Yaounde (AP) – Superstar Mohamed Salah can continue to hope for the first title with the Egyptian national football team. The Liverpool striker led the record winners to the semi-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations with a goal and an assist.
Egypt beat Morocco 2-1 (1-1, 0-1) after extra time and will now face hosts Cameroon in the semifinals on Wednesday.
Salah equalized in the 53rd minute with his second goal of the tournament after Morocco took the lead early on thanks to a penalty kick from Sofiane Boufal (6th). In extra time, the 29-year-old set the ball perfectly for Trezeguet after a solo down the right side, who only had to push the ball into the goal (100′).
Salah has been denied a title in his two previous participations in the continental tournament, and the striker did not get past the preliminary round with Egypt at the 2018 World Cup either. Liverpool coach Jürgen Klopp will have to wait for his two top strikers.
Because Sadio Mané also made it into the top four with Senegal that evening. With Bayern defender Bouna Sarr in the starting XI, the Senegalese beat Equatorial Guinea 3-1 (1-0). Famara Diedhiou put the ball ahead after 28 minutes before Yannick Buyla equalized for Equatorial Guinea after the break. Substitutes Cheikhou Kouyaté (68th) and Ismaila Sarr (79th) then made the victory perfect. In the semi-finals on Thursday, Senegal will now face Tunisia’s conquerors Burkina Faso.