World Cup African qualifiers roundup: Senegal sink Egypt, Ghana beat Nigeria and more
Cameroon, Ghana, Morocco and Tunisia also booked their places in the finals on a frantic night of play-off action.
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Bruno Fernandes scores twice as Portugal seal their place at World Cup finals
Bruno Fernandes scored twice as Portugal sealed their place in their sixth consecutive World Cup finals with a 2-0 win over North Macedonia in Porto.
Saudi Arabia celebrate World Cup qualification in style with 1-0 win over Australia
JEDDAH: With Saudi Arabia’s place at the World Cup finals in Qatar already secured, the fans came to celebrate on Tuesday and the players responded by finishing their qualification campaign on a high in Jeddah.
Mané sends Senegal to World Cup, more penalty pain for Salah
Sadio Mané sent his country to the World Cup at the expense of Liverpool teammate Mohamed Salah on Tuesday as Senegal beat Egypt 3-1 in a penalty shootout after their playoff ended 1-1 on aggregate. Senegal’s victory, with Mané hitting the winning spot-kick, was a repeat of the African Cup of Nations final last month when Mané clinched a first major title for his country by also scoring the winning penalty in a shootout against the Egyptians. There was more pain for Salah, who missed Egypt’s first penalty in this shootout and again had to watch as Mané celebrated a major victory.
Sadio Mane's Senegal Trump Mohamed Salah's Egypt On Penalties To Reach FIFA World Cup
Liverpool star Sadio Mane converted a shoot-out penalty on Tuesday to take African champions Senegal to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar at the expense of Egypt. Senegal won the second leg of the African play-off 1-0 in in Diamniadio thanks to a fourth-minute goal from Boulaye Dia and the teams finished level at 1-1 on aggregate after extra time. As was the case in the Africa Cup of Nations final last month, Mane was entrusted with taking the crucial fifth Senegal kick and once again he made no mistake to give his side a 3-1 shoot-out victory.
World Cup 2022 qualifier wrap: Senegal foil Egypt again to reach finals
Sadio Mane slotted the decisive penalty to send Senegal to the World Cup finals while his Liverpool team-mate Mohamed Salah suffered shoot-out heartbreak for Egypt.
Sadio Mane ensures World Cup heartbreak for Liverpool team-mate Mohamed Salah
Sadio Mane slotted the decisive penalty to send Senegal to the World Cup finals while his Liverpool team-mate Mohamed Salah suffered shoot-out heartbreak for Egypt.
Mohamed Salah's Egypt out of World Cup after penalty shoot-out defeat to Senegal
Sadio Mane scored the decisive penalty to send Senegal to the World Cup finals while his Liverpool team-mate Mohamed Salah suffered heartbreak for Egypt.