Senegal v Egypt: Africa Cup of Nations 2026 semi-final
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Senegal XI (4-3-3): Mendy; Diatta, Koulibaly, Niakhate, Diouf; G Gueye, P Gueye, Diarra; Ndiaye, Jackson, Mane.
Only one change for Senegal as Jackson replaces Diallo.
Mané and Salah are both 33, born 66 days apart on opposite sides of the continent. Mané, the elder, is the son of an imam from Bambali, on the north bank of the Casamance. His family didn’t want him to be a footballer so he ran away from home aged 15, taking the bus to Dakar. Salah was born in Nagrig, just east of the Nile. His family were less wary of football, but having made a bus journey of three-to-four hours to training with the Cairo club Al Mokawloon and back every day, he too ended up, aged 15, leaving home to live in his country’s capital.
Their careers have run along not dissimilar lines. Both, for instance, have funded significant infrastructure projects in their home countries. But the sense at Liverpool was that their relationship was always a little spiky.
