SADIO MANÉ! A LEGEND AND MALI DEFEATS CONGO

June 4, 2022

Sadio Mané! and Youcef Belaili, Senegal’s and Algeria’s evening stars, were pivotal versus

Benin and Uganda.

African Nations Cup goals

SADIO MANÉ! outstanding performance led Senegal to a calm victory over Benin on

Saturday evening (3-1). With the selection, the Liverpool striker, who scored a hat-trick and

two penalties, increased his total goal tally to 32, making him Senegal’s all-time leading

scorer.

Youcef Belaili, another superb player from the CAN qualifiers, scored a stunning goal in

Algeria’s triumph over Uganda (2-0).

After Mandi opened the scoring in the first half, the Stade Brestois winger scored his second

goal. At the end of the first session, Zeghba, who had been promoted to goal, made a

crucial save by pushing back a Ugandan penalty.

Mali was a hit against Congo in the other matches of the day, with Rémois El Bilal Touré

scoring twice (4-0). Mauritania, who defeated Sudan, also got a big win (3-0). Earlier in the

day, Namibia and Burundi drew (1-1), Niger and Tanzania also drew (1-1), while Gambia

defeated South Sudan (1-0 ).