Senegal To 2022 Africa Cup Of Nations Quarter-finals After Beating Nine Tanjung Verde Players 2-0

Senegal Vs Cape Verde (Twitter @CAF_Online)

JAKARTA - The Senegal national team continued its progress to the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals after beating Tanjung Verde 2-0 in the round of 16 match at the Kouekong Stadium, Bafoussam, Cameroon, Tuesday local time.

Quoted from Antara, Wednesday, January 26, Senegal has a big advantage because they only need to face nine Cape Verdean players, following the red cards received by midfielder Patrick Andrade and goalkeeper Vozinha.

The first red card came out of the pocket of referee Lahlou Benbraham in the 21st minute after VAR reviewed Patrick's foul on Pape Gueye.

📹 𝐇𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐒: 🇸🇳 2-0 🇨🇻

Goals from Sadio Mane and Bamba Dieng put #TeamSenegal in the quarter-finals.

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The situation of eleven against ten has not been able to be utilized by Senegal until the first half ended with a goalless score.

Then in the 57th minute, the referee issued his second red card in this match because Vozinha came out of his nest to bring down Sadio Mane.

Facing nine Cape Verdean players, Senegal finally managed to open the scoring through Mane's success in utilizing a wild ball in a corner kick in the 63rd minute. The goal was reviewed by VAR before finally being approved by the referee.

The woes allowed Senegal to control the game quite a bit, but Cape Verde almost equalized in the 85th minute through Julio Tavares' right-footed shot that was saved by goalkeeper Edouard Mendy.

Two minutes into injury time, Bamba Dieng completed Senegal's 2-0 win when the Marseille forward took advantage of Famara Diedhiou's pass on the counter-attack.

FULL TIME! ⏰#TeamSenegal 2️⃣-0️⃣ #TeamCapeVerde #TotalEnergiesAFCON2021 | #AFCON2021 | #SENCPV pic.twitter.com/qDDqgCKcMq

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In the quarter-finals later, Senegal will meet the winner of the other round of 16 match between Mali and Equatorial Guinea which was only played a day ago.