Africa-Press – Angola. Senegal is looking for the second consecutive final and the third in its history tonight, when they face Burkina Faso, at 20:00, at the Ahamadou Ahidjo Stadium, in Yaoundé, in the first game of the semi-finals of the African Cup of Nations (CAN’2021). ).
It is the third confrontation in a final phase of the African championship between these two teams, in the previous ones, the Leões da Teranga won, a result that feeds the conviction of the fans of being favorites in the logo match.
In addition to the history, there is the quality of the squad, with emphasis on Sadio Mané, from Liverpool, Idriss Ghana, Paris Saint Germain, and Mendy, Chelsea’s first-choice goalkeeper.
These are the pillars on which the predictions of a Senegal victory are based.
Tonight’s opponent is, however, neither the Gambia nor the Comoros Islands, with all the respect and merit they deserve. It is Burkina Faso, which plays for the third time in the semi-finals of the African Cup of Nations, the last of which was in 2013, in South Africa.
It is clear that the team led by Pitroipa, Bancê, Kaboré and Bakary was by far superior to the one that parades today in Cameroon, but the presence in the semi-finals of this team allows them to have the legitimacy to believe that they can put their foot down to Senegal and achieve the first final in its history, despite all predictions pointing to its defeat.
If predictions dictated the outcome, football would no longer be football. There is no similarity between this modality with all others in which the big ones are always big. In football, will and luck defeat any favoritism, which explains the performance of the Gambia and the Comoros Islands, as well as Algeria, still champions.
If football were so obvious, teams considered to be small would not have many fans in the stadiums. Only the belief in the chance of a victory for either team makes football the opium of fans.
Any informed Senegalese fan knows this philosophy, and should go to the stadium expecting to walk out of it in tears.
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