Mali loses the derby, Senegal and South Africa qualified!

Until now authors of a faultless, Senegal and Mali have experienced opposite fortunes this Tuesday afternoon at the time of the 4^e day of the CAN 2023 qualifiers.

Four days after dominating Gambia in Bamako (2-0), the mali fell against the same opponent (1-0) in a relocated match in Casablanca, Morocco. As in the first leg, when they had quickly taken the lead, the Eagles got themselves a lot of situations, without managing to put them to the bottom, except that this time Eric Chelle’s men ended up paying for their lack of realism at a high price at the end of the game, following a header from captain Omar Colley on a free kick (79^e). This goal revives everything in group G since it allows the Scorpions and Congo, winner 1-0 of South Sudan the day before, to come back to three small points from the Malians, who will have to be wary. The race for qualification will be tight until the end!

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Gambia 1-0 Mali
Omar Colley#AFCONQ2023 pic.twitter.com/IekgVlFCSF

— CAFMEDIA (@Nadori_Z) March 28, 2023

The streak continues for Senegal

In Pool L, on the other hand, Senegal continues its series and the band of Aliou Cissé has chained a fourth consecutive victory in Mozambique (1-0). Threatening from the start, the Lions first wasted some ammunition before taking the lead on a fine sequence from Boulaye Dia in the area after a pass from Mané (17^e). Subsequently, the Senegalese generally controlled the match, without producing the licked football seen on the first leg, but the essential was done with the qualification of the defending champion

The magnificent goal signed Boulaye Dia 🔥 #MOZSEN #TotalEnergyAfcon2023Q pic.twitter.com/sEXBu2Qm3q

— Galsenfoot (@Galsenfootsn) March 28, 2023

After missing the final phase in 2022, South Africa will also be there in Côte d’Ivoire at the start of 2024. Under pressure after their draw conceded on the wire in the first leg (2-2), the Bafana Bafana reacted well by winning 2-1 in Liberia on goals from Lepasa (19^e) and Mayambela (53^e) despite the opposing equalizer signed Jebor (35^e). The particular configuration of this group reduced to three teams due to the suspension of Zimbabwe allows the men of Hugo Broos to join the Morocco among the qualified.

The compositions

📋 The starting lineup of our lions against Mozambique. #MOZSEN #AFCON2023Q pic.twitter.com/BVpTmFTDuW

— FSF (@Fsfofficielle) March 28, 2023

The composition of #Eagles against the #Gambia0-0 after 20 minutes of play!!#EagleNest #AllezLesAigles#ProudToBeEagles pic.twitter.com/R8Bqhw6UCH

—FEMAFOOT (@femafoot) March 28, 2023

The starting line ups for today, Liberia vs South Africa. #BafanaPride #AFCON2023Qualifiers #AFCON2023Q pic.twitter.com/ZMV5v2OKUz

— Bafana Bafana (@BafanaBafana) March 28, 2023