Egypt are through to the final of the Africa Cup of Nations for the 10th time after beating hosts Cameroon 3-1 on penalties at the end of a goalless 120 minutes in Yaounde on Thursday and will face the Teranga Lions of Senegal who produced a brilliant second half performance to beat Burkina Faso 3-1 to qualify into Sunday's TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations Cameroon 2021 final.
Goalkeeper Mohamed Abou Gabal was the Egyptian hero, saving from both Harold Moukoudi and James Lea-Siliki in the shoot-out at the Olembe Stadium before Clinton Njie blazed wide with Cameroon's last chance to keep their dream alive.
The final is set Egypt will play Senegal. Egypt are looking for their first title since 2010 (which was the third title in a three-peat) having lifted the trophy on seven occasions. Senegal have never won the competition, but are in the final for the third time and the second AFCON in a row. Senegal fell to Algeria at the last tournament in 2019.
The most successful team in Africa Cup of Nations history meet a team that have never won it, Egypt and Senegal have also been drawn against each other in next month’s World Cup qualifying playoffs with two Liverpool attackers against each other as Mo Salah leads Egypt and Sadio Mane paces Senegal. Only one of the two Liverpool star forwards will play in Qatar this year after their nations were paired in African qualifying and Only one of the two will be crowned African Champions.
The African stars are two of the best players on the planet at present - in 20 Premier League games in 2021-22, Salah has scored 16 goals and provided nine assists, while Mane has netted eight times in the league for Liverpool, both have made major contributions to take their teams to the final of the AFCON and the final will be the first of three meetings between Egypt and Senegal over the next two months
Senegal vs Egypt is scheduled for a 20:00 kick-off on Sunday, February 6, 2022.
The Olembe Stadium in Yaounde, Cameroon will host the match
All times are in West Africa Standard Time
