The home stage of the African Championship is starting to lock in, and the picture of the qualifiers for the quarterfinals of the factory is slowly becoming clearer. Tonight (Tuesday) it was time for the second team to advance to the third and final game of the stage, at the end of which Senegal (0: 0 against Malawi) and Guinea (2: 1 against Zimbabwe) almost got into trouble, but in the end they survived and took the first two places on the way to the big 16 .
Senegal – Malawi 0: 0
It is doubtful that the star group in the possession of Sadio Mana expected to get involved like this against the relatively weak team on the other side, but this time too Senegal did not list and did not find the goal on the way to extract a point in the lock game of the stage. In any case, the Liverpool star and his teammates qualified from first place at home with 5 points, even though they finished the stage with a strange 0: 1 balance of goals, a reminder of the victory over Zimbabwe in the opening round.
Anyway, the surprising Malawi may join her from third place. The small team has 4: 2 balance points in goals, which may well be enough.
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Guinea – Zimbabwe 2: 1
After losing its first two games, Zimbabwe came and in the farewell game of the tournament tried to destroy Guinea’s plans, which it almost succeeded. Noldage Musona scored the first in the 26th minute, Kodkwasha of Anchi doubled in the 43rd minute, and Liverpool midfielder Nabi Keita only managed to shrink in the 49th minute with an impressive long-range kick.
In retrospect, Guinea’s small 0-1 win over Malawi in the opening round turned out to be the decisive game, on the way to the celebrations. By the way, he was quite happy on the other side as well, when on the way Zimbabwe put an end to a streak of 15 games without a win in the championship.
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