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Mohamed Salah scored with the past footwear successful other clip to seal Egypt's 3-1 triumph implicit Benin successful the Africa Cup of Nations past 16, and Nigeria enjoyed a 4-0 rout of Mozambique.
Egypt had to excavation heavy aft being amazingly held to 1-1 successful mean clip aft Benin's Jodel Dossou pounced connected a rebound to level the crippled successful the 83rd minute.
“Before the game, I said determination are nary casual teams, and Benin were a pugnacious opponent,” Egypt manager Hossam Hassan said.
The Pharaohs 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.
Benin manager Gernot Rohr was encouraged by his team's show without injured guardant Steve Mounié.
“In a lucifer similar this helium would person helped america a lot, peculiarly successful aerial play,” the German said. "But arsenic caput coach, I americium arrogant of my players. I instrumentality distant their cognition tonight, their solidarity and warring spirit. That is precise affirmative for the aboriginal of the Cheetahs.”
Egypt, 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.
The Pharaohs volition person an other time of remainder earlier facing their adjacent opponents arsenic they bid for a record-extending eighth title.
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 proceed but Hamdy covered his eyes arsenic helium was carried disconnected portion receiving good wishes from teammates.
“His teammates played for him,” Hassan said.
Super Eagles soar
Victor Osimhen and Ademola Lookman starred arsenic Nigeria routed Mozambique successful Fez.
The Super Eagles were singing and dancing arsenic they made their mode into the stadium and dense rainfall failed to dampen their mood.
Osimhen had an aboriginal extremity ruled retired for offside but Nigeria didn't person to hold agelong for Lookman to get disconnected the people successful the 20th erstwhile helium was acceptable up by Akor Adams.
Osimhen got his extremity 5 minutes later, again acceptable up by Adams, though the transverse took a deflection.
Any hopes the Mambas had of a comeback were dented aft the interruption erstwhile Lookman acceptable up Osimhen for his 2nd goal. Lookman besides acceptable up Adams to seal the effect connected a interruption successful the 75th.
Osimhen was already disconnected the tract for a remainder by then. Nigeria manager Eric Chelle took Lookman and Adams disconnected successful the last minutes, too.
The Super Eagles adjacent 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.
