HL – AFCON 2023 Senegal 3 vs 1 Cameroon
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00:00 [crowd noise]
00:09 Everything is set to get the second route started here at the Charles Cannon Stadium.
00:17 Capacity for 20,000 people.
00:21 [crowd noise]
00:25 I'm delighted to say that I am joined alongside me by a former Nations Cup winner.
00:31 A man who knows what it was very, very hot.
00:34 The tempo was very slow against the Gambia.
00:37 As you can see on your screen, there's only a little bit of sunshine as it's lost to the back.
00:41 Nkudu in immediately.
00:42 Jakobsen will swing it in for a second time.
00:44 There's not many minutes to ball in.
00:46 Headed it at the near post but unable to keep it on target.
00:49 Abdou Jellou.
00:51 So many games. One in midfield.
00:52 Nkudu swings it in deep but headed away.
00:56 Not fully cleared.
00:59 Saar. Nice little flicks here from Senegal.
01:02 The other Saar.
01:03 Pap Saar to Ismaila Saar.
01:07 Swings it in and another corner.
01:09 We've played, what, seven minutes and I think that's two corners apiece for each side.
01:14 Finding not a wide head again.
01:16 But that's not the best clearance.
01:17 And there's a little bit of space now in the box.
01:19 Low and hard and into the back of the net.
01:21 And Senegal have scored.
01:22 And they've broken the deadlock.
01:24 And they have scored a goal.
01:26 Ismaila Saar.
01:28 It might have been a deflection but Senegal won't care because with 60 minutes on the clock,
01:33 Senegal, the defending champions, lead against Cameroon.
01:37 And that is just the sort of start they'd have been after.
01:40 And now Allianz will turn to Cameroon and what they can do to come back.
01:45 And this will be the angle where we'll see if there's a deflection.
01:48 I think you can clearly see there was one.
01:50 And I think it came off Anguissa on its way into goal.
01:55 But a nice first touch here from Saar to set up the strike.
01:58 Hit it hard, hit it well and then off the inside thigh of Anguissa.
02:03 Another rap for Onana.
02:05 A wicked deflection there from Anguissa there.
02:07 But Onana's punch there, not such a very convincing punch there from Onana.
02:12 That puts his team under pressure there.
02:14 And the covering is also not so good.
02:16 So in that case, you get punished, you know.
02:18 So now we get to see how the Intermediate Allianz are going to get back into this game.
02:22 And we can stop talking about games with no goals.
02:25 The depth in the Senegalese team is really, really good.
02:30 And you can see the way they press the ball and want to win the ball.
02:34 That's well won by Neyou.
02:37 Excellent challenge from him.
02:38 Now into the middle, it goes just over the top.
02:40 But Mendy comes out to gather and spares.
02:43 Abdou Jalloh's blushes because Jalloh mistimed his header.
02:48 He's got men in space inside of Senegalese players who seem to find that's a nice bend.
02:52 Ball in.
02:53 And that's a really important punch from Onana as well.
02:55 Because the player who plays where he is, rather than not an out-and-out striker, is a remarkable record.
03:00 But here he comes, 25 yards on goal.
03:02 Look at the pass.
03:03 Senegal can double their lead.
03:05 But they can't because that's a terrific challenge.
03:07 In Cameroon two years ago.
03:10 Mane now.
03:11 The man who scored the winning penalty.
03:13 Into the box he goes.
03:15 Still not fully clear.
03:17 Habib Jalloh.
03:18 He just needed to lay that off.
03:19 Pass up.
03:20 Can he find a Cameroon head?
03:24 He can't because it's headed away and headed away.
03:27 Well by Sarr.
03:29 That's the half.
03:37 And Senegal who's taking the lead and putting its first step onto the Round 16.
03:44 Taking a quick break.
03:45 We'll be right back with the highlights.
03:47 From either side so far.
03:54 Mane.
03:56 Sorry, camera.
03:57 He tries to spread the play over to Sarr on the far side.
04:00 Oh, it was a lovely idea.
04:02 The execution wasn't quite right.
04:04 But that was wonderful free-flowing football from the Taranga Lions.
04:08 He'll deliver this again.
04:11 A little stutter as he does so.
04:12 In it goes.
04:13 Now this time there is a Cameroon head.
04:15 But it sails over the bar.
04:18 Kemop, I think it was, packed to its 20,000 capacity.
04:23 Lovely stuff this from Senegal.
04:25 Jalloh comes deep.
04:26 Yacob's on the charge.
04:28 Good tackle.
04:29 And that's going to be a corner.
04:31 And he had to get that right.
04:34 Gamalu swings it in.
04:36 Another corner.
04:37 Perhaps he'll get ahead on it.
04:40 He's got a bit of height.
04:41 In it comes.
04:42 And out of play it goes.
04:44 And Cameroonians, out of your shot, are demonstrating both on the pitch and in the stands.
04:51 Challenge as well.
04:53 Jalloh long up towards Jalloh.
04:56 Sarr can't get inside.
05:01 Mkhudu.
05:03 Now that's a better ball in the middle.
05:06 And Mendy spills it.
05:08 But that was good delivery.
05:10 Excellent into the right area.
05:12 Hopefully enjoying this clash of giants.
05:16 Cameroon yet to learn any sort.
05:19 And he's just glided into it.
05:22 That's a nice ball from Jalloh round the corner.
05:24 Oh, but he could have hit it.
05:25 He didn't.
05:26 Sarr into the middle.
05:27 They must make it two.
05:28 And Senegal double their lead.
05:30 And Habib Jalloh finally has his goal.
05:33 And surely Cameroon are beaten.
05:36 And the defending champions are going to be taking this game.
05:39 They are very, very good for their lead.
05:42 And they have just doubled it.
05:44 And that was an exquisite ball in from Ismail Sarr again.
05:47 His second assist of the tournament.
05:49 And Arnaut beaten.
05:51 And the Taranga Lions flying high, celebrating in front of their hordes of fans behind the goal.
05:57 And that was a delightful ball in.
06:00 And that was just something that must be done.
06:02 Look at how they are watching Senegal run through them.
06:06 It's so easy for Senegal.
06:07 Look at that.
06:08 They're watching.
06:09 They're giving space.
06:10 Look at that.
06:11 No one is tracking down their man.
06:12 So easy for Senegal to get a goal.
06:15 Well, it really was a brilliant ball in between defense and goalkeeper.
06:21 And Arnaut instantly blaming the defense through the legs of the defender.
06:25 Well, that certainly helped things in getting the ball into the middle.
06:29 Look at that.
06:30 Right through Nuhu's legs.
06:33 And that is a striker's dream.
06:35 And perfect timing as well because it comes just before the water break.
06:40 So Aliyu Sisse, I'm sure, might even think about shutting up shot.
06:44 But then equally he might think about inflicting some more damage.
06:47 Goal difference will be crucial.
06:51 So, Michel Canard, Bari Stadium in Yamoussoukro is glistening and glinting in the dark.
06:58 And a ball in!
06:59 And they do find the net with their first shot on target.
07:02 Cameroon.
07:03 And that was a terrific head up.
07:06 Castelleto, it is, who buries it past Mendy.
07:11 Is the comeback on from Cameroon?
07:14 Unlikely as it would be.
07:18 But they vary the play.
07:19 Good ball into the middle.
07:23 It's a lovely, lovely point of the box.
07:26 And the deficit is reduced.
07:28 Really good delivery, as you say.
07:31 And he attacked it as well, didn't he, Castelleto?
07:36 And that's going to make for a very, very interesting final few minutes, we hope.
07:41 Cham, the other substitute, delivering the ball in.
07:47 And a really, really good header low into the bottom corner.
07:50 Textbook stuff from Castelleto.
07:54 Castelleto swinging it in.
07:56 Is Camerouco in search of a second?
07:58 And they were inches away.
08:00 And out of nowhere, they could be back in this game.
08:05 Castelleto, who's beginning to put in some really good balls.
08:07 And another one from him.
08:08 And they're queuing up!
08:09 And that should have been two!
08:11 And the substitutes are off the bench.
08:13 And they don't understand how that was missed either.
08:16 And he plays Gannagay, overlapping down the right-hand side.
08:19 Jai's in the middle.
08:20 Mane is two!
08:21 And Mane finds the back of the net and seals the win.
08:24 And Senegal finally clinched this battle.
08:27 3-1 to the Terengge Lions.
08:30 Killing off Cameroon's comeback.
08:33 The indomitable Lions could have got level just seconds ago.
08:37 And instead, Sajo Mane, with his first goal of the 2023 Nations Cup,
08:43 has sealed the victory for the defending champions.
08:45 And Senegal are going into the knockout phase of this tournament.
08:49 Excellent cutback, excellent finish.
08:51 He knew exactly where he wanted to put it.
08:54 Didn't he, Mane?
08:55 Guided in.
08:57 And now they're beaten.
08:59 Didn't have too much pace on it, but it certainly had exquisite placing.
09:04 Precision.
09:05 Exactly. Precision is the word.
09:07 Precision.
09:08 I mean, I've been saying it the whole game.
09:11 Cameroon are giving Senegal so much space to play.
09:15 They're allowing them, they're not pressing the ball.
09:17 Look at how easy Mane makes the run and no one goes with him.
09:20 Such an easy finish, you know.
09:22 But lovely from Senegal.
09:24 They have been absolutely amazing from the first half to the second half.
09:28 Lovely credit to them.
09:30 Coming in, into Mane.
09:32 He's got Jacobs behind him.
09:34 Jacobs to the byline, tries to swing it in.
09:36 And Jaya come back into the middle to try and finish that off.
09:40 And it is Senegal!
09:42 The jump defender who is in prison at the round 16 of the Africa Cup of Nations.
09:49 Six goals in two games.
09:51 Stay tuned to PNSports.
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