Burkina Faso 1-3 Senegal:Sadio Mane seals place in AFCON final
N an eventful game, VAR chalked off two Senegal penalties, with Burkina Faso goalkeeper Herve Koffi injured during the first. Abdou Diallo and Idrissa Gueye put Senegal in charge before Blati Toure narrowed the deficit late on.
But Mane chipped in to settle victory for the tournament favourites.
Mane's 29th goal for his country was taking him level with Henri Camara at the top of their all-time scorer list.
Senegal will face Egypt or hosts Cameroon in Sunday's final (19:00 GMT).
Burkina Faso will participate in the third/fourth-place play-off, brought forward a day to Saturday (also kicking off at 19:00).
"It shows you the momentum we have," said Mane. "We knew it was not going to be at all easy to get to two straight Afcon finals, but the most important for us now is to go all the way and win it, whoever we come up against.
"We were up against an excellent Burkina side who caused us a lot of problems.
"We expected a challenging game, and it was, but we stayed calm and created lots of chances. I think we deserved to win.
"I think you can see on my face how happy I am, which is completely normal. I am proud personally and very happy for myself, my teammates and the country."
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