Mane scores and goes off injured in Senegal's victory over 9 Cape Verdean players
Sadio Mane scored a goal and then went out injured to lead Senegal to a 2-0 victory over Cape Verde, which completed the match with nine players, and qualified for the quarter-finals of the African Cup of Nations on Tuesday.
Mane scored after a neat shot, after a corner kick, from inside the penalty area in the 63rd minute, and his replacement, Bamba Diang, added the second goal after completely alone with the goal in the second minute of overtime.
A few minutes after the first goal, and after the referee reviewed the clip in a side screen of the video assistant referee, Mane fell to the ground and asked to leave, after it appeared that he was suffering from a head injury.
Mane was hit in the head in a joint ball with Cape Verdean goalkeeper Fouzinia, who was sent off after returning to the video referee in the 57th minute.
This is the second red card for Cape Verde after midfielder Patrick Andrade was sent off after an intervention from the video referee also in the 21st minute for committing a violent foul against Papa D, the Senegal player in the middle of the field.
Senegal will play in the quarter-finals against the winner of the round of 16 match to be held between Mali and Equatorial Guinea on Wednesday.
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