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Senegal to face Egypt at Afcon Final in Cameroon after defeating Burkina Faso 3:1

Senegal to Face Egypt at Cameroon for Afcon Finale
Senegal are through to their third Africa Cup of Nations final with Sadio Mane on target to help overcome Burkino Faso.

In an interesting game, VAR cancelltd two Senegal penalties,  Burkina Faso goalkeeper Herve Koffi injured during the first.

It was Mane's 29th goal so far in Afcon, taking him level with Henri Camara at the top of their all-time scorer list.

Senegal will face Egypt at Cameroon on Sunday's finale (19:00 GMT).

Burkina Faso will take part in the third/fourth-place play-off, which has been brought forward a day to Saturday (also kicking off at 19:00)

"It shows you the momentum we have," said Mane. "We knew it was not going to be at all easy to get to two straight Afcon finals, but the most important for us now is to go all the way and win it, whoever we come up against.

"We were up against a really good Burkina side who caused us a lot of problems.

"We expected a tough game and it was, but we stayed calm and created lots of chances. I think we deserved to win.

"I think you can see on my face how happy I am, which is completely normal. I am really proud personally and very happy for myself, my team-mates and the country."

Senegal were given opportunity to begin scoring twice before the break, with Koffi's aerial clash with Cheikhou Kouyate and Edmond Tapsoba's elbow-block on Idrissa Gueye both adjudged to be penalties on the field. But both were correctly overturned by referee Bamlak Tessema Weyesa after he had been called to view them on the monitor by the video officials.

There was still a cost to Burkina Faso, with Koffi forced off hurt in the 36th minute after awkwardly landing on Crystal Palace midfielder Kouyate as he tried to punch clear.

After Idrissa Gueye had slotted in to make it 2-0 in the 76th minute - six minutes after Diallo's finish following a corner - Kamou Malo's side could have wilted.

But Toure gave them brief hope with his 82nd-minute effort, before Senegal talisman Mane fittingly had his say on the occasion with a driving run and chipped finish three minutes from time.

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