Hosts Egypt knocked-out of Africa Cup of Nations in shock defeat
Hosts Egypt knocked-out of Africa Cup of Nations in shock defeat
The hosts of the Egypt Africa Cup of Nations have been knocked out of the tournament.
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Salah was unable to score in the game [Getty]
Hosts Egypt have been knocked-out of the Africa Cup of Nations, following their shock defeat to South Africa on Saturday night.
South Africa, who struggled through the group stages, managed to get a goal five minutes before the end of time, seeing them through to the quarter-finals.
The Last 16 game was held at the Cairo International Stadium and played in front of 75,000 - mostly Egyptian - fans.
Thembinkosi Lorch scored on a counter-attack to stun the crowd, after South Africa's defence managed to hold off Egypt's star played Mohamed Salah for the game.
South Africa will next play Nigeria in the quarter-finals. Algeria and Tunisia are the only two Arab teams still left in the tournament, after hosts Egypt and Morocco were knocked out.
South Africa, who struggled through the group stages, managed to get a goal five minutes before the end of time, seeing them through to the quarter-finals.
The Last 16 game was held at the Cairo International Stadium and played in front of 75,000 - mostly Egyptian - fans.
Thembinkosi Lorch scored on a counter-attack to stun the crowd, after South Africa's defence managed to hold off Egypt's star played Mohamed Salah for the game.
South Africa will next play Nigeria in the quarter-finals. Algeria and Tunisia are the only two Arab teams still left in the tournament, after hosts Egypt and Morocco were knocked out.
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