Africa Cup of Nations

FT Sunday, January 30, 2022
Morocco WWWDW 1
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Egypt WLWWW 2
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MAR10001
EGY01102
Stade Omnisport Ahmadou Ahidjo

Match Report

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Liverpool's Mohamed Salah stars as Egypt beat Morocco to reach AFCON semifinals

Mohamed Salah scored an equaliser and created the winner as Egypt came from behind to beat Morocco 2-1.

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Team Stats

18
Fouls
30
2
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
2
3
Corner Kicks
6
3
Saves
3
45.8
Possession
54.2
16
SHOTS
14
4
ON GOAL
5
0.3
On Target %
0.4
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
264
Accurate Passes
333
384
Passes
459
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.7
6
Accurate Crosses
2
17
Crosses
19
0.4
Cross %
0.1
83
Long Balls
82
29
Accurate Long Balls
25
0.3
Long Balls %
0.3
4
Blocked Shots
4
19
Effective Tackles
13
29
Tackles
22
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
20
Interceptions
4
25
Effective Clearances
22
25
Clearances
22

Head to Head

EGY leads series 1-0-1

Lineups

EGY · 4-3-3

  1. 16GabaskiG
  2. 2Mohamed AbdelmoneimCD-L
  3. 6Ahmed HegaziCD-R
  4. 13Ahmed FatouhLB
  5. 3Omar KamalRB
  6. 17Mohamed ElnenyCM
  7. 12Ayman AshrafLM
  8. 4Amr Al SulayaRM
  9. 14Mostafa MohamedF
  10. 22Omar MarmoushLF
  11. 10Mohamed SalahRF

MAR · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Yassine BounouG
  2. 5Nayef AguerdCD-L
  3. 6Romain SaïssCD-R
  4. 4Sofyan AmrabatDM
  5. 3Adam MasinaLB
  6. 2Achraf HakimiRB
  7. 15Selim AmallahCM-L
  8. 16Aymen BarkokCM-R
  9. 17Sofiane BoufalLM
  10. 10Munir El HaddadiRM
  11. 19Youssef En-NesyriF

Timeline

  1. 7' Goal! Egypt 0, Morocco 1. Sofiane Boufal (Morocco) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top right corner.
  2. 25' Omar Kamal (Egypt) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 34' Selim Amallah (Morocco) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45' Substitution, Egypt. Trézéguet replaces Ahmed Hegazy because of an injury.
  5. 53' Goal! Egypt 1, Morocco 1. Mohamed Salah (Egypt) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner following a corner.
  6. 66' Substitution, Morocco. Soufiane Rahimi replaces Sofiane Boufal.
  7. 78' Achraf Hakimi (Morocco) is shown the yellow card.
  8. 78' Mostafa Mohamed (Egypt) is shown the yellow card.
  9. 80' Ayman Ashraf (Egypt) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 80' Substitution, Egypt. Zizo replaces Omar Marmoush.
  11. 86' Substitution, Morocco. Imrân Louza replaces Selim Amallah.
  12. 86' Substitution, Morocco. Ryan Mmaee replaces Youssef En-Nesyri.
  13. 90' First Half Extra Time begins Egypt 1, Morocco 1.
  14. 90' Substitution, Egypt. Mahmoud Alaa replaces Ayman Ashraf.
  15. 96' Substitution, Egypt. Mohamed Sobhi replaces Mohamed Abou Gabal because of an injury.
  16. 100' Goal! Egypt 2, Morocco 1. Trézéguet (Egypt) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mohamed Salah.
  17. 104' Substitution, Morocco. Zakaria Aboukhlal replaces Aymen Barkok.
  18. 105'+1' Mohamed Abdelmonem (Egypt) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  19. 105'+2'
  20. 105'
  21. 110' Substitution, Morocco. Tarik Tissoudali replaces Munir El-Haddadi.
  22. 111' Substitution, Egypt. Ramadan Sobhi replaces Mostafa Mohamed.
  23. 120'+3' Substitution, Egypt. Marwan Hamdy replaces Mohamed Salah.
  24. 120'+4' Second Half Extra Time ends, Egypt 2, Morocco 1.

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