"Egypt dominated from the start but had to wait till the 69th before Marwan Attia finally made the breakthrough. Attia was involved again when Yasser Ibrahim met his cross with a looping header to send the ball inside the top left corner in the seventh minute of extra time. Salah had the final say on a counterattack, shooting past Benin goalkeeper Marcel Dandjinou from outside the penalty box after Zizo played him through."
"Mohamed Salah scored with the last kick in extra time to seal's Egypt's 3-1 win over Benin at Stade d'Agadir in the Morocco-hosted Africa Cup of Nations last 16. The Pharaohs dug deep after being surprisingly held to 1-1 in normal time on Monday after Benin's Jodel Dossou pounced on a rebound to level the football game in the 83rd minute."
"On Monday, Omar Marmoush broke through early on when Benin keeper Dandjinou emerged to stop him before he got any further. Dandjinou must have known he'd have a busy game. Egypt's Marwan Attia celebrates scoring their first goal with Omar Marmoush [Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters] Yohan Roche cleared off the line as the Pharaohs kept pushing forward. But Benin settled and stopped any other clear-cut chances. Marmoush and Salah both had efforts blocked."
Egypt required extra time to defeat Benin 3-1 at Stade d'Agadir and secure a place in the Africa Cup of Nations quarterfinals. Marwan Attia opened the scoring in the 69th minute, and Yasser Ibrahim converted a looping header from Attia's cross in the seventh minute of extra time. Jodel Dossou had earlier levelled for Benin in the 83rd minute after pouncing on a rebound. Mohamed Salah finished a counterattack in the final moments of extra time to seal the win. Egypt suffered a potential major injury with left back Mohamed Hamdy stretchered off before halftime.
Read at www.aljazeera.com
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]