{"id":13405,"date":"2022-03-30T19:41:56","date_gmt":"2022-03-30T19:41:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/senegal-returns-to-world-cup"},"modified":"2022-03-30T20:03:30","modified_gmt":"2022-03-30T20:03:30","slug":"senegal-returns-to-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/senegal-returns-to-world-cup","title":{"rendered":"Senegal returns to World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span>Sadio Man\u00e9 sent his country to the World Cup at the expense of Liverpool teammate Mohamed Salah yesterday as Senegal beat Egypt 3-1 in a penalty shootout after their playoff ended 1-1 on aggregate.<\/p>\n<p>Senegal\u2019s victory, with Man\u00e9 hitting the winning spot-kick, was a repeat of the African Cup of Nations final last month when Man\u00e9 clinched a first major title for his country by also scoring the winning penalty in a shootout against the Egyptians.<\/p>\n<p>There was more pain for Salah, who missed Egypt\u2019s first penalty in this shootout and again had to watch as Man\u00e9 celebrated a major victory. The teams missed the first four penalties of the shootout. Senegal captain Kalidou Koulibaly hit the crossbar with the first penalty. But Salah then blasted his penalty over the crossbar. Egypt missed three of its four penalties.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, Man\u00e9 was given the chance to seal a place at the World Cup in Qatar with Senegal\u2019s fifth penalty. He looked at the referee, gave him a thumbs-up and then smashed it down the middle and celebrated in front of his home fans.<\/p>\n<p>The game finished 1-0 for Senegal after extra time thanks to a fourth-minute own goal by Egypt\u2019s Hamdi Fathi. That left it 1-1 on aggregate after Egypt\u2019s narrow first-leg victory in Cairo on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s just the third time Senegal has qualified for the World Cup and the first time it has reached back-to-back tournaments after also making it to Russia in 2018. Before that, Senegal\u2019s only other appearance was in 2002, when it surprised everyone to reach the quarterfinals on its World Cup debut.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana Ghana earlier became the first team from Africa to qualify for this year\u2019s World Cup with a 1-1 draw in Nigeria in the second leg of their tie to advance on away goals.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas Partey scored the decisive goal for Ghana in the 10th minute in Abuja. William Troost-Ekong equalized for Nigeria with a penalty in the 22nd but Nigeria couldn\u2019t use its home advantage to get a winner.<\/p>\n<p>The teams drew 0-0 in Ghana in the first leg. The result soothed the pain of a terrible African Cup of Nations campaign for Ghana, when the four-time African champion was eliminated in the group stage in Cameroon in January.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\">Gambia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. Sadio Man\u00e9 sent his country to the World Cup at the expense of Liverpool teammate Mohamed Salah yesterday as Senegal beat Egypt 3-1 in a penalty shootout after their playoff ended 1-1 on aggregate. 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