As a country, Egypt have the experience of seven past Cup of Nations victories, although the most recent was in 2010 when they claimed their third in a row. That explains why Egypt assistant coach Diaa al-Sayed suggested moving the final back a day to allow his team more time to recover. "Senegal have one extra day to train and therefore maybe we should play the final on Monday," he said after the semi-final. Egypt will be without veteran Portuguese coach Queiroz after he was shown a red card against Cameroon, while right-back Omar Kamal is suspended too. Mane, like Salah, gets the attention but Senegal will hope their collective strength can make the difference.

Source: The Nation February 05, 2022 18:01 UTC