"Abdallah opened the scoring after just six minutes, curling the ball from the edge of the box and into the top left corner as Senegal were caught cold in the early stages at Grand Stade de Tanger. However, they began to find their rhythm, with Ismaila Sarr testing Bakhit Khamis twice before Gueye restored parity. Sadio Mane set the midfielder off towards goal, and the Villarreal man found the bottom-right corner with ease."
"And he was on the scoresheet again in first-half stoppage time, finding the back of the net with a first-time finish from Nicolas Jackson's cutback, which came not long after Senegal saw a penalty decision reversed following a long VAR check. Sheddy Barglan almost punished a slow start to the second half by Senegal, though he was thwarted by an onrushing Edouard Mendy, and Mbaye then went on to book their spot in the quarter-finals with an emphatic finish at the near post."
Senegal came from a goal down to beat Sudan 3-1 in the AFCON Round of 16, with Pape Gueye scoring a brace and Ibrahim Mbaye adding a late third. Aamir Abdallah put Sudan ahead after six minutes with a curling strike into the top-left corner. Sadio Mane created both Gueye goals, setting up the first and contributing to the second via Nicolas Jackson's cutback in stoppage time. Senegal produced 1.68 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Sudan's 0.43 from eight attempts. Senegal remain unbeaten in 15 AFCON matches.
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