Ivory Coast vs Egypt, 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, Round of 16

· Egypt advance 5-4 on penalties

Ivory Coast

FT - Penalties
0 - 0
Egypt advance 5-4 on penalties

Egypt

Egypt oust Ivory Coast at AFCON as sub keeper Abo Gabal turns penalty shootout hero

Egypt booked a quarterfinal place at the Africa Cup of Nations with a 5-4 shootout victory over Ivory Coast after the teams played a goalless draw.

Match Timeline

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
2': Ahmed Abou El Fotouh (Egypt) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
2': Foul by Nicolas Pépé (Côte d'Ivoire).
2': Foul by Mostafa Mohamed (Egypt).
2': Ibrahim Sangaré (Côte d'Ivoire) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
3': Attempt missed. Franck Kessié (Côte d'Ivoire) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
5': Foul by Mostafa Mohamed (Egypt).
5': Jean Michaël Seri (Côte d'Ivoire) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
5': Attempt blocked. Max-Alain Gradel (Côte d'Ivoire) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ghislain Konan.
7': Foul by Omar Kamal (Egypt).
7': Ghislain Konan (Côte d'Ivoire) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
9': Foul by Eric Bailly (Côte d'Ivoire).
9': Mostafa Mohamed (Egypt) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
9': Eric Bailly (Côte d'Ivoire) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
12': Hand ball by Serge Aurier (Côte d'Ivoire).
12': Foul by Mostafa Mohamed (Egypt).
12': Ghislain Konan (Côte d'Ivoire) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
16': Ahmed Abou El Fotouh (Egypt) wins a free kick on the left wing.
16': Foul by Serge Aurier (Côte d'Ivoire).
17': Omar Marmoush (Egypt) hits the bar with a right footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Amr El Soleya.
21': Attempt saved. Mohamed Salah (Egypt) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Amr El Soleya.
21': Corner, Egypt. Conceded by Badra Sangaré.
25': Corner, Côte d'Ivoire. Conceded by Mohamed Abdelmonem.
25': Attempt saved. Omar Kamal (Egypt) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Omar Marmoush.
27': Foul by Mostafa Mohamed (Egypt).
27': Franck Kessié (Côte d'Ivoire) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
27': Foul by Ahmed Hegazy (Egypt).
27': Sébastien Haller (Côte d'Ivoire) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
28': Attempt saved. Max-Alain Gradel (Côte d'Ivoire) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
29': Foul by Mohamed Elneny (Egypt).
29': Max-Alain Gradel (Côte d'Ivoire) wins a free kick on the left wing.
30': Substitution, Côte d'Ivoire. Serey Dié replaces Franck Kessié because of an injury.
31': Corner, Côte d'Ivoire. Conceded by Mohamed Elneny.
31': Foul by Sébastien Haller (Côte d'Ivoire).
31': Hamdi Fathi (Egypt) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
35': Amr El Soleya (Egypt) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
35': Foul by Serey Dié (Côte d'Ivoire).
36': Attempt saved. Mostafa Mohamed (Egypt) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mohamed Salah with a through ball.
36': Corner, Egypt. Conceded by Badra Sangaré.
36': Corner, Egypt. Conceded by Badra Sangaré.
39': Attempt saved. Ibrahim Sangaré (Côte d'Ivoire) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Nicolas Pépé.
39': Attempt blocked. Nicolas Pépé (Côte d'Ivoire) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ibrahim Sangaré.
40': Attempt missed. Mostafa Mohamed (Egypt) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Mohamed Elneny.
41': Foul by Max-Alain Gradel (Côte d'Ivoire).
41': Mohamed Salah (Egypt) wins a free kick on the right wing.
43': Attempt blocked. Mohamed Elneny (Egypt) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
44': Hand ball by Max-Alain Gradel (Côte d'Ivoire).
45': Attempt blocked. Omar Marmoush (Egypt) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mohamed Salah.
45': Corner, Egypt. Conceded by Simon Deli.
45'+1': Attempt blocked. Jean Michaël Seri (Côte d'Ivoire) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Nicolas Pépé.
45'+1': Attempt saved. Sébastien Haller (Côte d'Ivoire) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Max-Alain Gradel.
45'+1': First Half ends, Côte d'Ivoire 0, Egypt 0.
45': Second Half begins Côte d'Ivoire 0, Egypt 0.
46': Foul by Ahmed Abou El Fotouh (Egypt).
46': Nicolas Pépé (Côte d'Ivoire) wins a free kick on the right wing.
52': Attempt missed. Amr El Soleya (Egypt) right footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Mohamed Salah.
53': Corner, Egypt. Conceded by Badra Sangaré.
54': Corner, Côte d'Ivoire. Conceded by Ahmed Hegazy.
55': Foul by Omar Marmoush (Egypt).
55': Serey Dié (Côte d'Ivoire) wins a free kick on the left wing.
56': Attempt blocked. Hamdi Fathi (Egypt) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
57': Attempt blocked. Mohamed Salah (Egypt) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Amr El Soleya.
57': Attempt blocked. Omar Marmoush (Egypt) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
61': Foul by Serey Dié (Côte d'Ivoire).
61': Mohamed Salah (Egypt) wins a free kick on the right wing.
62': Foul by Amr El Soleya (Egypt).
62': Sébastien Haller (Côte d'Ivoire) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
63': Attempt missed. Mostafa Mohamed (Egypt) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Omar Marmoush.
64': Foul by Ibrahim Sangaré (Côte d'Ivoire).
64': Hamdi Fathi (Egypt) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
68': Corner, Côte d'Ivoire. Conceded by Omar Kamal.
69': Corner, Côte d'Ivoire. Conceded by Ahmed Hegazy.
70': Attempt saved. Sébastien Haller (Côte d'Ivoire) header from very close range is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Ibrahim Sangaré with a headed pass.
70': Corner, Côte d'Ivoire. Conceded by Mohamed El Shenawy.
70': Foul by Ghislain Konan (Côte d'Ivoire).
70': Mohamed Salah (Egypt) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
71': Substitution, Egypt. Trézéguet replaces Omar Marmoush.
71': Substitution, Côte d'Ivoire. Wilfried Zaha replaces Max-Alain Gradel.
72': Substitution, Côte d'Ivoire. Jérémie Boga replaces Jean Michaël Seri.
73': Attempt missed. Trézéguet (Egypt) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Amr El Soleya.
74': Foul by Eric Bailly (Côte d'Ivoire).
74': Mostafa Mohamed (Egypt) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
75': Attempt saved. Nicolas Pépé (Côte d'Ivoire) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Eric Bailly.
78': Attempt saved. Nicolas Pépé (Côte d'Ivoire) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
83': Foul by Trézéguet (Egypt).
83': Serey Dié (Côte d'Ivoire) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
84': Substitution, Egypt. Zizo replaces Hamdi Fathi because of an injury.
84': Attempt saved. Wilfried Zaha (Côte d'Ivoire) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ghislain Konan.
85': Foul by Sébastien Haller (Côte d'Ivoire).
85': Mohamed Abdelmonem (Egypt) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
88': Substitution, Egypt. Mohamed Abou Gabal replaces Mohamed El Shenawy because of an injury.
90'+1': Corner, Côte d'Ivoire. Conceded by Ahmed Abou El Fotouh.
90'+1': Corner, Côte d'Ivoire. Conceded by Mohamed Elneny.
90'+2': Foul by Simon Deli (Côte d'Ivoire).
90'+2': Mohamed Abou Gabal (Egypt) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+2': Foul by Zizo (Egypt).
90'+2': Nicolas Pépé (Côte d'Ivoire) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+2': Zizo (Egypt) is shown the yellow card.
90'+3': Foul by Jérémie Boga (Côte d'Ivoire).
90'+3': Mohamed Elneny (Egypt) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+4': Second Half ends, Côte d'Ivoire 0, Egypt 0.
90': First Half Extra Time begins Côte d'Ivoire 0, Egypt 0.
90': Substitution, Egypt. Mohamed Sherif replaces Mostafa Mohamed.
91': Attempt missed. Trézéguet (Egypt) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Mohamed Elneny.
92': Attempt blocked. Trézéguet (Egypt) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mohamed Salah.
92': Corner, Egypt. Conceded by Eric Bailly.
92': Attempt blocked. Amr El Soleya (Egypt) header from the right side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Zizo with a cross.
93': Attempt missed. Mohamed Sherif (Egypt) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Ahmed Hegazy with a headed pass.
97': Hand ball by Zizo (Egypt).
98': Attempt saved. Zizo (Egypt) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Trézéguet.
99': Foul by Mohamed Salah (Egypt).
99': Ghislain Konan (Côte d'Ivoire) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
100': Foul by Sébastien Haller (Côte d'Ivoire).
100': Mohamed Abdelmonem (Egypt) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
101': Foul by Omar Kamal (Egypt).
101': Wilfried Zaha (Côte d'Ivoire) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
104': Attempt saved. Ibrahim Sangaré (Côte d'Ivoire) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Nicolas Pépé.
104': Corner, Côte d'Ivoire. Conceded by Mohamed Abou Gabal.
105': Attempt missed. Simon Deli (Côte d'Ivoire) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Nicolas Pépé with a cross following a corner.
105': Substitution, Côte d'Ivoire. Maxwel Cornet replaces Sébastien Haller.
105'+2': First Half Extra Time ends, Côte d'Ivoire 0, Egypt 0.
105': Second Half Extra Time begins Côte d'Ivoire 0, Egypt 0.
106': Foul by Trézéguet (Egypt).
106': Jérémie Boga (Côte d'Ivoire) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
108': Foul by Serge Aurier (Côte d'Ivoire).
108': Zizo (Egypt) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
111': Foul by Eric Bailly (Côte d'Ivoire).
111': Zizo (Egypt) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
112': Foul by Simon Deli (Côte d'Ivoire).
112': Mohamed Salah (Egypt) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
112': Simon Deli (Côte d'Ivoire) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
113': Attempt missed. Trézéguet (Egypt) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Mohamed Salah.
116': Attempt blocked. Trézéguet (Egypt) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mohamed Salah.
116': Corner, Egypt. Conceded by Serge Aurier.
117': Foul by Wilfried Zaha (Côte d'Ivoire).
117': Trézéguet (Egypt) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
117': Wilfried Zaha (Côte d'Ivoire) is shown the yellow card.
120': Attempt saved. Trézéguet (Egypt) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Mohamed Salah.
120': Second Half Extra Time ends, Côte d'Ivoire 0, Egypt 0.
120': Penalty Shootout begins Côte d'Ivoire 0, Egypt 0.
120': Goal! Côte d'Ivoire 0(1), Egypt 0. Nicolas Pépé (Côte d'Ivoire) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
120': Goal! Côte d'Ivoire 0(1), Egypt 0(1). Zizo (Egypt) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
120': Goal! Côte d'Ivoire 0(2), Egypt 0(1). Ibrahim Sangaré (Côte d'Ivoire) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
120': Goal! Côte d'Ivoire 0(2), Egypt 0(2). Amr El Soleya (Egypt) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
120': Penalty saved! Eric Bailly (Côte d'Ivoire) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
120': Goal! Côte d'Ivoire 0(2), Egypt 0(3). Omar Kamal (Egypt) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
120': Goal! Côte d'Ivoire 0(3), Egypt 0(3). Maxwel Cornet (Côte d'Ivoire) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
120': Goal! Côte d'Ivoire 0(3), Egypt 0(4). Mohamed Abdelmonem (Egypt) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
120': Goal! Côte d'Ivoire 0(4), Egypt 0(4). Wilfried Zaha (Côte d'Ivoire) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
120': Goal! Côte d'Ivoire 0(4), Egypt 0(5). Mohamed Salah (Egypt) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
120': Penalty Shootout ends, Côte d'Ivoire 0(4), Egypt 0(5).
0': Match ends, Côte d'Ivoire 0(4), Egypt 0(5).

Statistics

EGY		CIV
16	Fouls	20
1	Yellow Cards	3
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	0
7	Corner Kicks	9
8	Saves	6
44.8	Possession	55.2
21	SHOTS	13
5	ON GOAL	8
0.2	On Target %	0.6
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
337	Accurate Passes	439
445	Passes	552
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.8
7	Accurate Crosses	5
20	Crosses	19
0.4	Cross %	0.3
68	Long Balls	71
19	Accurate Long Balls	33
0.3	Long Balls %	0.5
8	Blocked Shots	3
5	Effective Tackles	5
16	Tackles	13
0.3	Tackle %	0.4
18	Interceptions	8
24	Effective Clearances	23
24	Clearances	23

Game Information

Competition: Africa Cup of Nations

Venue: Stade Omnisport de Douala
Location: Japoma, Cameroon

Line-Ups

Ivory Coast (4-3-3)

No.	Name
23	Badra Ali Sangaré (GK)
14	Simon Deli
21	Eric Bailly
3	Ghislain Konan
17	Sèrge Aurier
4	Jean Michaël Seri
8	Franck Kessié
18	Ibrahim Sangaré
22	Sébastien Haller
15	Max Gradel
19	Nicolas Pépé

Ivory Coast Substitutes:

Wilfried Zaha, Wilfried Kanon, Jérémie Boga, Maxwel Cornet, Abdoul Karim Cissé, Yohan Boli, Jean Evrard Kouassi, Eliezer Ira, Christian Kouamé, Serey Dié, Odilon Kossounou, Habib Maïga.

Egypt (4-3-3)

No.	Name
1	Mohamed El Shenawy (GK)
2	Mohamed Abdelmonem
6	Ahmed Hegazi
13	Ahmed Fatouh
3	Omar Kamal
5	Hamdy Fathy
4	Amr Al Sulaya
17	Mohamed Elneny
14	Mostafa Mohamed
22	Omar Marmoush
10	Mohamed Salah

Egypt Substitutes:

Mohamed Sobhy, Mahmoud Alaa, Ramadan Sobhi, Gabaski, Ayman Ashraf, Abdallah Said, Zizo, Mohanad Lasheen, Marwan Hamdy, Trézéguet, Emam Ashour, Mohamed Sherif.

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