Africa Cup of Nations 2022: Liverpool winger Sadio Mane scores last gasp penalty to hand Senegal victory over Zimbabwe

Africa Cup of Nations 2022: Senegal’s Sadio Mane converted a penalty seven minutes into stoppage time to hand the pre-tournament favorites a 1-0 victory over Zimbabwe at the start of their Africa Cup of Nations campaign in Bafoussam on Monday. Follow all the sports updates only on InsideSport.IN

Zimbabwe defender Kelvin Madzongwe was penalised for blocking a shot with his hand extended away from his body in the area in a heartbreaking turn of events for his side as they were on the cusp of an upset result at the start of Group B action. Senegal were without Chelsea’s goalkeeper Edouard Mendy and Napoli’s Kalidou Koulibaly after testing positive for COVID-19.

The TotalEnergies Man of the Match award goes to the spectacular Sadio Mané! 🪙

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Africa Cup of Nations 2022: Senegal 1-0 Zimbabwe

Africa Cup of Nations 2022: Liverpool winger Sadio Mane scores last gasp penalty to hand Senegal victory over Zimbabwe

Senegal are Africa’s top ranked team but had only 18 players available for their opening group match because of the novel coronavirus and injury and despite a lion’s share of possession and opportunities produced a tepid performance.

Africa Cup of Nations 2022: Liverpool winger Sadio Mane scores last gasp penalty to hand Senegal victory over Zimbabwe

Senegal ha d a total of eight first team players missing in the opening match as they tested positive for COVID-19. Guinea and Malawi meet later on Monday also in Bafoussam in the second Group B match. For more sports news and updates, follow us at Insidesport.IN

Africa Cup of Nations 2022: Liverpool winger Sadio Mane scores last gasp penalty to hand Senegal victory over Zimbabwe