World play-offs 2022: Egypt dominates Senegal, Ghana and Nigeria back to back

After the draw between DR Congo and Morocco (1-1) and the victories of Algeria (in Cameroon, 1-0) and Tunisia (in Mali, 1-0), the last two play-offs go for try to qualify for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar were played on Friday evening. Egypt received Senegal for a rematch of CAN 2021 on one side, while Nigeria moved to Ghana on the other. At the Cairo International Stadium, the Pharaohs were keen to respond to the Lions, African champions after beating their evening opponent in the final in Cameroon. The continuation after this advertisement A second confrontation between the two stars of Liverpool: Sadio Mané and Mohamed Salah. It was the locals who took the advantage from the start of the game: following a long ball in the box deflected with a header by Mostafa Mohamed, Salah recovered the ball and sent his shot on the crossbar. Unhappy on the action, the knee of Saliou Ciss pushed the ball into the empty goals (1-0, 4th). Ten minutes later, Paris Saint-Germain central defender Abdou Diallo had to leave injured before the quarter-hour mark, replaced by Pape Abou Cisse (14th). Egypt bend but do not break Despite the conceded goal, Aliou Cissé’s Lions pushed and dominated in terms of chances before the break (35th, 37th). Returning from the locker room, the Senegalese showed much better offensive intentions, not only putting their foot on the ball but pushing back the Egyptian eleven in their last 25 meters. Set pieces and repeated crosses: Sadio Mané’s teammates tried everything to come back to score. But the Egyptian coach could count on a great Mohamed El Shenawy, imperial on his line and on his aerial outings. The score did not move. The Pharaohs take an option on qualification for the Qatari World Cup with this victory on the smallest of margins before the return next Tuesday. In the other game of the evening at the Baba Yara stadium in Kumasi, Black Stars and Super Eagles separated with a goalless draw despite Ghanaian domination. Friends of Moses Simon thought they would get a penalty in the last quarter of an hour, a decision finally canceled by the VAR (76th). A draw giving Nigeria home ground advantage for the second leg at the Lagos National Stadium.