Senegal down defensive Egypt in Afcon semi-final to spare us the misery of extra-time
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Wednesday offered a feast of live football on the box, but what was meant to be, well, the day’s amuse bouche turned in to a bit of an appetite suppressant. True, more often than not semi-finals prove to be less than exhilarating, but Senegal v Egypt in the African Cup of Nations was so drearily unpalatable, it would have put you right off your dinner. This wasn’t Senegal’s fault, mind you, Egypt proving to be the Glenullin of AFCON, adopting the Derry side’s approach in their All-Ireland intermediate final last weekend. In other words, they weren’t massively daring. “There are two balls on the pitch,” our E4 commentator Simon Hill noted late in the game. “The way Egypt...