How Algeria's defence made the difference in AFCON final
Baghdad Bounedjah's bizarre second-minute goal was all that Algeria needed to secure 1-0 win over Senegal in the Africa Cup of Nations final.
Senegal
SEN
Algeria
ALG
| No. | Name | |
|---|---|---|
|
23
Alfred Gomis
Saves
0
|
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|
Goals
0
|
||
|
Goals
0
|
||
|
Goals
0
|
||
|
21
Lamine Gassama
80'
Goals
0
|
||
|
10
Sadio Mané
Goals
0
|
||
|
5
Idrissa Gueye
79'
Goals
0
|
||
|
Goals
0
59'
15
Krepin Diatta
Goals
0
|
||
|
Goals
0
85'
11
Keita Baldé
Goals
0
|
||
|
14
Henri Saivet
Goals
0
75'
19
Mbaye Diagne
Goals
0
|
||
|
Goals
0
|
||
| Substitutes | ||
|
Goals
0
|
||
|
Saves
0
|
||
|
Goals
0
|
||
|
Goals
0
|
||
|
20
Sada Thioub
Goals
0
|
||
|
Goals
0
|
||
|
Goals
0
|
||
| - | Match ends, Senegal 0, Algeria 1. | |
| 90'+5' | Second Half ends, Senegal 0, Algeria 1. | |
| 90'+5' | Attempt blocked. Salif Sané (Senegal) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Sadio Mané. |
|
|
|
|
|---|---|---|
| 18 | Fouls | 32 |
| 2 | Yellow Cards | 4 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Offsides | 1 |
| 6 | Corner Kicks | 2 |
| 0 | Saves | 3 |
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