Salah’s Egypt, Mané’s Senegal into African Cup semifinals

Published January 30, 2022 9:53 am

YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — The biggest stars of African soccer are on course to meet in their continent’s biggest game. Mohamed Salah’s Egypt and Sadio Mané’s Senegal have reached the African Cup of Nations semifinals. Salah scored the equalizer and created the winner to inspire Egypt’s comeback to beat Morocco 2-1 after extra time in Sunday’s first quarterfinal. Mané set up Famara Diedhiou for Senegal’s opener in a 3-1 win over Equatorial Guinea later at the same Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium in Yaounde. Senegal plays Burkina Faso in the first semifinal on Wednesday. Egypt will play tournament host Cameroon in the semifinals on Thursday.

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