Overview
- Pape Gueye scored twice, leveling around the half-hour and putting Senegal ahead in first-half stoppage time.
- Paris Saint-Germain teenager Ibrahim Mbaye came off the bench to seal the win with a 77th-minute finish.
- Sudan struck first through Aamir Abdallah’s sixth-minute curler before Senegal took control.
- A first-half penalty given for a foul on Ismaïla Sarr was overturned after VAR showed an offside in the buildup.
- Sadio Mané supplied two assists, with reports crediting him with a tournament-best nine AFCON assists, and Senegal will face the Mali–Tunisia winner next Friday in Tangier.