The Teranga Lions qualified for their third AFCON final after defeating Burkina Faso on Wednesday (3-1).
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The Teranga Lions return to the CAN final. After a sluggish first period against Burkina Faso in the semi-finals of Stadium Ahmadou–Ahidjoat Yaounde (Cameroon), Wednesday, February 2Senegal opened the scoring in the 71st minute on a corner obtained by Ismaila Sarr and received by Kalidou Koulibaly who found Abdou Diallo to offer the first goal for Senegal.
A few minutes later, the Lions of Teranga confirmed their good reading of the game. Bamba Dieng overflowed on the left side and allowed the Lions of Teranga to fly to the score. Only Ibrahim Blati Toure managed to break the Senegalese dynamic by scoring with the right shin in the 82nd minute. Something to give hope to Burkina Faso. Hope very quickly showered by Sadio Mané, who concluded a lightning counter-attack with a shot over the goalkeeper (3-1).