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Abafinyelele kowamanqamu we-AFCON 2021 baphinde bahlangana futhi sekukhahlelwa amaphenathi belwela ukuthola indawo kwiNdebe Yomhlaba ye-FIFA yango-2022 e-Qatar.
I-Senegal iphinde yaphuma phambili ngesikhathi i-Ghana ihlula i-Nigeria komunye umdlalo omqoka wokuhlungela iNdebe yoMhlaba.
Umdlalo obuse-Dakar uphele i-Senegal iwine ngo-1-0 ngenxa yegoli likaHamdi Fathi okuwumkhonto ogwaze ekhaya. Kodwa uma sekuhlanganiswe amaphuzu kube ngu-1-1 ngemuva kwesikhathi esengeziwe, amaphenalthi aye aphindwa njengakumdlalo wamanqamu we-AFCON odlalwe esikhathini esingangenyanga esedlule.
Isihlabani se-Liverpool uMohamed Salah ukhuphuke washaya iphenathi yokuqala ye-Egypt ngemuva kokungalitholi ithuba lokushaya eyodwa kowamanqamu. Umshayi magoli ohamba phambili kwi-Premier League ugeje igoli, ibhola ladlula phezu kwepali.
Ama-Lasers avela esixukwini abe neqhaza lawo ngesikhathi kubonakala ukukhanya okuluhlaza kucwebezela ebusweni bukaSalah ngesikhathi ekhahlela iphenalthi yakhe.
Uzakwabo kaSalah, uSadio Mané, uthathe ithuba lakhe ngesikhathi esibaluleke kakhulu futhi ngomoya ophansi washaya igoli eliwujuqu ngokuthi amaphenalthi aphele okwenze i-Teranga Lions iwine ngo-3-1.
Khonamanjalo e-Abuja, igoli lasekuhambeni lisize i-Ghana ukuthi ibhukhe amathikithi okuya e-Qatar ngosizo lwe-Nigeria, efinyelele kwindawo yesithupha emaqenjini ayisikhombisa kwiNdebe yoMhlaba.
Umpetha we-Arsenal uThomas Partey uvule igoli kusukela ebangeni elide emizuzwini eyishumi nje kuqale umdlalo ngaphambi kokuthi iphenalthi kaWilliam Troost-Ekong lilinganise amagoli.
Kodwa-ke igoli lokulinganisa belingenele njengoba i-Super Eagles yehlulekile ukuhamba phambili, okuholele ekutheni ihlulwe kulo mdlalo.
I-Black Stars izodlala kwiNdebe yoMhlaba okokuqala ngqa selokhu kwaqala lo mqhudelwano e-Brazil ngo-2014, ngemuva kokuhluleka ukuhlungela lo mqhudelwano owawuse-Russia ngo-2018.
I-Nigeria iphuthelwa yiNdebe yoMhlaba okokuqala ngqa kusukela ngo-2006.
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