AFCON 2022: Salah faces Mane as Egypt, Senegal meet in final

Oladipupo Mojeed

03/02/2022

AFCON 2022: Salah faces Mane as Egypt, Senegal meet in final

Liverpool star forwards, Mohammed Salah and Sadio Mane will be playing against each other after Egypt and Senegal qualified for the final of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON 2022).

Salah & Mane at Afcon 2022. (Image credit: Instagram)

Senegal defeated Burkina Faso 3-1 in the semi-final to secure the final ticket while Egypt after two hours of football knocked out hosts, Cameroon via penalties. The Indomitable Lions lost three of their four spot-kicks.

🇪🇬 𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐒 🇪🇬 #TeamEgypt secure a place in the #TotalEnergiesAFCON final for the 🔟th time! 👏
The Pharaohs’ second final in the last 3️⃣ editions! 🔴#TotalEnergiesAFCON2021 | #AFCON2021 | @EFA pic.twitter.com/PECkb8NoXx
— #TotalEnergiesAFCON2021 🏆 (@CAF_Online) February 3, 2022

The Terranga Lions will be on the lookout for their first AFCON trophy against record holders.

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Mo Salah jubilating after helping Egypt to qualify for Afcon final (Image credit: Twitter)

This is Egypt’s second final in the last three editions of the tournament and should provide an opportunity for Salah to win his first AFCON trophy, if the Egyptian Pharaoh can beat Sadio Mane’s Senegal.