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Sadio Mane scored and Mohamed Salah missed as Senegal beat Egypt on penalties to reach the World Cup | Football news



Sadio Mane hit the decisive penalty to send Senegal to the World Cup final while his Liverpool teammate Mohamed Salah suffered a penalty for Egypt.

Mane’s penalty ended a dramatic second leg at Diamniadio after Hamdi Fathi’s fourth-minute own goal lifted the scoring for the hosts following Egypt’s 1-0 win in Cairo on Sunday. Friday night.

That result echoes the Africa Cup of Nations final two months ago when Mane once again scored the winning goal against his opponents.

Senegal dominated most of the time and Egypt were indebted to goalkeeper Mohamed El Shenawy, who produced a series of stunning saves to deny Pape Abdou Cisse and Ismaila Sarr in extra time.

Salah, with thousands of lasers from the stands shining into his eyes as he prepared to take Egypt’s first penalty, glowed over the crossbar and after both sides had missed four free kicks Combined, it fell on Mane to block his team’s passage to Qatar.

Meanwhile, Thomas Partey’s early goal saw Ghana also qualified for the final after drawing 1-1 with Nigeria in Abuja, which proved enough to get the Ghanaians over the away goals rule.

The draw for the World Cup finals will take place at 5pm on Friday.





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