It became known who will play in the final of the African Cup of Nations on football.

So, the national teams of Senegal and Egypt will meet for the victory in the decisive match of the tournament. The first in the semifinals of the competition confidently dealt with Burkina Faso (3:1). Goals scored for Senegal by Abdou Diallo, Bamba Dieng and Sadio Mane.

As for the Egyptians, they got a ticket to the final only thanks to the victory in the penalty shootout over the host of the CAN - the Cameroon team (0:0, 1:3). Interestingly, the players of the Cameroonian team converted only one shot out of four "

The final between Senegal and Egypt will start on Sunday 6 February at 20. 00 in Kiev. This meeting will be marked by a confrontation between the team leaders, as well as teammates in the English Liverpool, Sadio Mane and Mohammed Salah.

In the quarterfinals, Senegal defeated Equatorial Guinea (3:

1), and Egypt defeated Morocco (2:1) in extra time.;

Cameroon will play against Burkina Faso in the match for third place on February 6;

The current trophy holder is Algeria.. Egypt has won the most African Cup of Nations with seven trophies..

We add that this tournament was supposed to be held in 2021, but due to the coronavirus pandemic, it was postponed to 2022, but the name of CAN-2021 was preserved. This is the 33rd African Cup of Nations in history..