Host Zambia beat Senegal to win the U-20 AFCON
Source: BBC
Date: 13th-march-2017 Time: 7:12:46 am
For Senegal it was a tale of double disappointment having lost the 2015 final on home soil against Nigeria.
There had been fears that Zambia, who had
looked impressive all tournament, may crack under the weight of
expectation but the junior Chipolopolo held their cool to go into the
break leading 2-0.
Senegalese goalkeeper Lamine Sarr made two horrendous errors that a merciless Zambian frontline punished him for.
The two sides had been sizing each other
up in the opening minutes with Senegal having the first sight of goal
when Ibrahima Niane's tame shot was easily picked up by Mangani Banda in
the seventh minute.
Zambia roared to life in the 14th minute
when Fashion Sakala controlled the ball in the box but his ferociously
struck shot went wide.
Three minutes later Sakala was back on the
by-line to tease the ball into the box with Sarr spilling it into the
path of a grateful Patson Daka (pictured) whose predatory instincts came
to life toeing home.
Senegal were not deterred and continued to
pressure the Zambians with Niane forcing Shemmy Mayembe to trip him in
the 28th minute, but the Senegalese fluffed the resulting set piece.
Zambia were back on the attack when Sarr misjudged the ball, gifting
an on-rushing Edward Chilufya a glorious opportunity for the hosts'
second goal in the 35th minutes.
Senegal came pushing in the second half
with second half substitute Ibrahima Ndiaye booked for throwing a
suspicious substance into the Zambian goal.Referee Thierry Nkurunzinza
yellow carded Ndiaye as tempers flared with the crowd booing Senegal.
That spurred on Senegal with Aliou Badji
almost getting a breakthrough but his powerfully struck effort in the
67th minute went wide.
The match was turning into a battle
between Zambia's keeper Mangani Banda and the Senegalese duo of Ndiaye
and Badji.Banda was duly named man-of-the-match for his game-saving
heroics between the sticks.
In the earlier match Guinea came from behind to beat South Africa 2-1 and earn bronze.
The top four teams at the tournament qualified for the Fifa World Cup and will await the draws on 15 March in South Korea.
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