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    AFCON final repeats itself

    Apr 15, 2022 3 minutes
    MARK GLEESON

    Few, if any, World Cup qualifying campaigns have concluded as dramatically as the five African play-offs that saw Cameroon, Ghana, Morocco, Senegal and Tunisia book their berths as the continent’s representatives at the Qatar World Cup.

    Cameroon snatched success away from Algeria with virtually the last kick of the match, while Sadio Mane reprised his penalty-kick heroics as his Liverpool team-mate Mohamed Salah skied his effort in yet another shootout between Senegal and Egypt.

    Ghana won unexpectedly thanks to a

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