Senegal have laid bare their intentions of lifting the Africa Cup of Nations for the U-20 after sailing to the final following the convincing 3-0 win over Tunisia at the Suez Canal Stadium. Senegal had booked a place in the semis after humbling Benin 1-0 while Tunisia had to dig deep into the post-match penalties to edge a resilient Congo in the quarterfinal. Despite crashing out of the tournament, Tunisia will take pride in the fact that they have qualified for the World Cup set to be played in May in Indonesia. ##NAJAVA_MECA_7069094##The team, will also have a chance to fight for a medal in the third place playoff that will pit them against the loser in the second semi final tie between Nigeria and and the Gambia. Senegal took the lead in the seventh minute through Pape Diop who volleyed the ball from outside the box to the farthest corner, beating the fully stretching Raed Gazzeh.Diop, wittingly noticed that Gazzeh’s poor positioning before letting fly a thunderous shot that saw him take his tally in the tournament to five goals.Angella Okutoyi among winners in Southeastern Conference PlayTunisia attempted to draw level almost immediately but the Senegalese goalkeeper Landing Badji pulled a decent save to keep his side on the advantage. Just before Tunisia could strategize on how they would draw level, the shot themselves on the foot by gifting Senegal the second goal in the 17th minute. Lamine Camara capitalized on a poor back pass from Zineddine Khemais, reacted quickest to slot the ball past Gazzeh who had attempted to put his legs on the line in a bid to save the situation. Michael Kibwage delighted after returning to competitive footballTunisia gathered themselves and began eating into Senegal’s dominance but could not translate the possession they enjoyed into goals as the West Africans defended well to break for half time with two goals against their name. Senegal put the game beyond the reach of Tunisia six minutes after restart through Camara who tapped in from close range after the defence failed to clear a ball by Samba Diallo.Camara had orchestrated the move after dispossessing a Tunisian player yards off the area before squaring the ball to Diallo who had his first shot blocked, before attempting to cross the ball past the line only for his second to be palmed away by Gazzeh. The ball fell on the path of Camara who squeezed it past the retreating legs and goalkeeper to grab his second for the day and sixth in the tournament.Ouma tips Nairobi City Stars to bloom in second legSenegal enjoyed dominance for the better spell of the second half to ultimately, qualify for the final on a hundred percent record as the team is yet to concede a goal. The Malick Daf coached side has scored twelve goals in the tournament.
