In a night that had until then been very calm, the spark could only come from him. It only took one action to light the fuse for Sadio Mané, sole scorer for the Lions of Teranga during a long-pocketed meeting. The Senegalese number 10 fired from the edge of the area a right-footed shot full of spontaneity that landed flush with Mohamed El-Shenawy’s post following a first long shot from Lamine Camara (78th).
An action that recalls the ability of the former Liverpool striker to take on the role of leader of the Senegalese attack at the age of 33, and to don a hero’s costume that is never too big for him despite his exile in Saudi Arabia (at the Al-Nassr club) since the summer of 2023.
