Guinea-Bissau vs Egypt: Salah Secures First AFCON Win for The Pharaohs
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Gambia's fairytale first appearance at the African Cup of Nations continues as they booked their place in the quarter-finals of the continental showcase.
Gambia beat Guinea 1-0 thanks to Musa Barrow's goal in the 71st minute. The Bologna forward showed great strength, bullying his way through the defence to score.
Gambia also showed great resolve as they played the last five minutes with 10 men and an injured keeper in Baboucarr Gaye .
Yusupha Njie was sent off 15 minutes after he came on as a sub after he received two yellow cards. The player could feel hard done as both yellow cards were harsh decisions.
Guinea-Bissau vs Egypt: Salah Secures First AFCON Win for The Pharaohs
FootballGuinea threw everything they had at the Gambian side and hit the woodwork in the 92nd minute of the match. Captain Naby Keita's absence was definitely felt as Guinea could not unlock the Gambian backline. Keita was suspended for the game after picking up two yellow cards during the group stages.
Guinea then found themselves down to 10 men themselves as Ibrahima Conté was sent off towards the last seconds of the game.
It made no difference though as Guinea clung on to a famous win. They will now hope to become only the fourth team to win the tournament in their debut appearance.
Earlier Sportsbrief reported Nigeria legend Austin Jay Jay Okocha has hyped praise on the Tunisian technical crew as he believes they outsmarted the Nigerian bench in the AFCON Round of 16 encounter saw the North Africans progress to the Quarter-finals.
The Carthage Eagles defeated Nigeria 1-0 to progress to the quarter-finals after Youssef Msakni long-range effort blasted past Maduka Okoye in goal with the Sparta Rotterdam goalkeeper caught napping.