Aliou Cissé's mantra over the last six years as Senegal coach has been hard work, application and belief. And for the last 20 minutes of his team's semi-final against Burkina Faso, the trinity of values fused vibrantly to fire a 3-1 romp past enterprising opponents and passage into a second successive final at the Africa Cup of Nations.
Fittingly the talismanic striker Sadio Mané struck the killer blow in the 87th minute at the Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo in Yaoundé.
