Highlights - Senegal 2-0 Cape Verde
THE END
90' There is no time for anything else! Referee points to the center of the pitch and blows his last whistle at the Stade Lat Dior! Senegal wins Cape Verde, 2-0!
Yellow card
89' Keita Balde of Senegal is cautioned. This is the first card of the match!
Oops
89' Senegal plays the ball in the backfield, and after a setback, Mendy misplaces the ball, Alexis Goncalves comes along and tangles with the goalkeeper, who falls to the turf.
GOAL! GOAL! GOAL! SENEGAL!
86' Sadio Mané goes to the ball, shoots hard on the goalkeeper's right corner and scores his 22nd goal in 71 international games
Substitution in Senegal
85' Mame Thiam in place of Ismaila Sarr.
Substitution in Cape Verde
85' João Paulo replaced Dylan Tavares
Penalty
84' After a long throw-in to Ismaila Sarr inside the area, two players split with him, one of them hits the number 18 with his right arm and the referee points to the whitewash.
Double substitution in Senegal
82' Fode Ballo-Toure and Cheikhou Kouyate in place of Saliou Ciss and Kalidou Koulibaly.
Cape Verde
78' After a quick move down the left, the ball is lifted into the box, Mendy is awkward, but manages to clear
The match is stopped
76' Time to hidrate
Substitution inSenegal
74' Moustapha Name replaces Lamine Gassama.
Double substitution in Senegal
71' Keita Balde and Pape Sarr in place of Nampalys Mendy and Boulaye Dia.
Substitution in Cape Verde
70' Alexis Gonçalves replaced Júlio Tavares
Cape Verde moves forward
67' Willy Semedo receives a free kick on the right wing, and takes the ball into the box for Júlio Tavares, but Diallo goes up with him and cuts it out for a corner
Triple substitution in Cape Verde
64' Cuca, Telmo Arcanjo and Bruno Leite in place of Lisandro Semedo, Nuno Borges and Kenny Rocha
Possession
62' Senegal: 53%, Cape Verde: 47%
Substitution in Cape Verde
59' Rely Cabral replaced Vagner Dias
GOAL! GOAL! GOAL! GOOOOAAAAAL FROM SENEGAL!
55' Gueye takes the ball on the edge of the box, hits it with his right foot, over the barrier, and hits the right angle of the goalkeeper, who remained motionless under the posts
Watch out
54' After a dispute inside the box, Diatta regains possession of the ball on the midfield and is fouled by Kenny Rocha.
Locked
5' After a lateral move on the left side, Mané invades the area, clears the marking and crosses, the defense partially removes and the rebound goes to Gueye, who finishes over the defense
Overview
3' Senegal starts better, Cape Verde pulls back
45 minutes to go
0' Referee blows the whistle to start the second half
1st half stats
Shots on goal: 2-0
Corners: 1-1
Offsides: 5-1
Free kicks: 0-1
Yellow cards: 0-0
Half-time
47' Referee Maudo Jallow ends the first half. Senegal 0-0 Cape Verde.
Senegal presses
46' Diatta takes a corner kick in the middle of the box, the defense gets a partial clearance, and the No. 15 himself gets the rebound. Cape Verde takes the ball back to Ciss on the halfway line. Júlio Tavares comes close and bumps the full-back, who falls to the ground, but recovers and returns to the match
Mohlin!
45' Following a free-kick from the left, Diatta heads a free kick into the box, but goalkeeper looks for it on the right corner and corners it away.
Injury time
45' Two minutes to end first half
Fail
42' After another long ball from the center circle, Diatta dominates on the right and crosses to Mané, who headers without power and it is easy for Mohlin to save high
It was close
39' Gassama clears the marking, goes to the back line and crosses to Ismaila. The No. 18 takes control, clears the defender, and shoots to the left of the goal.
Cape Verde attack
34' Vagner Dias takes off down the right wing and is brought down by Cis. Gassama complains to the referee and is cautioned. The Senegal defense gets the ball out of the way after the ball has been lifted into the box.
Hit the woodwork!
30' The ball comes in from the right side of the field and Kenny is free inside the penalty area. The No.10 heads the ball up, but the ball hits the crossbar and falls into the goalkeeper's hands
Lions on
20' Senegal comes more to the attack, and has shot twice, both times out wide, without bothering the goalkeeper Mohlin. The Lions' attack lacks precision, as there have already been four offsides for the home side.
Possession
15' Senegal: 45%, Cabo Verde: 55%
Overview
10' Balanced game so far, Cape Verde with more volume of game and already had a corner in favor
Let's go!
00' First Half begins at Stade Lat Dior
FIFA World Ranking
Present at the World Cup in Russia, Senegal is the best placed African team - 22nd place. Cape Verde appears in 73rd position.
Teams have already arrived at the Stad Lat Dior and are now in the final stage of preparation, making the last adjustments!
Estádio Lat Dior
— Federação Cabo-verdiana de Futebol (@fcfcomunica) June 8, 2021
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Senegal starting XI
16. Edouard Mendy, 21. Gassama, 2. Ciss, 6. Nampalys Mendy, 3. Koulibaly; 15. Diatta, 22. Diallo, 5. Gueye, 9. Dia, ; 10. Mané, 18. Sarr. Coach: Aliou Cissé.
Line-up Cape Verde
23. Mohlin; 02. Stopira, 14. Diney Borges, 8. Willy Semedo, 4. Steven Pereira, 16. Dylan Tavares, 5. Nuno Borges, 10. Kenny Rocha, 18. Lisandro Semedo, 11. Vagner Dias, 19. Júlio Tavares. Coach: Pedro Leitão "Bobista".
Passport: ready to go
Senegal and Cape Verde are confirmed in the Africa Cup of Nations that begins in January. There are 24 countries, and the last spot will be defined on Saturday (12), in the dispute between Sierra Leone and Benin. Senegal reached the final of the last edition, played in 2019 and won by Algeria by the score of 1-0.
⏰Flashback ⌛
Cape Verde's most successful generation is the one that won the 2000 Amilcar Cabral Cup against Senegal. Held between 1979 and 2007, the competition brought together African countries and has Senegal as its greatest champion - eight team honours (1979, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1991, 2001).
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Squad list: Cape Verde
Pedro Leitao, known as Bubista, took over the Cape Verdean national team in January 2020. Since then, he has played only six games - three wins, two draws, and one loss.
Goalkeepers: Vozinha, Mohlin.
Defenders: Furtado, Diney Borge, Steven Pereira,, Roberto Lopes, Stopira.
Midfielders: Kenny Rocha, Cuca, Nuno Borges, Dylan Tavares, Telmo Arcanjo, Vasco Lopes, .
Forwards: Rely Cabral, Willy Semedo, Lisandro Semedo, Vagner Dias, Gilson Tavares, Alexis Goncalves.
Squad list: Senegal
Goalkeepers: Edouard Mendy (Chelsea, England), Alfred Gomis (Rennes, France). Seny Dieng (Queens Park Rangers, England), Pape Seydou N'Diaye (ASC Jaaraaf de Dakar, Senegal), Abdoulaye Seck (Royal Antwerp, Belgium).
Defenders: Youssouf Sabaly (Bordeaux, France), Lamine Gassama (Goztepe, Turkey), Abdou Diallo (Paris Saint-Germain, France), Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli, Italy) Pape Abou Cisse (Saint-Etienne, France), Cheikhou Kouyate (Crystal Palace, England).
Midfielders: Saliou Ciss (AS Nancy, France), Idrissa Gueye (Paris Saint-Germain, France), Joseph Lopy (Sochaux, France), Moustapha Name (Paris FC, France), Krepin Diatta (Monaco, France), Nampalys Mendy (Leicester City, England), Pape Sarr (Metz, France), Sada Thioub (Angers, France).
Forwards: Famara Diédhiou (Bristol City, England), Sadio Mane (Liverpool, England), Keita Balde (Sampdoria, Italy), Habib Diallo (Strasbourg, France).
Key player: Cape Verde
Striker Vagner Dias, 25, plays for Metz (France), which finished last season in 10th place in Ligue 1. He scored six goals in 29 games and played the full 90 minutes in the victory over Brazil last weekend.
Key player: Senegal
Liverpool striker Sadio Mané scored 16 goals last season. He has scored 22 in 75 international appearances and even played in the 2018 World Cup, scoring in a 2-2 draw against Japan.
History of Senegal vs Cape Verde
Senegal and Cape Verde have met six times and the island team has lost every game. The last match took place on October 7, 2017, in Praia and ended 2-0. At the time, the clash was in the group stage of the Russian World Cup Qualifiers.
Cape Verde last match
Cape Verde's last match was on Saturday June 5th, when they beat the Brazilian U-23 team 2-1, in Belgrade, Serbia.
Line-up Cape Verde: 01. Vozinha; 02. Stopira, 15. Roberto Lopes, 04. Steven Pereira, 07. Furtado (14. Diney Borges); 16. Dylan Tavares (19. Rely Cabral), 10. Kenny Rocha, 21. Vasco Lopes (08. Willy Semedo), 13. Cuca; 11. Vagner e 18. Lisandro Semedo (05. Nuno Borges).
Senegal last match
Last weekend, Les Lions de la Teranga won a friendly match against Zambia 3-1, with goals from Mané (penalty), Diatta, and Sarr, and Chanda scoring the other goal.
Line-up Senegal vs Zambia: 23. Alfred Gomis, 21. Lamine Gassama (11. Moustapha Name), 03. Kalidou Koulibaly (08. Cheikhou Kouyate), 22. Abdou Diallo, 02. Saliou Ciss (13. Joseph Romeric Lopy); 05. Idrissa Gana Gueye, 06. Nampalys Mendy, 15. Krepin Diatta (07. Keita Balde), 10. Sadio Mane; 18. Ismailia Sarr (12. Fode Ballo-Toure), 09. Boulaye Dia (19. Famara Diedhiou).
Stadium
Stade Lat Dior is located in Thies, northwest Senegal, was inaugurated on April 3, 1979, and has a capacity of 20,000 fans.
Kick-off time
Senegal vs Cape Verde will be played at the Stade Lat Dior, in Thiès, northwest of Senegal. The kick-off is scheduled at 3:30 pm ET.
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