Boulaye Dia scored in the fourth minute as Senegal won the second game 1-0 for an overall 1-1 draw at the new Diamniadio Olympic Stadium, which was packed with a capacity of 50,000 people hours before the start.
The nerve-wracking penalty kick started with four misses, including by the two leaders – Kalidou Koulibali and then Mohamed Salah – but Mane won the penalty shoot-out, repeating his heroism in last month’s Africa Cup of Nations final.
Egypt had scored a goal in the fourth minute last Friday in the first match in Cairo, but that advantage quickly eroded on Tuesday.
Santo Mane takes the winning penalty for Senegal in the World Cup qualifiers against Egypt
Idrissa Gana Gueye’s foul was chased by Egyptian defender Ahmed Fattouh straight into Dia’s path, which took two attempts to put it up close.
Earlier in the night, a shot by Thomas Parte through a mistaken goalkeeper helped Ghana secure a 1-1 draw with Nigeria in Abuja on Tuesday, becoming the first African team to qualify for the Qatar World Cup.
Ghana advance to the finals with the rule of away goals after the first match ended goalless on Friday and will take part in the fourth World Cup after appearing in three in a row between 2006 and 2014.
The visitors took the lead at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium in 10 minutes, when Partey’s shot from outside the box fell to the home side’s goalkeeper Francis Ujoho, who should have made a comfortable save.
The hosts were ahead early to cancel Egypt’s first game in the first match last Friday
The most spectacular Nigeria equalized through a penalty, as Denis Odoi hit Ademola Lookman in the area and William Troost-Ekong’s thunderous spot-kick nestled in the top corner, but they could not find the winner they needed.
Nigeria has qualified for six of the previous seven World Cups dating back to the United States in 1994, and its absence from this year’s tournament will spark an investigation by the country’s football authorities.
But for Ghana, and their newly appointed technical advisor, Chris Hewton, it’s a major triumph in a qualifying campaign in which they never impressed and looked like a shadow of the team that reached the 2010 World Cup quarterfinals.
They defended for much of the 90 minutes in Abuja, rarely looked threatening after the goal, but also faced few alarms from a Nigerian team without an offensive threat.
Nigeria thought they had a second when Victor Osimhen scored, but the VAR rightly judged it to be offside in concentration.
Arsenal midfielder Thomas Partey helped Ghana reach this year’s tournament in Qatar
Emmanuel Dennis sent the home side out in the second half and Osimhen sent a bike over the crossbar, but it was largely comfortable for Ghana in the final stages as it kept most of the 60,000 fans in Abuja frustrated.
Later on Tuesday, Karl Toko Ekambi won in the 124th minute as Cameroon impressed in their Qatari World Cup with a 2-1 victory over Algeria in the play-off draw at the Stade Mustapha Tchaker on Tuesday.
Algeria seemed to have closed their place when Ahmed Touba scored with three minutes left in extra time, but as Cameroon pushed everyone forward for the final game of the match, Toko Ekambi held on to a loose ball for to achieve a very unlikely winner. .
The victory in the away goals rule seals an eighth appearance in the World Cup finals for the Indomitable Lions and follows the 1-0 victory for Algeria in the first match on Friday which left them a heavy favorite for the qualification.
It marks a disastrous few months for the North African team that was eliminated from the finals of the African Cup of Nations, which ironically played in Cameroon, in the first round in January as it left the title it won in 2019.
Cameroon also qualified for the World Cup with a last-minute away goal against Algeria
Morocco closes its position in Qatar overthrowing Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday
Morocco also qualified after Azzedine Ounahi scored a double as he overcame his first-half injuries and beat the Democratic Republic of the Congo 4-1 in the second game of Tuesday’s playoffs.
Morocco advanced 5-2 overall after a 1-1 draw in Kinshasa in Friday’s first leg and will play in the finals for the sixth time.
Tarik Tissuoadali and Achraf Hakimi scored the other goals for Morocco, who took a 2-0 lead at halftime, despite losing defender Jawad El Yamiq after six minutes with a muscle injury and having to take off goalkeeper Yassine Bounou. , who suffered a concussion after two blows. the head in aerial duels, in the 43rd.
Substitute Ben Malongo made consolation for the Congolese with a shot on goal from the edge of the box that was the choice of the night’s effort.
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