US EditionCan 2025: Follow Live the 8th Final Between Egypt and Benin
Egypt advanced to AFCON quarterfinals by scoring twice in extra time, including Mohamed Salah's 10th AFCON goal, overcoming Benin's equalizer and injuries.
- Extra time produced a 124th-minute decisive strike as Egypt national football team defeated Benin national football team 3-1 on Monday in Agadir.
- Benin applied sustained pressure and often had Egypt pinned in their own half, while Marcel Dandjinou made crucial saves to keep the game level.
- Marwan Attia opened the scoring after an Omar Marmoush pass, side-footing in at 69 minutes, while Mohamed El Shenawy's poor clearance allowed Jodel Dossou to equalise late in regulation.
- The result ended Benin's surprising run despite taking Egypt to extra time, while Mohamed Salah's late strike marked his 10th AFCON goal and third of this tournament.
- Mohamed Salah continues to pursue a first AFCON winners' medal as Egypt national football team stays in Agadir to face Ivory Coast or Burkina Faso on Saturday.
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Egypt survive Benin scare
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 brilliant 25-metre strike from Marwan Attia, but Benin forced the game into an additional 30 minutes when they equalised late on through Jodel Dossou. Defender Ibrahim scored his first international goal…
Benin wins a match at the Africa Cup for the first time, the coup flushes the small country into the eighth final with German coach Gernot Rohr. But there is an end after a big fight against Egypt. Nigeria then disassembles another underdog.
The “Pharaohs” beat Benin in Agadir after 1-1 of regular time, with goals from Atia, Ibrahim and Salah, and are waiting for an opponent in the 8 from the pair Côte d'Ivoire - Burkina Faso
Egypt-Benin (3-1, p.p.): Pushed in Prolongation, the Pharaohs Find Painfully the Quarters of the Can
The Pharaohs ended up getting out of it. Yasser Ibrahim's lobed head relieved a whole people at the 7th minute of the extension of the eighth final of CAN 2025 against Benin this Monday evening in Agadir. While the Guépards had thrown all their forces into the opposing surface, Mohamed Salah laid the lid in counter-attack at the last minute (3-1, p.a.). Two years after their elimination in the eighth final of the African Cup of Nations against t…
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