Goals and Highlights of Burkina Faso 1-3 Senegal on African Cup

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A place in the final could mean the first African Cup championship, it will be a very decisive match for this nation.

 

This is the third time Senegal has advanced to the final of the African Cup, although it has lost the previous two. Will it make it this time?

The referee blows the final whistle and SENEGAL IS IN THE GRAND FINAL!

The score ends with a resounding 3-1.

Sadio Mané sentences the match with a great goal!
Burkina loses the ball at the start and after an impressive run, Mané coolly chipped the ball past the goalkeeper.

Ibrahim acorta la distancia en el marcador y el equipo de Burkina busca el empate a toda costa. 

A fortuitous play that ends with two shots from defensive players opens the scoring for the match.

 

Great effort from Mané who recovers the ball on the back line, puts the precise pass to Gueye who just one-timed the ball into the net.

After a corner kick, Koulibaly takes a bicycle kick and the ball is left to Diallo who sends the ball into the back of the net;

An aerial free kick is well won by the Burkina Faso defense.

Traoré is unable to finish with his right foot.

Second half of the semifinal begins: Burkina Faso 0-0 Senegal.

The first half ended goalless.

After reviewing the penalty shot in the VAR, the referee annuls the action and withdraws the yellow card on the Burkina Faso player.

Mendy's shot hits Tapsoba's hand and the referee awards a penalty kick to Senegal.

In the end it was the Burkina Faso goalkeeper who bore the brunt of the harsh clash and the referee correctly ruled that it was not a penalty.

 

Bandé shoots close to Senegal's goal and Mendy makes an extraordinary save.

After some instructions from his coach, Kouyaté returns to the field.

Koffi leaves the field and goalkeeper Farid enters the field.

After reviewing the play in the VAR, the referee does not sanction a penalty against Burkina Faso.

The goalkeeper comes out to cut the ball with his hands and collides very hard against the player Kouyate, who is left on the wall and leaves the field with a necklace.

Dieng's header goes wide of the goal.

Dangerous corner kick but Tapsoba comes out to cut it off well on the line.

Mané was trying to get down the flank but the Liverpool player is very well marked.

Traoré's shot is easily saved by Mendy.

Bande's pipe; on Koulibaly, who ends up committing a foul.

The Senegal team has taken possession of the match early but have been fouled several times in the last area of the field.

The match Burkina Faso vs Senegal kicks off.

The anthems of Burkina Faso and Senegal are already being sung, with a great atmosphere among the fans of both nations aspiring to the title.

The last time these teams met was in the 2017 World Cup qualifiers, in a match that ended with a 2-2 score.

They will be in charge of directing the actions of the match: 

Head referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa.

Assistant referee: Mohammed Abdallah Ibrahim.

Assistant referee: Gilbert Cheruiyot.

Fourth official: Peter Waweru Kamaku.

The Senegalese come into this match with 11 consecutive unbeaten games, making them overwhelming favorites to advance to the final. Will there be a surprise?

The Senegalese goalkeeper is one of the team's greatest weapons, having been beaten in only one of four games.

The cloudy day in Cameroon will give us the first finalist of the match, here a picture of the field a few minutes before kickoff.

Cisse will take the field with these 11 players: 

16. E. MENDY; 2. S. CISS, 22. A. DIALLO, 3. K. KOULIBALY, 20. B. SARR, 6. N. MENDY, 8. C. KOUYATÉ, 10. S. MANÉ, 5. I. GUEYE, 15. C. DIENG and 19. F. DIÉDHIOU.

These are the 11 players who will start this afternoon's match: 

16. H. KOFFI; 25. S. YAGO, 14. I. DAYO, 12. E. TAPSOBA, 9. I. KABORÉ, 24. A. GUIRA, 20. G. SANGARÉ, 22. I. TOURÉ, 21. C. BAYALA, 10. BERTRAND TRAORÉ and 19. H. BANDÉ.

In a few moments we will share with you the lineups and all the details of Burkina Faso vs Senegal.

In a few moments we will present you all the details, data and lineups of this semifinal match that will undoubtedly be very interesting.

The match will be broadcasted by beIN Sports.

If you prefer to follow the match online, remember that VAVEL USA is your best option. 

Cissé's team started with this lineup in the last match:

16. E. MENDY; 2. S. CISS, 22. A. DIALLO, 3. K. KOULIBALY, 20. B. SARR, 26. P. GUEYE, 6. N. MENDY, 5. I. GUEYE, 10. S. MANÉ, 19. F. DIÉDHIOU and 9. B. DIA.

These are the 11 players Kamou Malo started with in the quarterfinal match:

16. H. KOFFI; 25. S. YAGO, 12. E. TAPSOBA, 4. S. OUATARRA, 9. I. KABORÉ, 22. I. TOURÉ, 24. A. GUIRA, 28. DANGO OUATTARA, 21. C. BAYALA, 20. G. SANGARÉ and 2. D. OUATTARA.

The Senegalese team has one of the best attacks in the playoffs, with five goals in two games. 

Undoubtedly this would not be possible without their biggest star, Sadio Mané, the Liverpool player leads his team's attack and also contributes with goals constantly. 

The fact that Burkina is in the semifinals is largely due to good defensive work, led by goalkeeper Hervé Koffi. 

His reflexes and good performances have allowed his team to win very important matches to continue advancing in the playoffs. 

Despite having only five points in the group stage, the Senegalese team has not lost in its five matches.

In addition, this team has been very solid offensively during the playoffs, defeating Equatorial Guinea in the semifinal by a score of 3-1.
 

During the entire tournament, Burkina Faso has suffered only one defeat in the opening match when they lost to Cameroon by a score of 2-1. 

Since then, they have not lost again and have been a very solid opponent when defending; they have only conceded four goals in five matches. 

The Burkina Faso vs Senegal match will be played at the stadium Ahmadou Ahidjo, on Yaundé, Camerún with a capacity of 42,500 people.

This sports venue is mainly used for soccer matches and also has athletics facilities. 

It was built in 1972, but has been renovated in 2016 in view of the Women's African Nations Cup.

It is currently the home stadium of Canon Yaoundé, Tonnerre Yaoundé and the Louves Minproff women's club.

My name is Salvador Espino and I’ll be your host for this game.

We will provide you with pre-game analysis, score updates, and news as it happens live here on VAVEL.

A semi-final duel that will define the first candidate to win the African Cup. 

On the one hand, Burkina Faso arrives after having defeated Gabon and Tunisia in the previous direct elimination rounds, while Senegal defeated Cape Vert and Equatorial Guinea.