2024-01-29 06:10:55
San Pedro: Egypt returns with tears in the African Cup of Nations. In the knockout, they lost to the Democratic Republic of Congo in a penalty shootout (8-7). With this, superstar Muhammad Salah’s dream of winning the title has also been dashed. The highly dramatic match went into overtime with both teams scoring one goal apiece at full time.
Liverpool star Mohamed Salah, who was injured during the preliminary round match, was expected to return in the upcoming matches. But the team was eliminated in the last 16. In the 37th minute, Congo was the first to score through Meshach Elia. Mustafa Muhammad (45+1) equalized with a penalty in the injury time of the first half.
Both teams battled for the winning goal in the second half but to no avail. With this, the match went to extra time. In the 97th minute, Mohammed Hamdi Sharaf was sent off after receiving a red card, which was a setback for Egypt. In the final minutes, the team fought as ten men. Egypt fell in the shootout. Goal keeper Muhammad Abu Gabel missed the last kick. Congolese goalkeeper Lionel Mpasi scored. Egypt last won the Afcon title in 2010. This achievement was before Salah’s debut.
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