Mohamed Salah scored a first-half penalty as 10-man Egypt beat South Africa 1-0 of their ⁠Africa Cup of Nations Group B conflict in Agadir on Boxing Day to turn into the primary workforce into the knock-out phases of the competitors.
Egypt have six factors from their opening two video games and can’t end exterior of the prime two within the group. South Africa have three factors from their two video games, whereas Zimbabwe and Angola have one every after they drew 1-1 earlier within the day.
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Salah’s workforce have been awarded the penalty when the Liverpool participant was clipped within the face by South Africa defender Khuliso Mudau as they tussled for the ball within the field. The Egyptian ⁠stepped up to simply convert for his second aim of the event.
Egypt misplaced right-back ​Mohamed Hany to a crimson card for an unpleasant stamp on the ⁠finish of the primary half and ​confronted wave after wave of South ⁠African assaults within the second interval, because the latter have been denied a penalty of their very own for handball following a prolonged VAR examine.
Afcon fixtures and outcomes
(All kick-off instances GMT)
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Sunday, December 21
Morocco 2 Comoros 0
Monday, December 22
Mali 1 Zambia 1Egypt 2 Zimbabwe 1South Africa 2 Angola 1
Tuesday, December 23
Nigeria 2 Tanzania 1Tunisia 3 Uganda 1Senegal 3 Botswana 0Democratic Republic of Congo 1 Benin 0
Wednesday, December 24
Algeria 3 Sudan 0Burkina Faso 2 Equatorial Guinea 1Ivory Coast 1 Mozambique 0Cameroon 1 Gabon 0
Friday, December 26
Egypt 1 South Africa 0Angola 1 Zimbabwe 1Zambia 0 Comoros 0Morocco 1 Mali 1
Saturday, December 27
Benin vs Botswana, 12.30pmSenegal vs Congo DR, 3pmUganda vs Tanzania, 5.30pmNigeria vs Tunisia, 8pm
Sunday, December 28
Gabon vs Mozambique, 12.30pmEquatorial Guinea vs Sudan, 3pmAlgeria vs Burkina Faso, 5.30pmIvory Coast vs Cameroon, 8pm
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Monday, December 29
Angola vs Egypt, 4pmZimbabwe vs South Africa, 4pmComoros vs Mali, 7pmZambia vs Morocco, 7pm
Tuesday, December 30
Tanzania vs Tunisia, 4pmUganda vs Nigeria, 4pmBenin vs Senegal, 7pmBotswana vs Congo DR, 7pm
Wednesday, December 31
Equatorial Guinea vs Algeria, 4pmSudan vs Burkina Faso, 4pmGabon vs Ivory Coast, 7pmMozambique vs Cameroon, 7pm
Saturday, January 3
Spherical of 16: TBC vs TBC, 4pmRound of 16: TBC vs TBC, 7pm
Sunday, January 4
Spherical of 16: TBC vs TBC, 4pmRound of 16: TBC vs TBC, 7pm
Monday, January 5
Spherical of 16: TBC vs TBC, 4pmRound of 16: TBC vs TBC, 7pm
Tuesday, January 6
Spherical of 16: TBC vs TBC, 4pmRound of 16: TBC vs TBC, 7pm
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Friday, January 9
Quarter-final: TBC vs TBC, 4pmQuarter-final: TBC vs TBC, 7pm
Saturday, January 10
Quarter-final: TBC vs TBC, 4pmQuarter-final: TBC vs TBC, 7pm
Wednesday, January 14
Semi-final: TBC vs TBC, 5pmSemi-final: TBC vs TBC, 8pm
Sunday, January 18
Remaining: TBC vs TBC, 7pm
How are you going to watch matches on the Africa Cup of Nations?
All matches are being broadcast within the UK on both Channel 4, 4seven, All 4 or Channel 4 Sport YouTube.
Which Premier League gamers are at Afcon?
Arguably the largest identify in African soccer, Mohamed Salah has linked up with the Egypt squad . No different gamers have left Anfield for the event, giving the membership a have a look at what life after Salah could also be like.
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Manchester Metropolis’s Omar Marmoush joins him with Egypt, having struggled for minutes after a knee damage in September. Metropolis will hope that Afcon can flip final season’s flashes of brilliance into constant performances.
Some fanbases will likely be relieved to not lose key gamers. Newcastle United supporters will hope Yoane Wissa can kickstart his profession on Tyneside after he was ignored of DR Congo’s squad.
Antoine Semenyo’s Ghana didn’t qualify, permitting Bournemouth to maintain maintain of their prime scorer but additionally clearing the way in which . He will likely be in motion towards England on the World Cup.
Nevertheless, of Bryan Mbeumo, Amad Diallo and Noussair Mazraoui have joined Cameroon, Ivory Coast and Morocco, respectively.
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Carlos Baleba, the one Brighton participant to have appeared in each sport throughout all competitions this season, joined Mbeumo with Cameroon. They arrive in extraordinary circumstances after Samuel Eto’o, president of the Cameroonian Soccer Federation, sacked supervisor Marc Brys over alleged “subterfuge”.
Sunderland misplaced six of their African gamers to Afcon. Ex-Atletico Madrid full-back, Reinildo Mandava will play in Mozambique’s opening sport towards an Ivory Coast aspect with out Sunderland team-mate, Simon Adingra, after the winger was surprisingly ignored.
Lyle Foster travelled with South Africa, leaving relegation-threatened Burnley, as did Tunisia’s Hannibal Mejbri.
Fulham misplaced three gamers to the Nigeria squad: Calvin Bassey, Alex Iwobi and Samuel Chukwueze. The latter scored two objectives in Fulham’s sensational nine-goal sport towards
Nigeria’s Samuel Chukwueze celebrates the second of his two objectives for Fulham towards Manchester Metropolis earlier this month – Getty Photographs/Justin Setterfield
Everton’s Iliman Ndiaye and Idrissa Gana Gueye are two of six Senegalese gamers within the Premier League, all of whom travelled in a squad boasting ex-Premier League names like Sadio Mané and Kalidou Koulibaly.