In a heart-wrenching turn of events, Egypt's national football team bowed out of the 2024 African Cup of Nations in a nail-biting penalty shootout against the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), concluding their campaign in Cote d’Ivoire. The Pharaohs displayed an early vigour in the first half, with defender Ahmed Hegazy narrowly missing a
Egypt salvaged another 2-2 draw in the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) after tying with Ghana. Egypt's football team started in an underwhelming fashion, worsened by an unexpected injury to its star forward Mohamed Salah. Egypt’s lacklustre first-half performance was punished in the final minutes when Ghana’s star attacker Mohammed Kudus fired from outside the box
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp joked Friday that he is not wishing Mohamed Salah too much luck at the Africa Cup of Nations as he prepares for a crucial spell of games without his top scorer.
Egypt lacked several other injured first choices, but were still expected to secure maximum Group D points in neutral Malawi against opponents 108 places lower in the world rankings.
Substitute Mohamed, who plays for Turkish giants Galatasaray, ended the deadlock on 87 minutes from time with a shot that Mouctar Diakhaby deflected past goalkeeper Ibrahima Kone.