Salah, who recently had to give way to Bayern Munich’s Robert Lewandowski in the world footballer’s election, can still hope to win the title at the Continental Cup: In 2017 he stormed into the final with Egypt, which he lost 2-1 to Cameroon.
Many missed opportunities
Five years later, Egypt survived the task of Ivory Coast with great difficulty. In a hard-fought duel, Egypt had the better chances, but didn’t take advantage of them.