Senegal vs Egypt, 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, Semifinals

· Africa Cup of Nations

Senegal

78': Sadio Mané

FT
1 - 0

Egypt

Senegal into AFCON final on back of Sadio Mane strike, sends Mohamed Salah's Egypt out

Sadio Mané struck a late winner as Senegal defeated Egypt 1-0 in Wednesday's first Africa Cup of Nations semifinal in Tanger, ending his former Liverpool teammate Mohamed Salah's dreams of a maiden AFCON title.

Match Commentary

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
2': Foul by Omar Marmoush (Egypt).
2': Idrissa Gueye (Senegal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
4': Offside, Senegal. Sadio Mané is caught offside.
6': Foul by Hossam Abdelmaguid (Egypt).
6': Nicolas Jackson (Senegal) wins a free kick on the right wing.
6': Hossam Abdelmaguid (Egypt) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
7': Corner, Senegal. Conceded by Yasser Ibrahim.
8': Attempt missed. Habib Diarra (Senegal) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right following a corner.
9': Ahmed Abou El Fotouh (Egypt) wins a free kick on the left wing.
9': Foul by Habib Diarra (Senegal).
12': Delay in match because of an injury El Hadji Malick Diouf (Senegal).
12': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
14': Delay in match because of an injury Hossam Abdelmaguid (Egypt).
14': Delay in match because of an injury Nicolas Jackson (Senegal).
16': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
16': Foul by Kalidou Koulibaly (Senegal).
16': Omar Marmoush (Egypt) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
17': Kalidou Koulibaly (Senegal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
18': Foul by Rami Rabia (Egypt).
18': Moussa Niakhaté (Senegal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
19': Attempt missed. Nicolas Jackson (Senegal) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Sadio Mané.
20': Delay in match because of an injury Kalidou Koulibaly (Senegal).
21': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
22': Delay in match because of an injury Kalidou Koulibaly (Senegal).
23': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
23': Substitution, Senegal. Mamadou Sarr replaces Kalidou Koulibaly because of an injury.
29': Offside, Egypt. Mohamed Hany is caught offside.
31': Attempt saved. Habib Diarra (Senegal) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Mohamed El Shenawy (Egypt). Assisted by Nicolas Jackson.
32': Attempt saved. Pape Gueye (Senegal) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Mohamed El Shenawy (Egypt). Assisted by Sadio Mané.
35': Foul by Hamdi Fathy (Egypt).
35': Habib Diarra (Senegal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
38': Corner, Senegal. Conceded by Hossam Abdelmaguid.
39': Emam Ashour (Egypt) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
39': Foul by Nicolas Jackson (Senegal).
40': Foul by Mohamed Salah (Egypt).
40': Sadio Mané (Senegal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
41': Habib Diarra (Senegal) is shown the yellow card.
42': Delay in match because of an injury Mohamed Hany (Egypt).
43': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
45': Foul by El Hadji Malick Diouf (Senegal).
45': Mohamed Salah (Egypt) wins a free kick on the right wing.
45': Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
45'+2': Foul by Habib Diarra (Senegal).
45'+2': Hamdi Fathy (Egypt) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45'+4': Foul by Omar Marmoush (Egypt).
45'+4': Pape Gueye (Senegal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45'+5': Corner, Senegal. Conceded by Yasser Ibrahim.
45'+5': First Half ends, Senegal 0, Egypt 0.
45': Second Half begins Senegal 0, Egypt 0.
45': Substitution, Egypt. Trézéguet replaces Ahmed Abou El Fotouh.
45': Substitution, Senegal. Lamine Camara replaces Habib Diarra.
51': Attempt blocked. Pape Gueye (Senegal) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is blocked. Assisted by Krépin Diatta with a through ball.
51': Corner, Senegal. Conceded by Hossam Abdelmaguid.
56': Corner, Senegal. Conceded by Mohamed Hany.
57': Attempt saved. Lamine Camara (Senegal) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Mohamed El Shenawy (Egypt). Assisted by Sadio Mané.
58': Corner, Senegal. Conceded by Hossam Abdelmaguid.
61': Foul by Hamdi Fathy (Egypt).
61': Pape Gueye (Senegal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
63': El Hadji Malick Diouf (Senegal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
63': Foul by Mohamed Salah (Egypt).
65': Attempt blocked. Krépin Diatta (Senegal) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Sadio Mané.
66': Foul by Mamadou Sarr (Senegal).
66': Omar Marmoush (Egypt) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
67': Foul by Emam Ashour (Egypt).
67': Krépin Diatta (Senegal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
68': Foul by Idrissa Gueye (Senegal).
68': Omar Marmoush (Egypt) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
71': Foul by Rami Rabia (Egypt).
71': Iliman Ndiaye (Senegal) wins a free kick on the right wing.
73': Corner, Senegal. Conceded by Rami Rabia.
74': Attempt blocked. Lamine Camara (Senegal) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
74': Attempt missed. Iliman Ndiaye (Senegal) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a corner.
78': Attempt blocked. Lamine Camara (Senegal) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Idrissa Gueye.
78': Goal! Senegal 1, Egypt 0. Sadio Mané (Senegal) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner.
81': Substitution, Egypt. Zizo replaces Rami Rabia.
82': Attempt missed. Pape Gueye (Senegal) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left following a fast break.
83': Substitution, Egypt. Mostafa Mohamed replaces Emam Ashour.
83': Foul by Krépin Diatta (Senegal).
83': Omar Marmoush (Egypt) wins a free kick on the left wing.
84': Corner, Egypt. Conceded by Lamine Camara.
84': Attempt missed. Mostafa Mohamed (Egypt) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Zizo with a cross following a corner.
85': Substitution, Senegal. Cherif Ndiaye replaces Nicolas Jackson.
85': Substitution, Senegal. Ismaïla Sarr replaces Iliman Ndiaye.
86': Foul by Lamine Camara (Senegal).
86': Yasser Ibrahim (Egypt) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
88': Foul by Cherif Ndiaye (Senegal).
88': Hossam Abdelmaguid (Egypt) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90': Foul by Zizo (Egypt).
90': Idrissa Gueye (Senegal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90': Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
90'+1': Substitution, Senegal. Pathé Ciss replaces Pape Gueye.
90'+4': Substitution, Egypt. Salah Mohsen replaces Hamdi Fathy.
90'+5': Attempt saved. Omar Marmoush (Egypt) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Édouard Mendy (Senegal). Assisted by Zizo.
90'+5': Attempt blocked. Zizo (Egypt) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Omar Marmoush.
90'+6': Second Half ends, Senegal 1, Egypt 0.
0': Match ends, Senegal 1, Egypt 0.

Statistics

EGY		SEN
11	Fouls	10
1	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	1
1	Corner Kicks	7
3	Saves	1
36.6	Possession	63.4
3	SHOTS	12
1	ON GOAL	4
0.3	On Target %	0.3
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
215	Accurate Passes	468
305	Passes	534
0.7	Pass Completion %	0.9
3	Accurate Crosses	1
7	Crosses	20
0.4	Cross %	0.1
63	Long Balls	55
22	Accurate Long Balls	35
0.3	Long Balls %	0.6
1	Blocked Shots	4
13	Effective Tackles	9
24	Tackles	13
0.5	Tackle %	0.7
5	Interceptions	5
28	Effective Clearances	15
28	Clearances	15

Game Information

Competition: Africa Cup of Nations

Venue: Ibn Batouta Stadium
Location: Tanger, Morocco
Attendance: 52,079

Line-Ups

Senegal (4-3-3)

No.	Name
16	Édouard Mendy (GK)
19	Moussa Niakhaté
3	Kalidou Koulibaly
25	El Hadji Malick Diouf
15	Krépin Diatta
5	Idrissa Gueye
26	Pape Gueye
7	Habib Diarra
11	Nicolas Jackson
10	Sadio Mané
13	Iliman Ndiaye

Senegal Substitutes:

Pape Matar Sarr, Pathé Ciss, Habib Diallo, Ibrahim Mbaye, Lamine Camara, Cheick Sabaly, Yehvann Diouf, Ismail Jakobs, Cherif Ndiaye, Abdoulaye Seck, Mory Diaw, Boulaye Dia, Ismaïla Sarr, Mamadou Sarr, Antoine Mendy.

Egypt (3-4-1-2)

No.	Name
23	Mohamed El Shenawy (GK)
4	Hossam Abdelmaguid
5	Ramy Rabia
6	Yasser Ibrahim
14	Hamdy Fathy
19	Marawan Attia
8	Emam Ashour
13	Ahmed Fatouh
3	Mohamed Hany
22	Omar Marmoush
10	Mohamed Salah

Egypt Substitutes:

Mohamed Shehata, Mostafa Shoubir, Mostafa Fathi, Trézéguet, Mahmoud Saber, Ibrahim Adel, Mostafa Mohamed, Mohamed Ismail, Khaled Sobhy, Salah Mohsen, Ahmed El Shenawy, Osama Faisal, Ahmed Eid, Zizo, Mohanad Lashin.

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