It will likely be a battle between former teammates within the semi-final of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) when Egypt meet Senegal after the Pharaohs eradicated defending Champions, Ivory Coast on Saturday evening, Softfootball experiences.
Senegal defeated 10-man Mali to succeed in the semi-final courtesy a objective from Iliman Ndiaye within the first-half. The Terenga Lions are rated as one of many favourites for the match they usually face a formidable opponent in Egypt.
Liverpool supervisor, Arne Slot claimed that Salah was targeted on the AFCON match and he confirmed that as he obtained his fourth objective within the competitors in opposition to the Elephants in a night of thrilling targets.
It took Egypt simply 4 minutes to open scoring as Manchester Metropolis’s ahead.Omar Marmoush as he latched onto a go by Emam Ashour. It went from good to higher for the 7-time AFCON Champions as Salah produced a chic go for Rami Rabia to make it 2-0.
The defending Champions pushed out to get again within the recreation they usually finally did simply earlier than half-time as Ahmed Abou El Fotouh scored an personal objective to make it 2-1 after 45 minutes.
Ivory Coast got here out strongly within the second half however that gave the Pharaohs area to take advantage of the backline. Man-of-the-Match, Mohamed Salah obtained his objective after he obtained on the top of a go from Emam Ashour to make it 3-1. Nonetheless, Ivory Coast obtained a objective within the 73 rd minute when Strasbourg star poked the ball into the web from a objective mouth melee to make it 3-2.
It will likely be Saido Mane representing Senegal whereas Mohamed Salah will likely be combating for Egypt. They each represented premier league facet, Liverpool and have been unplayable, now they should combat for the delight of their international locations and it guarantees to be an awesome semi-final.
CAF official X deal with celebrated Egypt’s qualification into the semi-final of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). Watch the video under.
The Pharaohs are at it once more. It is their factor. 🇪🇬❤️#TotalEnergiesAFCON2025 | #WeCelebrateDifferent pic.twitter.com/2U0r8f2tzh
— TotalEnergies AFCON 2025 (@CAF_Online) January 10, 2026
The Elephants pushed laborious for the equaliser to take the match into extra-time however Egypt held on to win the match which units up a semi-final conflict in opposition to Senegal. The sport will likely be performed on the Moroccan metropolis of Tangier on Wednesday.
