The Junior Teranga lions of Senegal have a booked a place in the Quarter-final of the 2023 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations with a dominant 3-0 victory over Mozambique on Wednesday.
Pape Amadou Diallo opened scoring for Senegal in the 45 minute of the encounter to register a first half win.
Upon resumption in the second half, Pape Demba Diop scored in the 54th minute before Pape Amadou Diallo registered his second of the day.
Mozambique, with a point from their two games, will likely need to defeat Nigeria on Saturday to have any chance of joining Senegal in the quarterfinals.
The Senegalese team were labeled favorites to win the competition and continue to live up to expectations, as they already grabbed a last eight ticket.
The Senegalese would have to surmount their Quarter-final ticket to book a place in the U-20 World Cup holding in Indonesia in May.
Host Egypt and Nigeria will battle for the second group A encounter as both teams will be hoping to secure the runners – up position in the group.
Four teams who would make the semi-finals of the tournament will represent Africa at the U-20 World Cup holding in the Asian country of Indonesia.
Ghana remains the only African country to have won the U-20 world Cup.
Tetteh led the Ghana U20 team to success in Egypt, beating Brazil in the finals on penalties to claim the global title in 2009.