Africa-Press – Gambia. The second instalment of the trilogy featuring Egypt and Senegal dominated the narrative for the African play-offs for places at the 2022 World Cup fin Qatar.
Senegal claimed the first part with their gripping penalty shoot-out triumph in the final at the Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon in February.
And with Egypt winning part two 1-0 courtesy of an Saliou Ciss own-goal, the final chapter on Tuesday at the Stade Abdoulaye Wade near Dakar will still produce tension.
Liverpool teammates Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mané both played on Friday night in the game at the Cairo International Stadium for Egypt and Senegal respectively. The duo are expected to feature in the final instalment.
“It’s a 0-0 World Cup game,” said Egypt boss Carlos Queiroz of the second leg.
“Everything is open. We need to be more powerful, we need to defend with all of our players. We will probably need to fight for our lives in Dakar,” he added.
Senegal boss Aliou Cissé called on fans to ramp up the atmosphere on Tuesday night.
Urgency
“I’ve been in this business for years,” he told reporters after returning with the team from Egypt.
“I was a Senegalese international and there is a mentality that our public has not yet adopted. We must have more chauvinism as we see in Algeria, Tunisia where journalists, politicians become supporters when the national team plays.
“I hope that on Tuesday those who want to come in suits and ties give their seats up to those wearing the team’s shirts. We want to see the colours green yellow and red on the stands. I call on all these supporters to come and push the team.”
Cissé was part of the side that reached the last eight in 2002 and he was in charge during the 2018 tournament where Senegal failed to advance from the group stage on a fair play rule introduced at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
Out
Senegal and Japan finished level on points, goal difference and head-to-head in Group C. But the Africans were eliminated due to having accumulated two more yellow cards than Japan.
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