AFCON 2021 Round-Up: Senegal, Guinea Secure Win As Morocco Edge Ghana

AFCON 2021 Round-Up: Senegal, Guinea Secure Win As Morocco Edge Ghana Sampson Adedeji Action continued in the 2021 African Cup of Nations in Cameroon, with Senegal, Guinea and Morocco recording victory over their opponents, BSNsports.com.ng can report. 2019 runners up, Teranaga Lions of Senegal have to rely on 90th-minute penalty from Liverpool's forward Sadio Mane to break stubborn Warriors of Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe came into the game with a plan to soak the pressure and break the Senegalese on a counter attack As the game was rounding off Madzongwe handled the ball in the 18-yard box and the referee awarded Senegal a penalty which was converted by Mane and ensured a maximum point for West African country. In the second game of the group, Syli Stars of Guinea also defeated Malawi with the same scoreline with Syla scoring the winning goal in the 35th minute. In Group C, it was a day to forget for Black Stars of Ghana as they suffered a 1-0 defeat to the Atlas Lions of Morocco. In a keenly contested encounter, it was Boufal who netted the winning goal in the 83rd minute and handed the 1982 champion their first defeat of the competition. In the last game of the day, the Panthers of Gabon defeated debutant Comoros by a lone goal. It was Boupendza that netted the only goal for Gabon in the 16th minute of the encounter.