Senegal beat South Africa in dramatic fashion to win 4-3 to go top of Group B and send the semifinal race in Ndola to the wire as Zambia still awaits to know their semifinal opponents on March 8.
The 2015 runners-up rallied from2-0 at halftime blitz Amajita with four second half goals to make their second comeback after drawing 1-1 with Sudan on February 27.
Liam Jordan put Amajita ahead in the 1st minute to rediscover his scoring touch for Amajita for the first time since the qualifiers in which he scored three goals.
Senegal then pressured for the equaliser with Aliou Badji unfortunate to see his 10 th minute shot come off the post.
South Africa extended their lead in the 24h minute through defender and captain Tenacious Malepe off a Luther Singh layoff.
Senegal were then generous with their shooting in the 44th minute when Ibrahima Niane delivered a soft shot at Mondli Mpoto who saved the tame effort from point blank range before South Africa took a 2-0 halftime lead.
But Ibrahima Ndiaye cut that lead in the 48th minute when he blasted in an unstoppable free kick that left Mpoto rooted to the spot to spark Senegal’s comeback.
Five minutes later, Senegal levelled scores through Ousseynou Diane to put the 2015 runners-up back into contention.
Diane was back on target on the hour mark with another stunning short from range, this time a volley from the edge of the area to put Senegal in control.
Amajita continued to rock and on 70 minutes Krepin Diatta bundled in the ball in a goal mouth scrum that initially saw the ball hit the post the midfielder extended Senegal’s lead.
Striker Luther Singh then produced a moment of magic for Amajita when he beat two defenders on the near post to fire in the ball from an acute angle in the 80th minute to take his tally for the tournament to 4 goals.
And now Senegal (4 points) must beat Cameroon (3 points) and the same goes South Africa (3 points) who are trying to avoid a second successive group stage exit after leaving Dakar in 2015 with three points.
Cameroon revived their semifinal hopes with a4-1 dowing of Sudan on the same day.
very poor reporting we need sentences like the goalkeeper fatted (kushula) when amjita scored unfortunatley the referee gave him a contraversial red card due to airpollution
My friend, why not stick to commenting on Chinese forums, where they understand your French?
It’s much easier to untansderd when you put it that way!