Senegal will face off with surprising Equatorial Guinea team tonight as both teams fight for a place in the 2021 Africa Cup of nations (AFCON) semi-finals. Africa Top Sports brings you the latest news before the kick off at 19:00 GMT.
Senegal are first boosted with the arrival in the team of Watford winger Ismaila Sarr after a week working for his comeback on the pitch in Barcelona following his injury before leaving the Hornets.
The other good news for the Teranga Lions is that Sadio Mane is fit for this quarterfinal clash as he returned to group training after being involved in terrific a head clash with Cape Verde goalkeeper Vozinha in the last 8 round.
Only AC Milan right-back Fode Ballo-Toure missed Saturday’s training session with an injury.
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Moreover, all the players including Edouard Mendy and Kalidou Koulibaly are negative to Covid-19 and are all available for this clash.
On the other hand, Equatorial Guinea are also keen to continue surprising AFCON 2021 watchers as they stunned Mali in the last 16 round.
“It’s going to be a great game. If Equatorial Guinea reach this stage of the competition, it is because they deserve it. So they are not a small team”, said Senegal coach Aliou Cisse during his pre-match press conference.
The winner of this game will face Burkina Faso who knocked out Tunisia on Saturday, in semi-final.
Possible line-ups
Senegal : Mendy – B. Sarr, Koulibaly, Diallo, Ciss – G. Gueye, N. Mendy, P. Gueye – B. Dieng, Diedhiou, Mané.
Equatorial Guinea : Owono – Akapo, Obiang, Coco, Nchama – Salvador, Ganet, Machin, Miranda – Bikoro, Hanza.
Kick off : 19:00 GMT