FT: Egypt 1-0 Senegal, Pharaohs take the advantage! Ghana 0-0 Nigeria, nervy Jollof derby ends goalless

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Egypt 1-0 Senegal

A hard-fought victory for the home side who will travel to Dakar with a one-goal advantage.

Ghana 0-0 Nigeria

An entertaining first leg in Kumasi but it ends goalless. A massive second leg awaits in Abuja!

Second Half

We are back on for the second 45 in Kumasi and Cairo. Whoever wins from this first leg gets a crucial advantage!

Half-time

It’s Half-time in Kumasi as well as Cairo. The Pharaohs of Egypt are ahead in Cairo courtesy of an own goal. While the Jollof derby remains a deadlock.

HALF-TIME! ⏰

🇪🇬 Egypt 1-0 Senegal 🇸🇳

An early own goal puts Egypt in front after the opening 45 minutes. #WorldCup | #WCQ pic.twitter.com/3WGkZFytSa

— CAF (@CAF_Online) March 25, 2022

OWN GOAL – Egypt 1-0 Senegal

Saliou puts the ball into his own net! Not a good start for the Teranga Lions of Senegal

Kickoff

We are underway in Ghana as well as Egypt!

Team News

GHANA VS NIGERIA

🇬🇭🇳🇬 |

📑 TEAM NEWS – The men for today's job 🤝🏼#WCQ2022 | #BringBackTheLove | #GoBlackStarsGo | #GoGhana pic.twitter.com/RoDzx8jpaJ

— Black Stars 🇬🇭 (@GhanaBlackstars) March 25, 2022

Nigeria starting XI tonight#ghanavsnigeria pic.twitter.com/rRbLfYZotJ

— Gilles 🇳🇬🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (@_Grimanditweets) March 25, 2022

EGYPT VS SENEGAL

🔴 Egypt's 🇪🇬 line up
🟢Senegal's 🇸🇳 line up #EGYSEN #WCQ @FIFAWorldCup pic.twitter.com/VFvWAFuROX

— Kemboi (@Cfc_Kemboi) March 25, 2022

The stakes are high as Ghana host Nigeria in the first leg of the World Cup play-off tonight. Both sides had a disappointing time of things in the Africa Cup of Nations at the start of the year, but they could swiftly put that behind them by booking a place in Qatar in November.

Otto Addo is now in interim charge of Ghana, after Milovan Rajevac lost his job following that dismal AFCON campaign that saw the Black Stars finish bottom of their group with just a single point.

For Nigeria, they have an impressive recent record qualifying for the World Cup that they will be desperate to keep that up. They have appeared at six of the last seven tournaments, and certainly have the star quality to extend that run.

The second leg takes place on Tuesday night in Nigeria, so Ghana know that they really need to make the most of home advantage tonight.

A matter of weeks after the dramatic African Cup of Nations final between two of the biggest heavyweights in the African game, Egypt and Senegal will meet again to determine who is granted entry into the 2022 World Cup. Of course, the headline players are Liverpool duo Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane.

Mane emerged victorious in Cameroon to finally win his country the AFCON title but Salah certainly appears to have put that behind him if his Premier League form is anything to go by.