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\nAngola and Zimbabwe draw 1-1<\/p>\n
Mohamed Salah scored a first-half penalty as 10-man Egypt \u2060beat South Africa 1-0 in their Africa Cup of Nations Group B clash in Agadir, booking their place in the knockout phase in the process.<\/p>\n
Salah won the penalty when he was clipped in the face by South Africa defender Khuliso Mudau as they tussled for the ball in the box, and stepped up to easily convert for his second goal of the tournament.<\/p>\n
It was the Liverpool striker’s 65th goal overall for his country.<\/p>\n
Egypt lost right-back Mohamed Hany to a red card for an ugly stamp at the end of the first half and faced wave after wave of South African attacks in the second period, as the latter were denied a penalty of their own for handball following a lengthy VAR check.<\/p>\n
With a man advantage, South Africa had 17 shots in \u2060the second \u200dhalf alone, \u2060though many of them were speculative and wayward.<\/p>\n
Mudau’s shot forced a good save from El Shenawy as South Africa camped in their opponents\u2019 half to try to force an equaliser.<\/p>\n
Lyle \u200dFoster\u2019s flick into the path of Aubrey Modiba created another opportunity from eight yards, but El Shenawy saved again and South Africa were left to ponder a frustrating defeat and \u2060their first competitive loss under coach Hugo Broos in almost two years.<\/p>\n
The result leaves Egypt top on six points, with South Africa still in second on three points with a game agaisnt Zimbabwe to come.<\/p>\n
\nAngola and Zimbabwe draw 1-1<\/p>\n
Zimbabwe and Angola have one point apiece after drawing 1-1 earlier on Friday, though the result leaves both facing the possibility of early elimination.<\/p>\n
They both lost their opening Group B clashes and are now left with difficult assignments in their last matches next week which they will effectively need to win \u2060if they are to progress.<\/p>\n
Angola went ahead \u2060in the 24th minute when To Carneiro’s chipped pass fell \u2060perfectly \u200dfor \u2060striker Gelson Dala, who ran onto it and \u200dsqueezed the ball in \u2060at the near post as Zimbabwe\u2019s defence proved too slow in closing down.<\/p>\n
Zimbabwe\u2019s veteran striker Knowledge Musona equalised \u200dwith the last kick of the first half.<\/p>\n
Comoros played out a goalless draw with Zambia in Group A but the small Indian Ocean island nation came \u2060close to an upset win.<\/p>\n
Comoros had the ball in the net in the 19th minute, but Myziane Maolida’s attempt was ruled out \u200dafter a VAR review for a foul in the build-up to the goal.<\/p>\n
Maolida had tapped in the ball from close range after a mazy run down the left flank by Rafik Saifi, who played in a pinpoint cross.<\/p>\n
But possession was won in a dangerous tackle by Yacine Bourhane on Owen Tembo, and after consulting the sideline VAR screen, the referee disallowed the goal.<\/p>\n
Comoros also had a late chance when Faiz Selemani headed over the top of the Zambia \u2060goal after being set up by captain Youssouf M’Changama’s hanging chip.<\/p>\n
Zambia, the 2012 winners, put up a \u2060laboured showing.<\/p>\n
The draw at Stade Mohammed V left Comoros, the smallest nation in the tournament’s 24-team field, with a single \u2060point \u200dfrom their \u2060opening two matches, after they were beaten by hosts Morocco in last Sunday’s opening match. Zambia have now \u200ddrawn both their opening fixtures.<\/p>\n
Both countries will have a tough \u2060last group match on Monday, which, if they lose, will almost certainly see them eliminated.<\/p>\n
Comoros must beat Mali in Casablanca on Monday to stand any chance of progress, while Zambia are up against Morocco and in need of at least \u200da draw.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mohamed Salah scored a first-half penalty as 10-man Egypt \u2060beat South Africa 1-0 in their Africa Cup of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":212464,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,112],"class_list":["post-212463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212463\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/212464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}