In the early morning of January 27, Beijing time, the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations Round of 16 competed for 2 games, and after a lot of fighting, both games played a brutal penalty shootout, and finally Egypt eliminated Côte d'Ivoire on penalties 5:4, and Mali lost to Equatorial Guinea 5:6 on penalties.
Premier League top scorer and World No. 46 Egypt, led by Liverpool's general, played against World No. 59 Côte d'Ivoire in a tie-break. In the 17th minute, Egypt broke the ball and counterattacked quickly, Mamousz stopped the ball in front of the top of the arc of the penalty area to adjust a step of vigorous shooting, the ball went around the goalkeeper and went straight to the dead corner of the goal, but finally BOOM's sound was blocked by the crossbar. Four minutes later Egypt had another chance when Salah received the ball at the top of the arc of the penalty area and turned to shoot furiously, and goalkeeper Sangiré struggled to lift the ball off the line.
Not to be outdone, Pepe sent an elaborate over-the-top hanging from the right corner of the penalty area in the 39th minute, with Sangar volleying and goalkeeper Senawi struggling to save the ball. In the 70th minute, the corner kick on the right side of Côte d'Ivoire was opportunity, and after the air relay, Alai's super close-range headstick was saved by Shenawi.
There were plenty of opportunities on both sides, but both goalkeepers played very well, both 120 minutes to keep the city goal safe, and the game was dragged into a penalty shootout. In the penalty shootout, in the end, It was Shenawi who laughed to the end, the first 2 rounds of both sides were steady hits, and the 3rd round of Ivorian was Manchester United centre-back Bailey, who was bravely saved by Shenawi. The Egyptian side continued to play without false starts, and the last person to play was Salah, who steadily scored a penalty and Egypt eliminated Côte d'Ivoire 5-4 in the penalty shootout.
Another match against mali, ranked 57th in the world, against Equatorial Guinea, who is 132nd in the world, seems to be a relatively small suspense, but Guinea played very tenaciously, they were stunned for 120 minutes, but also dragged the game into a penalty shootout. The goalkeepers on both sides showed great bravery, with 2 men on each side conceding 5-5 in the first seven rounds or a draw. In the 8th round, The Mari side of Sako was saved by goalkeeper Orno, and the Guinean side Bakari made a steady free throw, and finally Equatorial Guinea broke out of the big cold penalty shootout 6:5 to beat Mali to advance to the quarterfinals. In this way, the African Cup of Nations Quarter-finals will all be produced, namely Gambia against Cameroon, Burkina Faso against Tunisia, Egypt against Monaco, Senegal against Equatorial Guinea.