Senegal defeats Gambia to win the Total Energy U20 AFCON
Senegal U-20 men’s national team are champions of the U-20 AFCON
DAKAR, March 12, 2023 - The young Teranga Lions of Senegal have beaten the young Scorpions of Gambia 2-0 at the U20 AFCON final played on Saturday in Cairo Stadium. The first goal of the young Lions was scored in the 7th minute by Souleymane Faye, who surprised the Gambian goalkeeper Pa Ebou Dampha with a header. The player from the Spanish third division Talavera could have made it two in the 29th minute but he missed a shot from Lamine Camara that was pushed away by the Dampha.
Determined to get back into the game, the young Scorpions played an interesting game but failed to score. The Senegalese remained dominant until halftime.
FIRST U20 TROPHY Ten minutes after the resumption of the second half, Mamadou Lamine Camara scored the second Senegalese goal from a corner. The score remained unchanged until the end of the match despite the changes made by the Gambian coach to bring more freshness in the attack of the young Scorpions.
Senegal thus won its first trophy in this U20 category after three consecutive finals in 2015, 2017 and 2019. In addition to the team trophy, Senegal won the individual titles of best player of the tournament (Mamadou Lamine Camara), best scorer (Pape Demba Diop) best goalkeeper (Landing Badji), and man of the match (Souleymane Faye).
CLEAN SWEEP The team of Coach Malick Daff also made a clean sweep with victories over Nigeria (1-0), Mozambique (3-0), and Egypt (4-0) in the group stage. They then beat Benin (1-0) in the quarterfinals, then Tunisia (3-0) in the semi-finals before winning the final trophy against Gambia (2-0). They scored 14 goals and 0 goal conceded.
This trophy is the fouth one won by team Senegal since February 2022 after the African Cup of Nations, African Nations Championship and African Beach Soccer Cup of Nations.
The fans made funny pre-match posts on social media
When it’s about football between Senegal and the Gambia, the game takes another dimension. After Gambians qualified beating Nigeria in the semifinals, the final started on social media with a series of jokes and caricatures among supporters from both sides.
Senegal and Gambia are known as the same people living in different countries. However, Senegalese supporters expected this final to be easy for the young Lions because the Senegalese team was considered stronger than Gambia's. Meanwhile Gambian supporters did not see it in the same light and used all possible comparisons to show their strength. The economic, political, social domain and even the way of living between the two countries were used by both sides to make fun.
Despite the win of Senegal's Lions over the young Scorpions, the fun game is still going on, between these two neighbouring countries, which in the end have all in common.
Determined to get back into the game, the young Scorpions played an interesting game but failed to score. The Senegalese remained dominant until halftime.
FIRST U20 TROPHY Ten minutes after the resumption of the second half, Mamadou Lamine Camara scored the second Senegalese goal from a corner. The score remained unchanged until the end of the match despite the changes made by the Gambian coach to bring more freshness in the attack of the young Scorpions.
Senegal thus won its first trophy in this U20 category after three consecutive finals in 2015, 2017 and 2019. In addition to the team trophy, Senegal won the individual titles of best player of the tournament (Mamadou Lamine Camara), best scorer (Pape Demba Diop) best goalkeeper (Landing Badji), and man of the match (Souleymane Faye).
CLEAN SWEEP The team of Coach Malick Daff also made a clean sweep with victories over Nigeria (1-0), Mozambique (3-0), and Egypt (4-0) in the group stage. They then beat Benin (1-0) in the quarterfinals, then Tunisia (3-0) in the semi-finals before winning the final trophy against Gambia (2-0). They scored 14 goals and 0 goal conceded.
This trophy is the fouth one won by team Senegal since February 2022 after the African Cup of Nations, African Nations Championship and African Beach Soccer Cup of Nations.
The fans made funny pre-match posts on social media
When it’s about football between Senegal and the Gambia, the game takes another dimension. After Gambians qualified beating Nigeria in the semifinals, the final started on social media with a series of jokes and caricatures among supporters from both sides.
Senegal and Gambia are known as the same people living in different countries. However, Senegalese supporters expected this final to be easy for the young Lions because the Senegalese team was considered stronger than Gambia's. Meanwhile Gambian supporters did not see it in the same light and used all possible comparisons to show their strength. The economic, political, social domain and even the way of living between the two countries were used by both sides to make fun.
Despite the win of Senegal's Lions over the young Scorpions, the fun game is still going on, between these two neighbouring countries, which in the end have all in common.
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