Beijing time last night, the African Cup of Nations was born penalty night, the last two African Cup 1/8 finals all entered the penalty shootout, Egypt and Côte d'Ivoire played 0-0 in regular game time, extra time still maintained a 0-0 score, the final penalty kicked 5-4, Bailey penalty lost, Salah hit to complete the victory, Egypt thrilled to eliminate Africa's top giants Côte d'Ivoire; Equatorial Guinea and Mali are also regular time 0-0 draw, playing 120 minutes is also 0-0, the final penalty kicked into 6-5, Equatorial Guinea takes out Mali in a thrilling way.
Egypt's promotion continues a good history, maintaining an unbeaten run against Côte d'Ivoire in the knockout rounds, but the showdown with Côte d'Ivoire is comparable to the final staged earlier, and the fight is fierce. Côte d'Ivoire has a luxurious squad, with the entire team worth up to 290 million euros, compared with Egypt's 160 million euros. In the game, Egypt and Côte d'Ivoire are five or five, each with about 50% possession rate, and the offensive and defensive ends have their own characteristics.
In regular game time, Egypt played a star effect, the offensive end was more threatening, in the 17th minute of the game, Malmush shot at the crossbar; in the 21st minute of the game, Salah volley was saved by the goalkeeper flying one-handed; in the 35th minute of the game, Salah straight, Mohammed's small angle shot was saved; in the 52nd minute of the game, Salah crossed, And Sulaya shot directly in the absence of defense. Côte d'Ivoire was very close to a dead end in extra time, and in the 114th minute of the game, Nicolas Pepe's long-range shot was extremely sharply angled, but unfortunately it was saved by the goalkeeper.
Down the field, Egypt had 20 shots on goal, but only 5 shots on target, Côte d'Ivoire 13 shots on goal 8 shots on target, both did not seize the opportunity, and finally the two teams entered the penalty tiebreaker, Africa's 2 champions Ivorian continued the spell of the team's history knockout match against Egypt, the penalty lost the game 4-5, set a 52-year shame record, since 1970, 5 African Cup knockout matches encountered Egypt, suffered a total defeat, three of which were 0-0 draws in regular time, and finally lost to Egypt on penalties. 2 regular time losses to Egypt.
Compared with Egypt's 5-kill African giants Côte d'Ivoire, equatorial Guinea, ranked 114th in the world, is more crazy, achieving a magical counterattack of 3 consecutive African Cup games, defeating the defending champion Algeria 1-0 in the second round of the group stage, defeating sierra Leone ranked 108th in the world 1-0 in the third round, and this time the African Cup of Nations 1/8 final penalty overturned mali ranked 53rd in the world, and the attack and defense were very tenacious.
In the game, Equatorial Guinea was suppressed by Mali, with a 45% possession rate, 9-15 with Mali's shot, but the shooting contrast was 1-1, and finally 0-0 lasted until the end of 120 minutes, and the penalty shootout continued to be glued, until the 8th round, Mali had 3 penalties and Only 2 Equatorial Guinea conceded penalties. Equatorial Guinea won three consecutive games, creating the myth of the top 8 of the African Cup of Nations, they directly called Senegal, the no. 1 in Africa, and confirmed that Senegal, which ranked 20th in the world and No. 1 in Africa, ranked 20th in the 1/4 final of the African Cup of Nations, was confirmed. The other three African Cup of Nations quarter-finals matchups are also out, Egypt PK Morocco, Cameroon PK Gambia, Tunisia PK Burkina Faso.