Salah, Mane meet again — as rivals

Egypt, Senegal clash for Afcon final berth

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Egypt's Mohamed Salah is on a mission to win his first Afcon title. Senegal's Sadio Mane has been playing without any pressure.

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Three years after they last appeared together, Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah meet again today on opposing sides as Senegal and Egypt clash for a place in the Africa Cup of Nations final.

The last-four showdown in the Moroccan city of Tangiers will be the first time the former Liverpool teammates have shared a pitch since the Anfield club lost to Real Madrid in the Champions League final in May 2022.

Shortly after that, Mane left for Bayern Munich before moving to Al-Nassr in the Saudi Pro League a year later.

Salah, meanwhile, has been heavily linked with a move to Saudi Arabia in the near future but remains for now at Liverpool despite falling out of favour with coach Arne Slot before coming to the Cup of Nations.

The Egypt captain is a man on a mission in Morocco, having scored four goals in four appearances on the Pharaoh's run to the semifinals as he targets winning Afcon for the first time.