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Audio 48:30

Supporters from Senegal and Egypt in Yaoundé.

The two teams will face each other in the CAN final on Sunday February 6, 2022. © Pierre René-Worms/RFI

By: Annie Gasnier Follow

1 min

In the summary of the Café des sports at 4:10 p.m. UT on Facebook Live: Cameroon out of its CAN.

Solid and resilient Pharaohs qualified after the penalty shootout, at the end of a closed match.

- Autopsy of a sports failure.

What did the Indomitable Lions miss?

- A trompe-l'oeil route to the semi-finals?

- The sporting consequences: it will be necessary to remobilize for a small final against the Stallions, and to face Algeria in the qualifiers counting for the World Cup. 

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- The consequences for the country: a drama, controversy, a few hiccups.

- Senegal/Egypt, different trajectories, but a revival of 2 nations, for an unprecedented final as the culmination of the Pan-African tournament.

- Mané and Salah, two "Scousers", 2 kings of England for a single throne!

- A final with a stylish opposition, wait-and-see Egyptians against Senegalese on the attack?

- If Egypt is on a mission to win an 8th star, will the Lions of Teranga defeat the Indian sign?

- Cardboard sequence at the end of the issue.

Around Annie Gasnier: Rémy N'Gono, Xavier Barret and Alejandro Valente.

Video production, Souheil Khedir/Léo Bernard.

Sound design: Valentin Alves/Laurent Salerno.

Coordination: David Fintzel/Pierre Guérin.

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