Senegal won the African Nations Cup for the first time in its history after beating Egypt 4-2 on Sunday in the Cameroon capital Yaounde.

The two teams were unable to score in 120 minutes… after their players raced to waste all the opportunities that came to them over the four games, especially the Senegalese team, who missed a penalty kick in the fifth minute by Sadio Mane, to go to the penalty shootout that smiled at the end. for the Senegalese national team.

Senegal had participated in the final twice in the 2002 and 2019 editions, but failed to win the tournament by losing to Cameroon and Algeria, respectively, while this is the second consecutive final that Egypt has lost, after losing to Cameroon in the 2017 edition of the competition in Gabon.

Egypt became the first team in the history of African nations to play overtime in 4 consecutive matches in the playoffs in one version of the competition, after playing against Ivory Coast, Morocco, Cameroon and Senegal.

The date between the two teams is scheduled to be renewed next March, as they clash in the final stage of the African qualifiers for the World Cup scheduled in Qatar this year.

The first leg will be held in Cairo, while the second leg will take place in the Senegalese capital, Dakar, from 24 to 29 of next month.

The match began with an intense attack by the Senegalese team, who got an early penalty in the third minute, after Mohamed Abdel Moneim blocked Sadio Mane inside the Egyptian penalty area.

Mane took the kick, but he kicked the ball awkwardly to the right of Mohamed Abu Gabal, the goalkeeper of the Egyptian team, who successfully blocked the ball to take it to a corner kick that resulted in nothing.

Over time, the Egyptian team began to exchange attacks with its Senegalese counterpart, but Mane almost opened the scoring for Senegal in the 37th minute, after he followed a free kick and headed a header, but Abu Jabal had it on the lookout.

Salah also came back to threaten Senegal in the 42nd minute, when he hit a surprise ball from inside the area, but goalkeeper Mendy narrowly missed it for a corner kick.

second half

Senegal continued its attacking activity at the beginning of the second half, as the Teranga Lions got a free kick from close to the penalty area in the 47th minute by Idrissa Gaye, but he put the ball wide.

Ghay hit another ball from inside the area in the 49th minute, which was caught by Abu Jabal Ali twice, so that the Egyptian goalkeeper returned to shine again and grabbed the ball in front of Mane in the 53rd minute.

The Egyptian team began its attacks in this half in the 69th minute, as Ahmed Sayed Zizou sent a free kick from the left side, who crossed the head of Mohamed Abdel Moneim, who shot over the crossbar.

Ahmed Aboul Fotouh sent a cross from the left side, which Marwan Daoud met with a header in the 75th minute, which passed far from the goal, so that Senegal responded with a free kick from the edge of the area in the 81st minute, which went over the crossbar from Salio Cisse.

Thus, the original time of the match ended in a goalless draw… and the two teams go to the overtime

At the beginning of the first extra period, Senegal missed a certain opportunity to open the scoring through Diang in the 91st minute, when he received a forward pass from Mane, to be unique in the goal, and he shot from inside the area to the left of Abu Jabal, who saved the ball brilliantly.

Egypt responded with an attack in the 99th minute that ended with a shot from Trezeguet that went weak in the hands of Mendy, while Bamba Diang missed another chance for Senegal in the next minute, when he received a cross pass from the left side, to hit a strong header to the left of Abu Jabal, who ably pushed her away to a corner that resulted in About a header from Abdo Diallo went over the bar.

Then Diang fired a long-range missile in the 114th minute, but Abu Jabal continued his brilliance and sent it to a corner. The Egyptian response came in the 116th minute with a powerful shot from inside the area from Marwan Hamdi,

Which goalkeeper Mindy saved with difficulty… to take the ball away to a corner

The Overtime ends in a draw

With the extra time ending in a goalless draw, the two teams resorted to penalty kicks, where Kalidou Koulibaly, Abdo Diallo, Pampa Diang and Mane scored, while Bona Sarr missed.

As for the Egyptian team, Zizou and Marwan Hamdi scored for him, while Mohamed Abdel Moneim and Muhannad Lashin missed.

Thus, Senegal won the championship cup… deservedly ✔⚽👏🏅🥅

In addition of the championship winning… the Senegalese team received 5 million dollars, which is the value of the prize money for the winner of the title, and the Egypt team received 2.5 million dollars