Senegal vs Sudan LIVE: AFCON result, latest updates and reaction after Pape Gueye inspires comeback

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·3 gennaio 2026

Senegal vs Sudan LIVE: AFCON result, latest updates and reaction after Pape Gueye inspires comeback

Lions of Teranga start Africa Cup of Nations knockout campaign on the right foot

Senegal vs Sudan LIVE

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Senegal continued their quest to reclaim the Africa Cup of Nations title on Saturday as they came from behind to beat Sudan in the round of 16. The match was the Lions’ to lose as they faced Sudan, making their debut in the AFCON knockout stages, and they did stumble in the early stages as Aamir Abdallah opened the scoring after just six minutes, bending a lovely strike well beyond the reach of Edouard Mendy. But Senegal did not trail for long, quickly coming back as Pape Gueye levelled the score and put the Lions of Teranga back in front deep in first-half stoppage time.

Sudan made a similarly fast start to the second-half but could not replicate their heroics from the first despite forcing a pair of strong saves from Mendy. Senegal righted the ship and settled back into the affair, before Ibrahim Mbaye sealed his nation’s progression by adding a late third.

A quarter-final meeting with either Mali or Tunisia awaits later this week. Catch up with the action as it happened below with Standard Sport’s dedicated LIVE blog!