Salah seals Egypt win against Benin as AFCON 2025 quarterfinals awaits

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Egypt request other clip to bushed Benin 3-1 but publication their spot successful the quarterfinals of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.

Published On 5 Jan 2026

Mohamed Salah scored with the past footwear successful other clip to seal’s Egypt’s 3-1 triumph implicit Benin astatine Stade d’Agadir successful the Morocco-hosted Africa Cup of Nations past 16.

The Pharaohs dug heavy aft being amazingly held to 1-1 successful mean clip connected Monday aft Benin’s Jodel Dossou pounced connected a rebound to level the shot crippled successful the 83rd minute.

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Egypt dominated from the commencement but had to hold till the 69th earlier Marwan Attia yet made the breakthrough.

Attia was progressive again erstwhile Yasser Ibrahim met his transverse with a looping header to nonstop the shot wrong the apical near country successful the seventh infinitesimal of other time.

Salah had the last accidental connected a counterattack, shooting past Benin goalkeeper Marcel Dandjinou from extracurricular the punishment container aft Zizo played him through. It was his 3rd extremity of the tournament.

Egypt’s team, which has played each crippled successful Agadir, volition enactment successful the coastal metropolis for a quarterfinal connected Saturday against Burkina Faso oregon defending champion Ivory Coast, who were gathering connected Tuesday.

Benin’s solitary triumph successful the radical stage, 1-0 implicit Botswana, was capable to scope the past 16.

On Monday, Omar Marmoush broke done aboriginal connected erstwhile Benin keeper Dandjinou emerged to halt him earlier helium got immoderate further. Dandjinou indispensable person known he’d person a engaged game.

Egypt's Marwan Attia celebrates scoring their archetypal extremity with Omar Marmoush

Yohan Roche cleared disconnected the enactment arsenic the Pharaohs kept pushing forward. But Benin settled and stopped immoderate different clear-cut chances. Marmoush and Salah some had efforts blocked.

Egypt was dealt a stroke earlier the interruption erstwhile near backmost Mohamed Hamdy went disconnected connected a stretcher with what looked similar a superior near genu wounded aft his ft connected with Dokou Dodo’s head. Dodo was OK to continue, but Hamdy covered his eyes arsenic helium was carried disconnected portion receiving well-wishes from teammates.

The breakthrough came erstwhile Mohamed Hany pulled the shot backmost down the punishment country and Attia curled it wrong the apical near country with the broadside of his boot.

But Dossou sent the crippled to other clip aft goalkeeper Mohamed El Shenawy could lone claw astatine a deflected goal-ward changeable from Junior Olaitan.

The Pharaohs volition person an other time of remainder earlier facing their adjacent opponents arsenic they bid for a record-extending eighth title.

Nigeria faced Mozambique successful Fez aboriginal Monday. The Super Eagles were singing and dancing arsenic they made their mode into the stadium. The victor of that past 16 lucifer volition look a quarterfinal against Algeria oregon Congo, who were to play successful Rabat connected Tuesday.

Mali and Senegal volition play the archetypal quarterfinal connected Friday, followed by big Morocco facing Cameroon.

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