AFCONSadio Mane scores 97th-minute winner in Senegal opener
Sadio Mane fired home a 97th-minute penalty to secure Senegal a 1-0 victory over Zimbabwe in their 2021 Africa Cup of Nations opening match.
The Liverpool forward kept his cool from the spot deep into added time in Bafoussam and bagged three points for his country as Group B got under way on Monday afternoon.
Mane played the whole of the contest for the 2019 runners-up, who are next in action at the tournament on Friday against Naby Keita’s Guinea.
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Later in the afternoon, Keita helped Guinea also make a successful start to their AFCON campaign with a 1-0 defeat of Malawi in the same group.
The Reds midfielder was involved for the entirety of an encounter that was decided by a 35th-minute goal from Issiaga Sylla.
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