Sadio Mane scored a last-minute penalty to give Senegal a 1-0 wins over Zimbabwe in their opening fixture at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations.

Because of the positive cases of coronavirus in his squad, Aliou Cisse made changes to his starting XI as Queens Park Rangers goalkeeper Seny Dieng replaced Chelsea's Edouard Mendy and Olympiakos' Pape Abou Cisse and PSG's Abdou Diallo co-ordinated the defence in the absence of Kalidou Koulibaly.

It was an end-to-end start at the Stade omnisports de Bafoussam and the two goalkeepers of both teams were called to action on several occasions and they made crucial saves to keep the game on level terms