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The hosts have some consolation  CAFonline The Indomitable Lions of Cameroon came back from three goals down to beat Burkina Faso on penalties to win bronze following a 3-3 stalemate at the ongoing TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations Cameroon 2021. The hosts showed character to claim the third place in an absorbing match against the Stallions of Burkina Faso at the Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo in Yaoundé. Experienced Ambroise Oyongo scored the decisive penalty to win it after Ibrahim Blati…

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* Date Senegal in Sunday’s final — fight of two Liverpool stars, Sadio Mane for Senegal and Mo Sallah for Egypt Maravi Express Hosts Cameroon had two penalty shots saved by Egypt’s goalkeeper and one sent wide in their post-semifinal match penalties on Thursday while the Pharaohs converted all their three to win 3-1 and storm into the 33rd edition of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) on Sunday. The record champions Egypt will now face the Teranga Lions…

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CAFonline Hosts Cameroon and record champions Egypt will now face each other for the 11th Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) encounter tonight which is a record as no two teams have met on more occasions in the competition’s history. Between them they lifted the Holy Grail of African Football twelve times, seven for the Pharaohs and five for the Indomitable Lions. Egypt, the record seven-time champions — 1957, 1959, 1986, 1998 and back-to-back in 2006, 2008 and 2010 (all…

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Senegal storm their third AFCON final CAFonline The Teranga Lions of Senegal produced a brilliant second half performance to beat Burkina Faso 3-1 to qualify into Sunday’s TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations Cameroon 2021 final. Defender Abdou Diallo started the party for the 2019 losing finalists when he calmly slotted in from close range on 71 minutes. The PSG defender kept his cool inside the Burkinabe box after Koulibaly’s volley fell on his path before guiding his shot past…

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Egypt and Morocco in action Maravi Express The disciplinary board Confederation of African Football (CAF) has imposed a fine of US$100,000 USD, with US$50,000 suspended, to the Egypt Football Association (EFA) for breaching CAF TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations Cameroon 2021 media protocols and directives. The Egypt FA snubbed a media press conference on Saturday ahead of their match against Morocco in the quarterfinals which is part of the obligations for all the participating teams. Media and CAF Rights…

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Patrick and Kamou Malo CAFonline One of the most beautiful stories of the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations AFCON Cameroon 2021 — in addition to their qualification for the semi-finals of the continent’s flagship tournament — two Stallions from Burkina Faso are living a dream: coach Kamou Malo and and his player son, central defender Patrick Malo. The two men fly the colors of Burkina Faso during this TotalEnergies AFCON, with the aim of going as far as possible…

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CAFonline As Burkina Faso and Senegal face each other for the third time in Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) history — but the first in a semifinal — two players will certainly be the attraction of this game — Bertrand Traoré on the Burkinabe side and Sadio Mané on the Senegalese front. This is a match between two teams that have been moving forward since the start of this edition of Africa’s flagship competition and the captains have already contributed…

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Maravi Express Burkina Faso, who have impressed since the start of the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) with a fluid, offensive and forward-looking game, are set to write more history as they face Senegal in the semifinal tonight in West African derby. The Stallions and Teranga Lions will search for a place in the much awaited final on February 6 against winners of the other semifinal between Egypt and the hosts Cameroun. The Burkinabe finished third in their…

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* The Teranga Lions of Senegal will now face Burkina Faso in the semi-final stage on February 2 * The Pharaohs of Egypt will now play hosts Cameroon in the semi-finals in Yaounde Maravi Express Senegal proved they were the number 1 team in Africa on Sunday when the Lions of Teranga booked a place in the semi-final stage of the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations Cameroun 2021 by defeating Equatorial Guinea 3-1 in the quarterfinal. Senegal had not…

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Former Senegal international Khalilou Fadiga has paid tribute to the performance produced by Gambia and Equatorial Guinea at the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Cameroun 2021, saying he has seen the emergence of new talents that were not expected at this very high-level competition. Gambia a historic qualification into the quarterfinals after beating Guinea 1-0 last Monday as the Scorpions continue to send shockwaves in their debut appearance — who were without a loss in the competition so…

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