Burkina Faso vs Senegal, 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, Semifinals
· Africa Cup of NationsSenegal book Africa Cup of Nations final spot in win over Burkina Faso
Senegal struck three times in the last 20 minutes to book their place in Sunday's Africa Cup of Nations final as they overcame Burkina Faso.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 1': Attempt missed. Bertrand Traoré (Burkina Faso) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
- 2': Foul by Cyrille Bayala (Burkina Faso).
- 2': Saliou Ciss (Senegal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 3': Foul by Cyrille Bayala (Burkina Faso).
- 3': Nampalys Mendy (Senegal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 6': Foul by Gustavo Sangaré (Burkina Faso).
- 6': Sadio Mané (Senegal) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 10': Attempt blocked. Bertrand Traoré (Burkina Faso) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Steeve Yago.
- 10': Famara Diédhiou (Senegal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 10': Foul by Adama Guira (Burkina Faso).
- 11': Corner, Senegal. Conceded by Edmond Tapsoba.
- 13': Corner, Burkina Faso. Conceded by Kalidou Koulibaly.
- 15': Attempt missed. Saliou Ciss (Senegal) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Kalidou Koulibaly.
- 16': Cheikhou Kouyaté (Senegal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 16': Foul by Hassane Bandé (Burkina Faso).
- 18': Attempt saved. Bertrand Traoré (Burkina Faso) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Gustavo Sangaré with a cross.
- 18': Attempt saved. Sadio Mané (Senegal) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
- 21': Foul by Issa Kaboré (Burkina Faso).
- 21': Saliou Ciss (Senegal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 22': Foul by Bamba Dieng (Senegal).
- 22': Steeve Yago (Burkina Faso) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 22': Corner, Burkina Faso. Conceded by Bouna Sarr.
- 25': Corner, Senegal. Conceded by Steeve Yago.
- 26': Attempt blocked. Famara Diédhiou (Senegal) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Bamba Dieng.
- 27': Attempt missed. Bamba Dieng (Senegal) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Saliou Ciss with a cross.
- 28': Bamba Dieng (Senegal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 28': Foul by Adama Guira (Burkina Faso).
- 28': Adama Guira (Burkina Faso) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 29': Attempt saved. Cheikhou Kouyaté (Senegal) header from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Abdou Diallo.
- 32': VAR Decision: No Penalty Senegal.
- 36': Substitution, Burkina Faso. Farid Ouédraogo replaces Hervé Koffi because of an injury.
- 37': Attempt blocked. Blati Touré (Burkina Faso) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Bertrand Traoré.
- 37': Corner, Burkina Faso. Conceded by Nampalys Mendy.
- 39': Attempt missed. Bertrand Traoré (Burkina Faso) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Hassane Bandé.
- 39': Attempt saved. Hassane Bandé (Burkina Faso) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
- 39': Corner, Burkina Faso. Conceded by Édouard Mendy.
- 40': Attempt missed. Hassane Bandé (Burkina Faso) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
- 41': Foul by Cyrille Bayala (Burkina Faso).
- 41': Sadio Mané (Senegal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 44': Blati Touré (Burkina Faso) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 44': Foul by Sadio Mané (Senegal).
- 45': Foul by Idrissa Gueye (Senegal).
- 45': Gustavo Sangaré (Burkina Faso) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 45'+1': Corner, Burkina Faso. Conceded by Saliou Ciss.
- 45'+3': Bertrand Traoré (Burkina Faso) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+3': Foul by Kalidou Koulibaly (Senegal).
- 45'+4': Famara Diédhiou (Senegal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+4': Foul by Adama Guira (Burkina Faso).
- 45'+4': Attempt missed. Bamba Dieng (Senegal) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Sadio Mané with a cross.
- 45'+6': Attempt saved. Sadio Mané (Senegal) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Saliou Ciss.
- 45'+6': Corner, Senegal. Conceded by Farid Ouédraogo.
- 45'+6': Attempt blocked. Idrissa Gueye (Senegal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Sadio Mané.
- 45'+8': VAR Decision: No Penalty Senegal.
- 45'+9': Corner, Senegal. Conceded by Edmond Tapsoba.
- 45'+9': First Half ends, Burkina Faso 0, Senegal 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Burkina Faso 0, Senegal 0.
- 46': Famara Diédhiou (Senegal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 46': Foul by Adama Guira (Burkina Faso).
- 48': Attempt blocked. Idrissa Gueye (Senegal) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Sadio Mané.
- 49': Attempt blocked. Gustavo Sangaré (Burkina Faso) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Adama Guira.
- 50': Adama Guira (Burkina Faso) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 50': Foul by Bouna Sarr (Senegal).
- 50': Bouna Sarr (Senegal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 53': Attempt blocked. Idrissa Gueye (Senegal) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Nampalys Mendy.
- 54': Cyrille Bayala (Burkina Faso) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 54': Foul by Saliou Ciss (Senegal).
- 59': Blati Touré (Burkina Faso) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 59': Foul by Idrissa Gueye (Senegal).
- 60': Substitution, Burkina Faso. Zakaria Sanogo replaces Cyrille Bayala.
- 62': Famara Diédhiou (Senegal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 62': Foul by Edmond Tapsoba (Burkina Faso).
- 63': Foul by Blati Touré (Burkina Faso).
- 63': Idrissa Gueye (Senegal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 65': Substitution, Senegal. Pape Gueye replaces Cheikhou Kouyaté.
- 65': Substitution, Senegal. Ismaïla Sarr replaces Famara Diédhiou.
- 68': Corner, Burkina Faso. Conceded by Bouna Sarr.
- 69': Attempt blocked. Ismaïla Sarr (Senegal) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Sadio Mané.
- 69': Corner, Senegal. Conceded by Edmond Tapsoba.
- 70': Attempt blocked. Kalidou Koulibaly (Senegal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 70': Goal! Burkina Faso 0, Senegal 1. Abdou Diallo (Senegal) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kalidou Koulibaly following a corner.
- 72': Foul by Hassane Bandé (Burkina Faso).
- 72': Saliou Ciss (Senegal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 73': Attempt saved. Nampalys Mendy (Senegal) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Bamba Dieng.
- 73': Foul by Hassane Bandé (Burkina Faso).
- 73': Saliou Ciss (Senegal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 74': Foul by Issa Kaboré (Burkina Faso).
- 74': Sadio Mané (Senegal) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 75': Attempt missed. Pape Gueye (Senegal) header from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Saliou Ciss with a cross following a set piece situation.
- 76': Goal! Burkina Faso 0, Senegal 2. Bamba Dieng (Senegal) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Sadio Mané.
- 77': Substitution, Senegal. Pape Sarr replaces Bamba Dieng.
- 79': Foul by Pape Sarr (Senegal).
- 79': Steeve Yago (Burkina Faso) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 80': Attempt missed. Zakaria Sanogo (Burkina Faso) right footed shot from more than 40 yards on the left wing is high and wide to the right from a direct free kick.
- 80': Bertrand Traoré (Burkina Faso) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 80': Foul by Idrissa Gueye (Senegal).
- 81': Substitution, Burkina Faso. Abdoul Tapsoba replaces Hassane Bandé.
- 81': Substitution, Burkina Faso. Djibril Ouattara replaces Adama Guira.
- 82': Goal! Burkina Faso 1, Senegal 2. Blati Touré (Burkina Faso) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Issa Kaboré with a cross.
- 85': Attempt missed. Pape Gueye (Senegal) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Pape Sarr.
- 87': Goal! Burkina Faso 1, Senegal 3. Sadio Mané (Senegal) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Ismaïla Sarr following a fast break.
- 90': Corner, Burkina Faso. Conceded by Pape Sarr.
- 90'+1': Offside, Burkina Faso. Blati Touré tries a through ball, but Djibril Ouattara is caught offside.
- 90'+2': Substitution, Senegal. Pape Abou Cissé replaces Nampalys Mendy.
- 90'+2': Bertrand Traoré (Burkina Faso) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+2': Foul by Pape Abou Cissé (Senegal).
- 90'+3': Pape Abou Cissé (Senegal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 90'+4': Second Half ends, Burkina Faso 1, Senegal 3.
- 0': Match ends, Burkina Faso 1, Senegal 3.
Statistics
SEN | BKA | |
---|---|---|
10 | Fouls | 15 |
2 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
0 | Red Cards | 0 |
0 | Offsides | 1 |
5 | Corner Kicks | 7 |
2 | Saves | 4 |
51.5 | Possession | 48.5 |
18 | SHOTS | 10 |
7 | ON GOAL | 3 |
0.4 | On Target % | 0.3 |
0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
309 | Accurate Passes | 273 |
359 | Passes | 345 |
0.9 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
6 | Accurate Crosses | 3 |
23 | Crosses | 14 |
0.3 | Cross % | 0.2 |
44 | Long Balls | 68 |
26 | Accurate Long Balls | 37 |
0.6 | Long Balls % | 0.5 |
6 | Blocked Shots | 3 |
6 | Effective Tackles | 7 |
8 | Tackles | 15 |
0.8 | Tackle % | 0.5 |
9 | Interceptions | 6 |
21 | Effective Clearances | 14 |
21 | Clearances | 14 |
Game Information
Venue: Stade Omnisport Ahmadou Ahidjo
Location: Yaoundé, Cameroon
Line-Ups
Burkina Faso (4-3-3)
No. | Name |
---|---|
16 | Hervé Koffi (GK) |
12 | Edmond Tapsoba |
14 | Issoufou Dayo |
25 | Steeve Yago |
9 | Issa Kaboré |
24 | Adama Guira |
22 | Blati Touré |
20 | Gustavo Sangaré |
10 | Bertrand Traoré |
21 | Cyrille Bayala |
19 | Hassane Bandé |
Senegal (4-2-3-1)
No. | Name |
---|---|
16 | Édouard Mendy (GK) |
22 | Abdou Diallo |
3 | Kalidou Koulibaly |
2 | Saliou Ciss |
20 | Bouna Sarr |
5 | Idrissa Gueye |
6 | Nampalys Mendy |
8 | Cheikhou Kouyaté |
19 | Famara Diédhiou |
10 | Sadio Mané |
15 | Bamba Dieng |
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