Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia all took a significant step closer to the World Cup finals after Friday’s first legs of their playoff matches, but new African champions Senegal are going to have to come from behind if they are to qualify for Qatar.
The second leg matches, deciding Africa's five World Cup qualifiers, will be played on Tuesday night.
Islam Slimani scored for Algeria while Tunisia benefited from a horror own-goal as their sides won away in Cameroon and Mali respectively, while Morocco came from a goal down to draw in Kinshasa against the Democratic Republic of Congo.Egypt edged Senegal by a single goal as they met again six weeks after Sadio Mane’s team beat the Pharaohs on post-match penalties to win the Africa Cup of Nations.
But Senegal dominated proceedings away in Cairo and are more than capable of overturning the deficit."It's a World Cup game, everything is open. We need to be more powerful, we need to do it double. "History does not talk about those who play better. As we know, Italy played well against Macedonia [on Thursday] and they are out of the World Cup."
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