Senegal Defends Its Title With A Hat-Trick Against Gambia

The Senegal national team began the campaign to defend the African Cup of Nations title, achieving a major victory over its counterpart, the Gambia national team, with a score of 3-0, during the match that brought the two teams together on Monday at the “Charles Konan Bani” stadium in the third group competitions of the 2023 Cannes Championship. The first goal came in the minute. The fourth came through the player Papi Gaye through a powerful shot, from a distinguished effort by the team’s star Sadio Mane. Before the end of the first half, specifically in the eighth minute of stoppage time, Ebo Adams, the Gambian player, was sent off, and his country’s national team completed the match incomplete in the second half. In the second half, The Senegal national team scored a double, which came from the feet of midfielder Lamine Kamara in the 52nd and 86th minutes, respectively, to lead his country to a 3-0 victory. With this result, Senegal is at the top of Group C with 3 points, while Gambia is at the bottom with no points, and the other two sides of the group, Cameroon and Guinea, will meet at seven in the evening.