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00:00So, Nicholas Jackson gets us underway, Senegal defending the goal to the right there in the
00:10all-green today. Expect a lively, high-tempo affair between these two teams.
00:21Senegal have scored in every single one of the matches that they've played in this tournament
00:25and at this venue. Four wins and one draw, which was against the Democratic Republic of Congo.
00:31He has the first touch since the kickoff for Jackson. Falls for Mane. Papage, of course,
00:38has been another outstanding performer. Two goals against Sudan in the round of 16.
00:47Not just those goals, but his involvement in the game, you know, has been incredible.
00:52Now, Mane's little touch against the feet of Abdel Magid that the Egyptians will have possession here
01:02and a chance to clear their lines. I don't know if you remember, I did mention that I
01:07probably Jackson wouldn't have any involvement in the African combination, you know, but he's having
01:13another chance today. I had a talk with, you know, he said never mention names.
01:18Salah, no action there. Certainly nothing on the replays either to suggest
01:25a foul against Idrissa Ghanagay. We did see a player sent off against Egypt in the group phase for a hand
01:34in the face of Mohamed Salah. That was Kuliso Mudao in the group game against South Africa.
01:40We've got to be careful when you jump up for those balls with the outstretched arms or hands that are too
01:49close to the opponent's face. Now, Jackson being pulled back, gets the free kick and the first yellow
01:56of the game. Abdel Magid will not play in the final. There is no second chance to tell you that,
02:02uh, you know, is the first Aston softener. That's the grab and then the pull.
02:11Second yellow in as many games, Mohamed Hani.
02:14It will be a throw in though. I think Juuf, uh, saved that, uh,
02:24in a region where there's much pain for him now.
02:28Only you know that region, Maka.
02:32He really does look to be in pain.
02:34No, definitely. Let's see if the ball really struck him in that position. Oops. Right. Yep.
02:40Right there. That can be painful, especially in this cold weather as well.
02:51I'll give him a bit of time, uh, the referee from Gabon and quite rightly so too.
02:55Cover comes from Rabia.
02:57Only as far as Imanin Jai. He scored the goal but won in the quarterfinal against Mali.
03:04It came, uh, inside the opening 30 minutes. They'll be looking for a positive start here as well.
03:13Quarter of an hour gone.
03:17Now left-footed cross towards the back post. Mane stretches.
03:23A little unlucky.
03:23I was trying to go for the spectacular.
03:27Well, I've easily, uh, passed back to Adyakite who was, uh, right there waiting for a pass.
03:37Adyakite plays for Lyon in France. This is Ashur.
03:43Now brought down Mamouche by Koulibaly. Remember, he could be in yellow card trouble.
03:49Koulibaly for a second successive game is booked. And for the second time in his career, he will...
03:58If they make it to the final.
04:00If they make it to the final.
04:01Ah, that's, uh, you know.
04:03Marmouche flicks it up.
04:10Whistle sounded. It'll be a chance for Senegal to clear their lines.
04:14What will be going in the head of Koulibaly?
04:25Oh, it must...
04:25Psychologically...
04:26It must be terrible.
04:27He has to be strong enough to be focused on this game.
04:30Because if he reflects to what happened when he missed that final.
04:34It will be a lot in his head.
04:36He has to be a professional solid in his head to stay, you know, a calm and focus on this game.
04:42He's now had a red and two yellows in this tournament.
04:46And I don't think we've ever had Daniel.
04:48I can't remember if the top of my head a player suspended twice in a cup of nations.
04:54Chance for Jackson.
04:55That's a good shot.
04:57Fired away over the top.
04:59That's a good strike.
05:01You know, defenders.
05:06Ashur to Fatou.
05:08Long ball forward here for Marmouche.
05:10And Koulibaly battling away with him again.
05:13This time certainly gets the better of the challenge.
05:16Early ball in search of Diara.
05:17Not properly cleared by Rabia.
05:20So Senegal with a throw-in.
05:25Now, Koulibaly is down.
05:30Needs some treatment.
05:31That was a second challenge now with Marmouche.
05:35Has he hurt himself?
05:36I would say, you know, that was what I was talking about earlier.
05:40That was what I was telling you 100% earlier.
05:43That's psychological in his head.
05:45Now comes to play.
05:47You know, because he know in his head that even if we get to the final, I'm not playing.
05:51So if I feel any twinge that I can sacrifice to keep going to make the final, why should I?
05:59Something like that.
06:00I'm not saying he's thinking it, but just the psychological aspect of what might be going in his head.
06:04I have used Abdoulaye Sekh as a finals.
06:11Did feel that they're almost immediately finding those passes with the precision that we've seen in previous matches.
06:18When you're playing the big boys, that happens.
06:21Now is the, you know, the test that we're talking about.
06:24Osama Hassan was a legend as a player.
06:28He was the first man to play in seven Cup of Nations.
06:31Koulibaly is back down on the pitch again.
06:33I think that's the end of him as far as this encounter is concerned.
06:39What a disappointment.
06:40Yeah, two different managers.
06:43One is calm.
06:44The other one is jumping, bombing from one corner to the end.
06:49You know, all the message that need to be sent is sent.
06:53So sad to see.
06:56Did a miserable tournament for him, really.
06:58That red card that he picked up against Benin was only really awarded after a fairly lengthy VAR check.
07:06Although at the end of the day, it was a scrape on the back of the Achilles.
07:11But it looks as if young the way the referee would have seen it.
07:14Yeah, it was right there in front of them.
07:16So I'm sure he got it right.
07:18A promising passage of play for Senegal comes to north with the Egyptians very quickly closing down the spaces.
07:33Half an hour gone.
07:37Still just that shot, really, from Jackson in anger in this game.
07:41We've not seen the goalkeepers tested.
07:44Yeah.
07:46That's all what we've been talking about, man.
07:49When the board teams are tactically sound, you know, there's no room for any attack.
07:54Good turn from Mane.
07:55Now, can he get away?
07:57Finds Jackson.
07:59He has a chance for Diara.
08:00Gets a bit of a deflection.
08:01Takes some of the sting off the shot as well.
08:04Made it a little bit easier for El Shinaoui.
08:07Yeah, I thought he was gonna, you know, pass the ball, you know, to Niang on his right side
08:13because he's more technical.
08:14He can take on the defenders.
08:28Now, the crowd beginning to just lift the volume a little bit.
08:38Here is Mane up against Abu Grisha.
08:43He's looking for the corner.
08:45It's gonna be a throw-in.
08:46He knew it was gonna be a corner.
08:50He knew how, you know, they are a threat and he got them off it.
08:56Now, Papage gets a shot in on the right foot.
09:00El Shinaoui has very little problem dealing with that one.
09:04This is with Papage now.
09:23Quickly taken up to Jackson.
09:24Is there a chance or time for a strike here from the Senegalese?
09:29Gaye, Diara, is there time for a corner perhaps?
09:34It comes off Yasser Ibrahim.
09:37We are past the four added minutes.
09:43You can see Salah asking for it, you know.
09:46Telling the referee it's already time.
09:49Shouldn't allow them to...
09:53Can you understand what he's doing?
09:54You guys are already on time.
09:56You can see Salah, you see?
09:58Sadio Mane changed the corner taker.
10:06He's gonna let him do the corner kick.
10:10But the moment they change the player, then the referee said,
10:15that is it.
10:16So there's 0-0 after 45 minutes of play.
10:19We'll take a short break and back with the highlights from this.
10:22The first half of football on eSports of this semi-final.
10:31Get us underway here in the second half.
10:33Ashur in possession.
10:34No score after the first 45 minutes.
10:38Couple of chances for Egypt.
10:40So excuse me for Senegal.
10:41None for the Egyptians.
10:43Let's see what the second half brings, particularly with Trezeguet coming on.
10:48You can see how they isolated him on the left side.
10:52You know, keep the ball on the right side and have a quick switch.
10:55Because he's very...
10:56He has that pace and he's very good on one-on-one situations.
11:00You know, keep the ball on the left side.
11:17It's not either.
11:19the first time in the
11:21second half.
11:23The second half.
11:25Over the top of Marmush and Mendy
11:27will get a first touch here at the
11:29start of the second half.
11:35One semi-final in the Cup of
11:37nations previously between these
11:39two countries.
11:4120 years ago in Cairo the 2006
11:43tournament which was won by the
11:45Egyptians.
11:47They scored in the final eight
11:49minutes to win 2-1
11:51for Egypt.
11:53And the stocks did say that you know
11:55when these two teams into the
11:57semi-final anyone that goes through
11:59always end up winning the trophy.
12:09In fact Egypt to their
12:11credit the last seven times they've
12:13been in the semi-final have won
12:15every single one of those semi-final
12:17encounters you've got to go back to
12:191984.
12:21The last time they lost the semi-final
12:23encounter.
12:25Senegal as we mentioned earlier
12:27playing in a third semi-final in the
12:29last four editions so their form of
12:31late is of course being settled on a
12:33set piece.
12:35one of the first two
12:37points.
12:39Just get the good swing in and then get
12:41one of your tall men to get behind
12:43it.
12:45Something might have come up.
12:47Diata will take it with the right foot.
12:49looking for a little bit of a
12:51curling on goal.
13:03Egyptian defenders not giving an inch
13:05shot.
13:07Diata plays it short to Mane.
13:11Mane on the edge of the area where
13:13Kamana fancies a shot gets it on
13:15target.
13:17The most situation in football when you
13:21give unnecessary corner kicks it end
13:23up hurting you.
13:25You just have to wait and see the
13:26outcome of this one.
13:27That was an earlier shot.
13:29That was an earlier shot.
13:31He's holding back a bit.
13:33No way through for Jackson.
13:35No way through for Jackson.
13:37Built with by Abdel Magid.
13:39There's Papagay.
13:41Holds off Fatih.
13:45Diouf Mane.
13:49The defender is Yasser Ibrahim.
13:51Very quickly three Egyptians in the
13:53neighbourhood of Sadio Mane.
13:55They know the danger he possesses.
13:59The form he is having at this
14:01half point.
14:03We wouldn't want to give him any
14:05room.
14:07Now Ajay.
14:11This time he's taking on Trezeguet.
14:13To the byline.
14:15Gets the ball.
14:17In towards the goal but cleared away
14:19by Abdel Magid.
14:21A player who has ability who has such
14:23ability.
14:24Should do it more.
14:26You know get the ball.
14:28Take the defenders on.
14:30You might get something when you get
14:32into the 18 yard box.
14:34Always a possibility.
14:36Now a bit of space here.
14:38Normally gets the ball and do those
14:40you know interchanging passes.
14:42He doesn't see them.
14:44Because the Egyptians are doing a wonderful job.
14:46You see them all lined up.
14:48You know a five.
14:50You know a straight line on the back.
14:52Three in front of them two in front of the three.
14:54And then when they go come a bit deeper they become six.
14:56And then when they go into the 18 yard box.
15:00He throws away on the back.
15:04two in front.
15:05And then when he goes after all
15:06And then when he goes after them the 1st Question.
15:08And then when he goes after him takes
15:15A line onegenister to turn.
15:18Very quickly, the options of a square ball across the face of goal
15:22cut out by the Egyptian defense.
15:25Now another long-range effort.
15:26Kamada.
15:27Mane, goal!
15:30Sadio Mane with a touch of fortune.
15:35Touch of fortune, but at the same time, touch of class.
15:38If another player will have botched that ball over the bar,
15:42but, you know, a quick control, the ball knocked on him,
15:44the ball dropped in front of him perfectly well,
15:47and then he struck that ball.
15:49We call that grass-cotta in Nigeria, and it bulged the net.
15:54Well, it's as much as Senegal deserved.
16:02And Sadio Mane is the man who has put his team in the lead.
16:11But we might see a different angle of it.
16:14Now, it was the shot from Kamada that caused the commotion.
16:18There's the rebound.
16:19Yeah.
16:19And Mane takes the opportunity.
16:22The ball hit him on the mid-session, dropped perfectly well for him.
16:25A player with that ability and a player with experience like that
16:28knows what he needs to do.
16:30One team in his mind, hit the target and the net bulge.
16:34Still, you know, surging forward and leaving that space in between,
16:37you know, Sadio Mane, the front three and the mid-players.
16:43Time's running out here for the Egyptians.
16:49Manmouche, got a wonderful goal in the previous game.
16:53Ball inside to Trezeguet.
16:56Corner.
16:57Sadio Mane made a mistake there, letting that go through,
17:00feeling perhaps that would have been a goal kick.
17:02That's not even, you know, allowing that pass to go behind the defense
17:06in that tight situation.
17:08First quarter of the game for Egypt.
17:11It's taking them, what is it, 84 minutes to get there?
17:14What really matters is the ball bulging the net.
17:17Zizou, back post.
17:18Head up.
17:19From Mohamed, Mostafa Mohamed goes over the top.
17:25And you can see the difference now in attack.
17:28You can see, you know, the Egyptians' mind now.
17:31They want to go for it.
17:32They want to go equalize.
17:33So 100%, that's why.
17:37Marwan Atiyah coming off.
17:40And coming on Salah Mossek.
17:43Salah Mossek from Masri has had one game in this tournament.
17:53That was the draw with Angola, where Egypt had already qualified
17:57from the group stage, used all of their fringe players,
18:02gave them a bit of a run out.
18:06That's the best thing to do.
18:08Stop them from bringing all those crosses.
18:09You can see that's what they're looking for.
18:11Get the ball wide.
18:12You can see how many red shirts are in front of the Senegalese goal.
18:17We're inside the final minute now.
18:22Zizou on the edge of the area.
18:24Zizou again.
18:25Shot from Barbush.
18:27First shot on target in the game.
18:30On the clock.
18:31And the referee just looked at his watch.
18:33Long ball in.
18:34This is the last attack from Egypt.
18:36How close are Senegal to the final?
18:39Down goes Mohamed.
18:41Play on, says the referee.
18:47Senegal waiting for the final whistle here.
18:51They'll be going to Rabat to the final to play Morocco or Nigeria.
18:58If they can hold out in these closing stages.
19:03It's all over.
19:05Senegal are in the final of the Africa Cup of Nations.
19:11They have him to thank him because he has stepped up, you know, and he has done the business, you know, for Senegal.
19:24You can see the Egyptian players, you know, on the top, few of them on the top, you know.
19:29It's a beautiful game of football.
19:32Tactically, you know, both teams, one got it right, one got it wrong.
19:37You know, Senegalese, they continue playing the way they know how to play, the way they started from the group stages.
19:42You know, Egyptians knew, you know, the force that they're coming to play against the Senegalese.
19:47The quality of players the Senegalese, you know, have on the pitch.
19:50If they go toe-to-toe, they might end up struggling and they held back.
19:53But when they went down, they went for attack, but it was too late.
19:58Sadio Mane scores.
19:59Senegal progress.
20:01They're into the final of the African Cup of Nations.
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