After the African Cup of Nations (CAN) won in front of Egypt in 2022, Senegal wins the African Nations Championship (Chan) reserved for players playing in their national championship. If we count the qualification for the World Cup where the Teranga Lions managed to climb to the round of 16, we can say that Senegalese football is truly on the roof of Africa even if, for this edition of Chan , he missed, for non-sporting reasons, the other heavyweight of the African round ball: Morocco, semi-finalists of the World Cup and winner of the last two editions of Chan.
In a game of average bill, the two teams were neutralized at the end of regulation time and after extra time. The illustration was that it took an hour of play to see a shot on target. Each team distinguished itself in its own way to achieve its goals. At the Nelson-Mandela stadium in Baraki, before the two teams were diluted in a match with many technical faults, the Teranga Lions developed a counter game while the Fennecs distinguished themselves for a long time with a possession game. With the two best defenses in the competition – Algeria conceded no goals, Senegal conceded only one – both teams went to penalties where the nerves of the keepers were strained.
Algeria held the winning ball to Mahious’s toe but the competition’s top scorer’s miss allowed the Pape Thiaw-coached side to stay alive, come back and win after Diouf challenged him. restored the advantage and that Kendouci, when the session had reached the stage of sudden death, found the bar. With this victory (0-0 a.p, 5 tab to 4), the Teranga Lions playing in the local championship offered revenge to their elders defeated by Algeria in Cairo in 2019 at the African Cup of Nations. With this performance, they hoist Senegalese football to the top of African football… alongside that of Morocco, whose unprecedented performance in the World Cup has been remembered.
