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AFCON final “take two”

Areprise of the personal battle between Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah will take place just under two months after Mane came out tops in the Africa Cup of Nations final, leaving his Liverpool team-mate distraught and in tears.

Senegal, who edged seven-time winners Egypt in a penalty shootout to win the tournament in Cameroon at the beginning of February, have been drawn against the Pharaohs in a two-legged play-off at the end of March to decide one of Africa’s five

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