocco 2-1 after extra time in the day’s first quarterfinal.
Mané set up Famara Diedhiou for Senegal’s opener in a 3-1 win over Equatorial Guinea later at the same Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium.
Substitutes Cheikhou Kouyaté and Ismaila Sarr finished off Equatorial Guinea, which had drawn level through Jannick Buyla a few minutes after having a penalty awarded and then taken away through a VAR check.
Egypt progressed to a semifinal against tournament host Cameroon, a repeat of the 2017 final that Cameroon won. Senegal plays Burkina Faso in the first semifinal on Wednesday. (AP)
