By Oyediji Oluwaseun Babatunde
Sports Writer, kick442.com Nigeria
It wasn’t a smooth road for the Eagles of Mali en-route the 2020 Total African Nations Championship (CHAN) final.
Mali finished top of Group A ahead of the Intermediate Lions of Cameron before weathering the storm of Congo Brazaville and possessive Guinea respectively (both on penalties) in the quarter and semi-finals of the tournament.
As we look forward to the Eagles’ final match with defending Champions, Atlas Lions of Morocco on Sunday, www.kick442.com look back at Mali’s road to the final.
Group A
Mali 1-0 Burkina Faso (Bagayoko 70′)
Cameroon 1-1 Mali (Banga 6′, Samake 12′)
Mali 1-0 Zimbabwe (Diallo 11′)
Quarterfinal
Mali 0-0 Congo Brazaville (5-4 penalties)
Samake, Kyabou, Samabali, Doumba, and Coulibaly all converted their penalties for Mali while Mapata missed for Congo Brazaville.
Semifinal
Mali 0-0 Guinea (5-4 penalties)
The same five players that converted their spot-kicks against Congo Brazaville also scored their penalties for Mali while Morlaye Sylla missed his spot-kick for Guinea.
Final
Mali vs Morocco
7 February 2021
20:00
Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé
Referee: Peter Waweru (Kenya)
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