Spectacle in the African qualifiers: the Cameroonians shocked the Algerians in the 124th minute, Senegal paved the way to Qatar after a penalty

Senegal, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia and Cameroon secured their way to the World Cup

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Ažurirano: 30.03.2022. 00:25h

At the World Cup in Qatar, Africa will be represented by Senegal, Ghana, Morocco, Tunisia and Cameroon.

There was a lot of drama and excitement on the African continent tonight, with one match decided on penalties and one after extra time.

Cameroon shocked the Algerians at the stadium in Blida, winning 2:1 (the away goal rule applies), and the deciding goal scored by Toko Ekambi in the 124th minute.

The Cameroonians lost 1:0 in the first match at home, and tonight they led from the 22nd minute, and the scorer was Čupo-Moting. The match went into extra time, in which Cameroon's goalkeeper Onana excelled. However, he had to take the ball out of the net when the goal was scored in the 118th minute achieved Tuba.

It seemed that Algeria would go to Qatar, but in the 124th minute, Toko Ekambi froze the fans and launched the Cameroonians to the World Cup.

It was also uncertain in the match between Senegal and Egypt, and the Senegalese are going to the World Cup, who celebrated after a penalty 3:1. The team, translated by Sadio Mane, lost 1:0 in the first match, and made up for that minus goal tonight in the third minute when he scored a goal Dia.

By the end of the regular part, there were no more goals, the nets didn't shake even in overtime, and then it happened strange penalty shootout.

The performers were imprecise in the first two series - on one side Koulibaly and Sis missed, and on the other Salah, who shot over the goal, and Zizo.

Then Sar and Dijeng scored for Senegal, the scorer for the Egyptians was Solia, and after a mistake by Mohamed, Sadio Mane scored a goal and took the Senegalese to the second World Cup in a row.

Nigeria and Ghana played 1:1, and both goals were scored in the first half. First is the Party gave Ghana the lead in the 10th minute, for Nigeria to equalize through Trost-Ekong.

The score did not change until the end, so Nigeria was sensationally eliminated, since there were no goals in the first match.

Morocco was convincing against DR Congo (4:1) and will play at the World Cup for the second time in a row. Two goals for the team led by Vahid Halilhodžić were scored by Onuahi, and one each by Hakimi and Tisudali. Malango scored for DR Congo.

There were no goals in the match between Tunisia and Mali. Tunisia won 1:0 in the first match.

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