Failing to qualify for the 2022 World Cup added to Egypt's suffering in early 2022.

The Senegal national team confirmed itself to advance to the 2022 World Cup finals after eliminating Egypt in the second leg of the qualifying third round playoff at the Leopold Sedar Senghor Stadium, Dakar, Tuesday night local time (Wednesday morning WIB).

Senegal's national team eliminated Egypt on penalties 3-1 after 120 minutes of a 1-1 draw on aggregate, according to the official CAF record.

Having lost in Cairo 0-1 due to an own goal by Saliou Ciss, Senegal equalized in Dakar thanks to an own goal scored by Egypt midfielder Hamdi Fathi.

Senegal's success in advancing to the Qatar 2022 World Cup finals is the third time in history after previously appearing in the 2002 edition in South Korea-Japan and 2018 in Russia.

In this match, Senegal took the initiative to attack first and were able to score a goal in the 4th minute from Idrissa Gueye's free kick.

The shot from Gueye was not able to be anticipated by midfielder Hamdi Fathi so that the ball went into the Egyptian goal and changed the score to 1-0 for Senegal's advantage.

After the goal was created, both teams were unable to score again until normal time and extra time ended so that it continued to the penalty shootout because the aggregate was 1-1.

In the penalty shootout, Senegal's three kickers Ismaila Sarr, Bamba Dieng and Sadio Mane were able to carry out their duties well, while Egypt was only able to complete one kick through Amr El Solia.

The result saw Senagal secure a ticket to the 2022 World Cup finals, following Ghana who beat Nigeria 1-1 on aggregate but went ahead on away goals. Tunisia, Morocco and Cameroon also advanced to Qatar.

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