AFCON 2021 Final: Senegal vs Egypt; Preview, Time in India, Head-to-Head, Live Streaming Info

In
a
thrilling
sub-plot,
the
final
will
see
Liverpool
forwards
Mohamed
Salah
of
Egypt
and
Cameroon’s
Sadio
Mane
face
off
against
each
other.

Reds
manager
Jurgen
Klopp
could
be
forgiven
for
wishing
both
teams
had
been
knocked
out
sooner
so
he
could
have
Mane
and
Salah
back
on
Merseyside,
but
he
described
it
as
a
“great
achievement”
to
see
both
players
competing
for
the
trophy.

“Now
it’s
obviously
not
so
easy
because
one
will
definitely
be
really
happy
after
and
the
other
one
much
less
so,
but
both
have
a
good
chance
to
achieve
something
really
big,”
the
gaffer
said.

African
Cup
of
Nations
(AFCON)
2021:
Full
schedule,
timing
in
IST,
venues,
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groups
and
telecast
details

Mohamed
Abou
Gabal
did
the
star
turn
for
Egypt
as
they
reached
the
AFCON
2021
final
at
the
expense
of
hosts
Cameroon
with
a
3-1
success
on
penalties.

After
120
minutes
of
scoreless
action
at
the
Olembe
Stadium
in
Yaounde
(Cameroon),
goalkeeper
Abou
Gabal
saved
spot-kicks
from
Harold
Moukoudi
and
James
Lea
Siliki
before
Clinton
N’Jie
completely
missed
the
target.

AFCON
2021:
Egypt
shoots
out
Cameroon,
sets
up
dream
final
with
Senegal

In
the
final,
the
Pharaohs
will
be
without
coach
Carlos
Queiroz
as
the
Portuguese
taskmaster
will
not
be
in
the
dugout
after
being
sent
off
for
two
displays
of
dissent
towards
the
end
of
normal
time.

Earlier,
Senegal
reached
a
second
consecutive
AFCON
final
as
goals
from
Abdou
Diallo,
Idrissa
Gueye
and
Sadio
Mane
secured
a
3-1
win
over
Burkina
Faso
in
the
first
semifinals.

AFCON
2021:
Sadio
Mane
takes
Senegal
into
final

Aliou
Cisse’s
side
were
denied
a
first
AFCON
title
by
Algeria
back
in
2019,
but
they
will
have
another
chance
to
get
their
hands
on
the
trophy
against
Egypt
in
Sunday’s
decider
after
edging
their
semifinal.

It
may
be
recalled
that
after
a
year’s
delay
due
to
the
coronavirus
(COVID-19)
pandemic,
the
33rd
edition
of
the
Confederation
of
African
Football
(CAF)-sanctioned
AFCON
began
in
Cameroon
on
January
9.

The
tournament
was
being
be
played
across
five
cities
and
six
stadiums
—
Olembe
Stadium
and
Stade
Ahmadou
Ahidjo
in
the
capital
Yaounde,
the
Japoma
Stadium
in
Douala,
the
Limbe
Stadium
in
Limbe,
the
Kouekong
Stadium
in
Bafoussam
and
the
Roumde
Adjia
Stadium
in
Garoua.

Salah
did
not
need
to
take
a
penalty
in
the
semifinal
shoot-out
with
Cameroon,
who
beat
them
in
their
last
final
appearance
in
2017,
as
the
host
nation
missed
three
kicks
in
a
row
to
send
the
Pharoahs
through.

This
will
be
a
record-equalling
ninth
AFCON
final
for
Egypt
and
their
first
meeting
with
Senegal
in
this
competition
since
the
2006
semifinals,
which
they
won
2-1
en
route
to
lifting
the
trophy.

Final
is
scheduled
at
the
60,000
seater
Olembe
Stadium.
Game
on!
Bring
it
on!

Match:
Senegal
vs
Egypt

Date:
February
6,
8pm
local
time
(12.30am
IST,
Monday,
Feb
7)

Venue:
Olembe
Stadium

Head-to-Head:
Played
12,
Egypt
won
6,
Senegal
won
4,
draw
2

Where
to
watch:
There
is
no
live
telecast,
but
you
can
live
stream
the
AFCON
2021
via

CAF
TV
YouTube
Channel.
You
can
also
follow
all
the
results,
updates,
match
reports
and
analysis
on

myKhel.com.