CAIRO — The African Champions Senegal beat Egypt on penalties 3-1 at the Abdoulaye Wade stadium in Diamniadio, near Dakar, on Tuesday to book a seat in the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022.

Despite ending the two games and the extra times with a 1-0 advance, Senegal went to penalties as it lost to Egypt at home match with the same result on March 26 In penalty shootouts, three Egyptian players, including the team captain and Liverpool star Mohammad Salah, missed the goal compared with only two players from the rival team.

Liverpool star Sadio Mane scored the fourth penalty to secure his country a ticket to Qatar's World Cup.

Before the start of the standoff, the Egyptian Football Federation announced that it had lodged an official complaint to the African Football Federation about attacks from Senegalese fans against the Egyptian team ahead of the decisive match. — Agencies