Another victory against Egypt and, again on penalties, Senegal has secured its ticket to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
This will be the third time after Japan, South Korea (2002) and Russia (2018).
If the return match was very contested, like the first leg, Senegal proved superior, on all levels, to an Egyptian team dominated and unable to solve the equation posed by the Lions of Teranga.
Salah and his teammates showed their limits, for the second time, in three confrontations.
Their victory, last week was a hold-up: Salah’s offside was obvious, but the referee played blindly.
Today, Senegal equalized, in the second minute of play, a clear goal.
And, in the fateful penalty shootout, as in Cameroon, during the final of the African Cup of Nations, the Lions outclassed the Pharaohs.
The Senegalese are definitely stronger than the Egyptians and have demonstrated it on the field.
It is no coincidence that they have been ranked first in Africa for 3 years by FIFA.
For this third World Cup, the Lions will try to do better than the 2002 team that managed to qualify for the quarter-finals after beating France, then reigning world champion.
In football, Senegalese are not impossible!
