Egypt vs Morocco 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, Quarterfinals

Egypt

53': Mohamed Salah
100': Trézéguet

FT - After Extra Time
2 - 1

Morocco

7': Sofiane Boufal (P)

Liverpool's Mohamed Salah stars as Egypt beat Morocco to reach AFCON semifinals

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Mohamed Salah scored an equaliser and created the winner as Egypt came from behind to beat Morocco 2-1.

Match Commentary

0': First Half begins.
7': Goal! Egypt 0, Morocco 1. Sofiane Boufal (Morocco) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top right corner.
25': Omar Kamal (Egypt) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
34': Selim Amallah (Morocco) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45': Substitution, Egypt. Trézéguet replaces Ahmed Hegazy because of an injury.
53': Goal! Egypt 1, Morocco 1. Mohamed Salah (Egypt) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner following a corner.
66': Substitution, Morocco. Soufiane Rahimi replaces Sofiane Boufal.
78': Achraf Hakimi (Morocco) is shown the yellow card.
78': Mostafa Mohamed (Egypt) is shown the yellow card.
80': Ayman Ashraf (Egypt) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
80': Substitution, Egypt. Zizo replaces Omar Marmoush.
86': Substitution, Morocco. Imrân Louza replaces Selim Amallah.
86': Substitution, Morocco. Ryan Mmaee replaces Youssef En-Nesyri.
90': Substitution, Egypt. Mahmoud Alaa replaces Ayman Ashraf.
90': First Half Extra Time begins Egypt 1, Morocco 1.
96': Substitution, Egypt. Mohamed Sobhi replaces Mohamed Abou Gabal because of an injury.
100': Goal! Egypt 2, Morocco 1. Trézéguet (Egypt) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mohamed Salah.
104': Substitution, Morocco. Zakaria Aboukhlal replaces Aymen Barkok.
105'+1': Mohamed Abdelmonem (Egypt) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
110': Substitution, Morocco. Tarik Tissoudali replaces Munir El-Haddadi.
111': Substitution, Egypt. Ramadan Sobhi replaces Mostafa Mohamed.
120'+3': Substitution, Egypt. Marwan Hamdy replaces Mohamed Salah.
120'+4': Second Half Extra Time ends, Egypt 2, Morocco 1.

Game Information

Competition: Africa Cup of Nations

Venue: Stade Omnisport Ahmadou Ahidjo
Location: Yaoundé, Cameroon

Statistics

MAR		EGY
18	Fouls	30
2	Yellow Cards	4
0	Red Cards	0
2	Offsides	2
3	Corner Kicks	6
3	Saves	3
45.8	Possession	54.2
16	SHOTS	14
4	ON GOAL	5
0.3	On Target %	0.4
1	Penalty Goals	0
1	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
264	Accurate Passes	333
384	Passes	459
0.7	Pass Completion %	0.7
6	Accurate Crosses	2
17	Crosses	19
0.4	Cross %	0.1
83	Long Balls	82
29	Accurate Long Balls	25
0.3	Long Balls %	0.3
4	Blocked Shots	4
19	Effective Tackles	13
29	Tackles	22
0.7	Tackle %	0.6
20	Interceptions	4
25	Effective Clearances	22
25	Clearances	22

Line-Ups

Egypt (4-3-3)

No.	Name
16	Gabaski (GK)
2	Mohamed Abdelmonem
6	Ahmed Hegazi
13	Ahmed Fatouh
3	Omar Kamal
17	Mohamed Elneny
12	Ayman Ashraf
4	Amr Al Sulaya
14	Mostafa Mohamed
22	Omar Marmoush
10	Mohamed Salah

Substitutes:

Mohanad Lasheen, Mohamed Sobhy, Ramadan Sobhi, Marwan Hamdy, Trézéguet, Zizo, Abdallah Said, Emam Ashour, Mohamed Sherif, Mahmoud Alaa, Mahmoud Gad, Marwan Daoud.

Morocco (4-1-4-1)

No.	Name
1	Yassine Bounou (GK)
5	Nayef Aguerd
6	Romain Saïss
4	Sofyan Amrabat
3	Adam Masina
2	Achraf Hakimi
15	Selim Amallah
16	Aymen Barkok
17	Sofiane Boufal
10	Munir El Haddadi
19	Youssef En-Nesyri

Substitutes:

Soufiane Rahimi, Mohamed Chibi, Imran Louza, Sofian Chakla, Zakaria Aboukhlal, Sofiane Alakouch, Samy Mmaee, Reda Tagnaouti, Tarik Tissoudali, Azzedine Ounahi, Ilias Chair, Ryan Mmaee.