Zimbabwe 0 – 2 Senegal.
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Senegal will book their place in the quarter-finals of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations if they beat Zimbabwe in their second Group B match.
They were the only team in the group to win their first match – 2-0 against Tunisia – and they have no injuries.
Zimbabwe will be without forward Knowledge Musona, who has not recovered from a hamstring problem he suffered in the 2-2 draw with Algeria.
The K.V. Oostende forward was substituted after only 12 minutes.
However, Zimbabwe are hopeful Musona will be fit to return for their final game against Tunisia on 23 January.
Senegal coach Aliou Cisse is convinced Senegal have what it takes to go deep into the tournament.
“Perhaps we were overconfident in previous campaigns and believed the media hype about being among the favourites,” he said.
“I believe there is more humility within the squad now – a realisation that we are just one of many contenders to become African champions.
“We are good enough to go all the way and bring the trophy to Senegal for the first time, but many difficult matches lie ahead.”
Zimbabwe will certainly not be pushovers, having come within eight minutes of puling off a shock victory over much-fancied Algeria.
Coach Callisto Pasuwa wants his side to take confidence from that result.
“I hope that by holding an Algerian team containing Riyad Mahrez and several other stars we can get rid of an inferiority complex we sometimes possess,” he said.
The only previous Nations Cup game between the countries was won 2-0 by Senegal in Egypt 11 years ago thanks to second-half goals from Henri Camara and Issa Ba.
wena you have a problem shame, am not talking politics or tribalism, am discussing sports here,unfortunately wena you are just insane, discussing with you its waste of time and energy, politics or tribalism doesn’t give me anything and am not bothered about, i dont care who plays in the national team shona, ndebele or anything its fine with me, you will die of heart attack, you are hurting too much.
but people you should understand, zimbabwe doesn’t wait to be hosts so that they qualify, we did beat some countries to get to Gabon, and Senegal is world class team, No 1 in Africa and we are No 30, so you expected Zim to beat Senegal? we must think again, we playing with SA PSL Players, what do you expect? lets hope we have learnt our lesson, we must go back to the drawing board. actually we were very lucky to be beaten only 2, that is what we were suppose to do to Algeria but we failed.
Of course, what would one expect, from a team of Tshonas only.
A bunch of incompetents in just about every sphere of life.
Gukurahundi Zimbombogwe is useless. I dont identify with rubbish. I am a proud Mthwakazi.