Sign up now!!!<\/a><\/p>\nWhat was expected to be a comfortable start for Egypt in Group B proved anything but as Prince Dube gave Zimbabwe a 20th-minute lead they retained until Omar Marmoush equalised after 63 minutes. <\/p>\n
Victory leaves Egypt level on three points after the first series of group matches with South Africa, who beat Angola 2-1 in Marrakesh earlier. <\/p>\n
Egypt were quick to apply pressure, forcing all 11 Zimbabweans to retreat deep into their half at the 40,000-seat stadium in the southern coastal city. <\/p>\n
Salah delivered a dangerous cross that did not bear fruit, then had a close-range shot blocked as the Pharaohs laid siege to the Warriors\u2019 goalmouth. <\/p>\n
Then, 20 minutes into the first half, Zimbabwe silenced the largely Egypt-supporting crowd by taking the lead.<\/p>\n
Emmanuel Jalai crossed into the box, Dube won possession, turned and fired a low shot past veteran goalkeeper Mohamed El Shenawy into the corner of the net. <\/p>\n
It could have been even worse for Egypt as the ball ran loose in their six-yard area soon after before El Shenawy finally grasped it. <\/p>\n
Egypt coach and former star Hossam Hassan grew increasingly frustrated on the touchline as he shouted instructions.<\/p>\n
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There was a moment of hope for the former champions when Marmoush beat an off-side trap, but Arubi dashed out of his area, won the race for possession and cleared. <\/p>\n
Marmoush went close as halftime drew near, unleashing a long-range shot that produced a superb fingertip save from Arubi.<\/p>\n
As the frustration of the Egyptians grew, former Aston Villa striker Mahmoud \u2018Trezeguet\u2019 Hassan took a dive inside the box and was yellow-carded by the Senegalese referee. <\/p>\n
Salah was in perpetual motion and had a half-chance in added time at the end of the opening half, but Zimbabwe blocked his attempt. <\/p>\n
The second half was a repeat of the first, with endless Egyptian pressure and heroic Zimbabwean defending.<\/p>\n
After a number of near misses, Egypt levelled on 63 minutes when Marmoush got behind the defence, picked up a pass, darted forward and slammed the ball into the net from a tight angle. <\/p>\n
Salah found himself one-on-one with a defender 12 minutes from the end of regular time, but his hurried shot flew over. Then came his added-time winner. <\/p>\n
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Ahead of the match, Salah had shown no signs of being distracted by the uncertainty surrounding his future at Liverpool, according to Hassan, an AFCON winner as a player. <\/p>\n
\u201cI feel his motivation is very, very strong. Salah is an icon and will remain so. He is one of the best players in the world, and I support him in everything he does,\u201d said Hassan. <\/p>\n
Salah did not start any of the last five Liverpool games before the AFCON and things came to a head following a Premier League draw at Leeds United when he claimed he had been \u201cthrown under the bus\u201d by Slot. <\/p>\n
That suggested a move away from the troubled league champions during the January transfer window was a real possibility.<\/p>\n
Salah wants to lead Egypt to a record-extending eighth AFCON title. <\/p>\n
He has never won the continental title, coming closestby being part of the teams that were runners-up in 2017 and 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mohamed Salah scored in added time to snatch a 2-1 victory for record seven-time champions Egypt over lowly…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":365661,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-365660","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=365660"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365660\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/365661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=365660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=365660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=365660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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