…Senegal wins 3-0,stresses Nigeria
Diminutive 18 year old Club Lions of Senegal left winger and FC Metz B Team player, Pape Amadou Diallo on Wednesday emerged the first U20 player at the CAF Youth Championship in Egypt to score a brace meaning two goals in a match.
He achieved the feat by slamming a text book curtain raiser at 45+2 just before the break and a montage header of a goal just five minutes to end the match to sink the Mozambique U20 in Group A.
THE RESULT MEANS SENEGAL IS THE FIRST TEAM TO QUALIFY FOR THE QUARTERFINALS. Cover picture is that of Amadou Diallo.
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P. Diop had come rampaging with the second goal at 53rd minute but Score Board read Senegal 3 Mozambique 0 at the final whistle making the second clean slate, that is not conceding a goal in a match, for the Cub Lions.
It was a day Senegal sent Mambas of Mozambique back to the classrooms after the team looked good for the exit door as she played goalless with Egypt in the group opener and would play already wounded Flying Eagles of Nigeria in the last group match on Saturday at 1800 hours. Mozambique, was kicked out of the group stage in their first appearance at Mauritania in 2021 scoring one goal and conceding 8 goals.
Against Senegal, the Mambas had n shot on target meaning there was no chance to score at all; had poor ball possession or control with 33-67%; were average with accurate passes with 58-81; were subdued with 7 corner kicks of Senegal to 4 and committed 13 fouls to Senegal’s 17.
This result looks like putting stress on the Flying Eagles who are trailing three points down to Egypt and has to beat Egypt with at least 2-0 to place second in the group at 1800 hours of Wednesday.
Later at 6pm, the Flying Eagles will be playing a Reggae Blues called Redemption song against hosts Egypt as a loss in that match may indicate early exist for the team with the greatest tournament records. Nigeria, seven times title holders has to win with good margin to top the group.
Super Eagles Captain Ahmed Musa had a video chat with the Flying Eagles to beat the Young Pharaohs roundly to enhance their chance for a quarterfinal qualification.
Tomorrow Thursday, Central African Republic will play South Sudan at 1500 hours for the first match in the second round of Group B and at 1800 Congo will play Uganda.
Eniola Olatunji reporting.
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