Africa Cup of Nations, round of 16: Senegal-Cape Verde 2-0, goals from Manè and Bamba Dieng

Still without completely convincing, but at least without risking anything, Senegal are in the quarter-finals of the African Cup of Nations. Mané and Dieng decide in the second half the clear 2-0 over Cape Verde, down from 21 ‘and even nine men at the beginning of the second half for a red questionable to say the least to the goalkeeper Vozinha. Tomorrow we will know the opponent of the Senegalese, who will come out of the eighth between Mali and Equatorial Guinea.

Welcome

–

The welcome of the islanders in the knockout phase of this Africa Cup is nothing short of traumatic, because within two handfuls of seconds the Lions of Teranga roar loudly: Sadio Mané unloads a great shot that presses violently against the post. On the pitch, as was easy to predict, there does not seem to be any comparison. Just like in Cameroon-Comore the previous day, then, at 21 ‘the Var signals a particularly dangerous intervention with a hammer foot on the shin, initially sanctioned with a warning: the referee changes his mind and sends Patrick Andrade to the locker room with a sacrosanct expulsion.

second half

–

Cape Verde thus flounders even more and the second half opens with a sensational episode: Mané collides “head to head” with the goalkeeper Vozinha and both remain on the ground, visibly confused. The goalkeeper staggers and is made to collapse on the sidelines in view of the change (he will then be transported to the hospital for investigations), but the referee consults the Var and chooses to anticipate him by expelling him. Bubista’s team in 9. When, in the 63rd minute, the Liverpool winger strikes a corner kick by sending a great shot on goal under the crossbar, the game is effectively over. Cape Verde experiences some tired reactions, then Senegal closes the match in the 92nd minute with Bamba Dieng.