Senegal 0-2 Algeria: Desert Foxes reach quarter-finals [divider]
Algeria beat Senegal 2-0 to reach the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals as Group C runners-up.
Riyad Mahrez scored the opener when played in from a set-piece on 11 minutes.
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Tottenham’s Nabil Bentaleb doubled Algeria’s lead when he scored from 18 yards out.
Trabzonspor defender Carl Medjani played the full 90 minutes against South Africa.
Medjani joined the Black Sea Storm on a free transfer from Monaco in the summer and already has five goals and one assist this season.
The 29-year-old defender has two goals in 37 international caps for Algeria.
Fenerbahçe striker Moussa Sow did not make an appearance for Senegal.
Algeria 2-0 Senegal
SENEGAL: Bouna Coundoul, Lamine Sane, Cheikhou Kouyate, Papy Djilobodji, Kara Mbodj, Cheikh M’Bengue (Pape Souare 29’), Pape Kouly Diop (Papiss Cisse 54’), Idrissa Gana Gueye, Sadio Mane (Dame N’Doye 66’), Stephane Badji, Mame Biram Diouf
ALGERIA: Rais Mbolhi, Carl Medjani, Faouzi Ghoulam, Madjid Bougherra, Aissa Mandi, Saphir Taider, Yacine Brahimi (Medhi Lacen 72’), Nabil Bentaleb, Riyad Mahrez (Ahmed Kashi 90’), El Arabi Soudani (Ishak Belfodil 80’), Sofiane Feghouli
Goal: (Mahrez 11’, Bentaleb 82’)
