Salah inspires Pharaohs to AFCON 2022 semi-finals with goal and assist
MO SALAH’s Egypt side are through to the AFCON 2022 semi-finals thanks to a 2-1 win over Morocco in the last eight.
Salah scored and assisted a late goal in extra-time to put his team one win away from this year’s finale in Yaounde.
The Pharaoh’s bid to reclaim AFCON silverware continues as they scrape past Morocco in a tight last-8 affair.
Egyptian supporters feared the worst when Moroccan forward Sofiane Boufal converted a penalty within the first minutes courtesy of Aymen Ashraf’s reckless challenge in the box.
But Egyptian captain Mo Salah put the nation on his shoulders, scored the equalizer with 53 minutes gone on the clock and provided an assist for super sub Trezeguet five minutes into extra time.
What could be fascinating is that Egypt could meet Senegal in the final which would mean Liverpool teammates Mo Salah and Sadio Mane going at it for a trophy.
It wasn’t even up for a debate due to how influential this man was during large periods of the match.
Mighty Mo Salah single handedly picked his team up when they were in the gutter, put them back on level terms and set up Trezeguet to grab the winner.
This is why Egyptian head coach Carlos Queiroz named him captain of the squad and if Jordan Henderson at Liverpool isn’t careful, the Egyptian wizard could take that armband off him too.
Phenomenal performance from Salah this evening and he is now two games away from finally clinching AFCON silverware.
Other than Nigeria with 14, no nation has made it to the semi-final stage more times than Egypt (13) since data was recorded.
And on 7 of those occasions, the Pharaohs have gone on to win the entire tournament.
If they can overcome Cameroon in the last four, Carlos Queiroz’ men will certainly fancy their chances to make it number 8.
So with the Egyptians getting the better of Morocco, they will face hosts and 5x AFCON winners, Cameroon in the semi-final.
Providing there are no last minute altercations, the …
