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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Taha Hashim

Egypt 3-1 Benin (aet): Africa Cup of Nations last 16 tie – as it happened

Egypt's Mohamed Salah celebrates after scoring his side's third goal.
Egypt's Mohamed Salah celebrates after scoring his side's third goal. Photograph: Mosa’ab Elshamy/AP

Report: Salah seals last-16 win

Yasser Ibrahim’s superb header and Mohamed Salah’s breakaway strike earned record seven-time champions Egypt a hard-fought 3-1 extra-time victory over Benin in the Africa Cup of Nations round of 16 on Monday.

Egypt led after 69 minutes through a superb 30-yard strike from Marwan Attia, but Benin forced the game into an additional 30 minutes when they equalised late on through Jodel Dossou. Ibrahim, who plays in defence, scored his first international goal on 97 minutes when he met Attia’s cross with a header from 15 yards that looped into the top corner of the net, and Salah raced clear to add the third with the last kick of the game.

Egypt will face the defending champions, Côte d’Ivoire, or Burkina Faso in the quarter-finals in Agadir on Saturday. Reuters

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That’ll be all from me. Make sure to tune-in tomorrow for our Algeria v DR Congo MBM. Cheers!

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