Sadio Mane Hailed as Senegal’s Talisman After Producing Man of the Match Performance!
Sadio Mane Hailed as Senegal's Talisman After Producing Man of the Match Performance! The Liverpool forward helped the Teranga Lions past The Burkinabe last night.
Sadio Mane Hailed as Senegal‘s Talisman After Producing Man of the Match Performance! The Liverpool forward helped the Teranga Lions past The Burkinabe last night.
Senegal defeated Burkina Faso 3-1 in their AFCON semi-final last night. Sadio Mane provided an assist and scored a goal as he helped his team reach their second consecutive final
The winger has been described as Senegal’s most influential player in AFCON. He has now scored three goals and provided three assists for his teammates in this edition.
He has also accumulated some impressive statistics in this period.
Sadio Mane is now one goal away from becoming Senegal’s all-time leading goal scorer. Achieving this feat in the final on Sunday would be an iconic manner to mark this.
The forwards made his AFCON debut for Senegal in 2015. During this time, no one has been more decisive than Sadio Mane, after scoring 11 goals and providing three assists.
However, all the praise and stats accumulated would mean nothing if the striker does not achieve the biggest goal of them all, which would be lifting AFCON. This is the biggest football competition in the entire continent, at national or club level.
The forward will now wait to see whether he will face hosts Cameroon or Liverpool teammate Mohamed Salah and his Egypt team in the final on Sunday. Sadio Mane Hailed as Senegal’s Talisman After Producing Man of the Match Performance!