The Senegal national team is no longer group D leader. The Lions were beaten by the Leopards who ousted them in a hard-fought match.
It’s a dirty evening for Mamadou Gueye Pabi and his men. Boniface Ndong’s assistant who replaces the latter, who is unavailable for this February window, did not manage to do well. However, his foals played well but lost a lot of balls and were not effective. The address noted yesterday during the victory against Egypt was not at the rendezvous this evening.
On the match sheet, Senegal only managed 5 winning shots out of 32 attempts. In free throws, Mbaye Ndiaye (3/3) and his teammates managed to score 8/13 and lost 11 balls. And even if the opponent’s scores are not quite as good (13 bullet losses, 5/12 winning shots, 9/13 free throws), the DRC managed to neutralize Senegal’s shooters and prevent the Lions in the ‘together, to play fast.
Only Mbaye Ndiaye and Boubacar Toure managed to score from two points (11pts) and are co-third best scorer. Dominated during the first period (23-15; 35-29), the Lions did not relax until the last moment. At the end of the 3rd quarter, they were only two points apart (44-46). They came back tied in the last round but Henry Pwono (14 points) and co. were determined to beat Senegal in front of their home crowd.
Alone, Papi Brancou Badio tried 13 award-winning shots to succeed only 2. He has a 13.3% shooting success percentage. For him and the others, it will be necessary very quickly to forget this match and concentrate on the last meeting at the Dakar Arena this Sunday at 6 p.m. Faced with Kenya who are struggling to win a game here, the fans will have to forget the defeat. They expect a lot from the leader who entertained Senegal during the AfroBasket.
Note that this second window of the World Cup qualifiers in Dakar is the first leg for these teams who will meet next June-July for the 3rd window. Four teams will be eliminated at the end of this window whose host country is not yet known.
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