Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane, former Liverpool teammates, met in the 2025 AFCON semifinal with Mane scoring a late winner to send Senegal past Egypt 1-0. Egypt finished with three total shots and 37% possession; Salah recorded no successful dribbles, was dispossessed 15 times, and failed to register a shot. Salah did win two of three tackles and made a clearance while Egypt were repeatedly pushed back. A foul by Salah on Mane momentarily raised tensions. Egypt will play Nigeria in the third-place match on Saturday; Salah will miss Liverpool league action and likely return earliest for the Champions League.
"Wednesday saw a battle of former Liverpool teammates as Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane led Egypt and Senegal respectively, into battle in a 2025 AFCON semifinal. Unfortunately for Liverpool's No. 11, he and his countrymen fell short once again in a big tournament, getting just close enough to taste it before having it ripped away. A late goal from Mane was enough to send the Pharaoh's to a 1-0 defeat, and a spot in the third place match on Saturday."
"It was not the best performance from Salah or Egypt as a whole, as they finished with 3 total shots and only 37% of the possession. Salah had no successful dribbles, was dispossessed 15 times, all while not getting a shot off in the match, which is almost unheard of. He put in a dangerous cross late in the first half that found nobody, but his creative mojo left him in this one."
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