{"id":4481,"date":"2025-09-22T21:29:23","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T20:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/empowersmag.com\/empowersmagwp\/?p=4481"},"modified":"2025-09-22T21:29:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T20:29:24","slug":"senegal-and-sudan-send-uganda-and-algeria-packing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empowersmag.com\/empowersmagwp\/2025\/09\/22\/senegal-and-sudan-send-uganda-and-algeria-packing\/","title":{"rendered":"S\u00e9negal and Sudan send Uganda and Algeria Packing<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Satish Sekar \u00a9 Satish Sekar (August 22nd<\/sup> 2025)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Teranga Lions Devour the Cranes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The last of East-Africa\u2019s co-hosts of the 8th<\/sup> African Nations Championship (CHAN), Uganda were eliminated at Kampala\u2019s Mandela Stadium 0-1 by S\u00e9n\u00e9gal. The defending CHAN champions, the Teranga Lions saw off the Cranes despite the efforts of the partisan Ugandan crowd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even though Uganda enjoyed the bulk of possession 58% against 42 and unleashed 15 shots at S\u00e9negal\u2019s goal \u2013 more than twice as many as their opponents \u2013 the Teranga Lions gave a solid defensive performance. The Cranes could not carve a way through S\u00e9negal\u2019s obdurant defensive lines. Making matters worse for the home crowd, Oumar Ba\u2019s effort was the only one that mattered \u2013 he scored the winner after 62 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Central defenders Seyni Mbaye Ndiaye and Joseph Layousse Samb distinguished themselves organising the defence and seeing off threats, knowing that behind them goalkeeper Marc Diouf was capable of dealing with the challenges \u2013 he did so ably, especially as Uganda chased parity that never came.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Libasse Gu\u00e8ye\u2019s cross from the right flank provided the invitation for Ba to sweep it in \u2013 Joel Mutakubwa was powerless to prevent Ba scoring the goal which proved to be decisive. The last of the co-hosts bowed out of their CHAN in the quarter-finals \u2013 Kenya and Tanzania were knocked out yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, Kwesi Appiah\u2019s Sudan saw off the challenge of Majid Boughera\u2019s Desert Foxes in the last of the quarter-finals. Former champions Algeria fell 2-4 on penalties after a 1-1 draw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Desert Foxes captain, Ayoub Ghezala was unfortunate, scoring an own-goal that gave Sudan the lead after 48 minutes. Musa Hussein\u2019s effort was well saved by Zakaria Bouhalfaya \u2013 the Algerian keeper had magnificently clawed back Salah Adil\u2019s goal-bound strike as half-time approached \u2013 but this time he was unlucky as his save was turned into his own net by Ghazali.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sofiane Bayazid equalised after 73 minutes from close range \u2013 relentless pressure finally brought a reward. There was no further score until penalties decided who would advance to the semi-finals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Falcons of Jediane secured the semi-final berth thanks to the heroics of goalkeeper, Mohamed Abooja who saved two spot kicks in the 4-2 victory on penalties. The penalty shoot-out began with both Sudan and Algeria scoring their first two spot kicks through Walieldin Khidir and Mohamed Ahmed Saeed and Bayazid and Aymen Mahious scoring for the Desert Foxes. Mehdi Merghem and Zakaria Draoui had their efforts saved by Abooja while Ahmed Tabanja and Mohamed Tia Asad scored for Sudan to secure the win that sent the Falcons into the last four.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sudan will play Madagascar in Dar es Salaam and S\u00e9n\u00e9gal will face three-times champions Morocco in Kampala on Tuesday August 26th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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