In the early morning of January 31, Beijing time, the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations Top 8 played the final two matches. After a lot of fighting, Egypt drew 1:1 with Morocco in 90 minutes, Morocco 2:1 in extra time, and Senegal beat Equatorial Guinea 3:1.
Two of the biggest dark horses in this Year's Africa Cup of Nations reached the top 8, and the world rankings were 130 outside, namely The Gambia and Equatorial Guinea. World-ranked 132 Equatorial Guinea eliminated world-ranked Mali in a penalty shootout in the round of 16, and today their opponent is the stronger, Africa-ranked Senegal. Senegal quickly took the initiative on the field after the opening, Senegal pressed on the left side, Liverpool general Mane in the middle of the road should send a scalpel type straight plug, Desio inserted a half-knife direct push at high speed, Senegal opened the record 1:0.
Senegal almost conceded the ball shortly after the start of the easy side, Salvador picked up a pass on the left side of the penalty area, the ball was suspected of hitting Koulibaly, referee Gomez blew the penalty at the first time, but cancelled the penalty after the VAR decision, Senegal escaped the disaster. However, after 7 minutes, Senegal still conceded the ball, Equatorial Guinea still attacked from the left, continuous exquisite coordination, Garnett at the top of the arc of the penalty area should be accurately oblique, Sam entered the left side of the box with a right foot shot, the ball went straight into the net, Equatorial Guinea equalized 1-1.
Senegal then tensed up again, and in the 67th minute, in the Senegalese corner, Akapo's header was wrong, and Kuyat astutely inserted the ball just to break it, and volleyed the ball into the net before the attacking goalkeeper Ovono, Senegal once again exceeded the score 2:1. In the 78th minute, Senegal still tore through the Guinean defense on the left side, Heath entered the penalty area to knock the ball back, Sal followed up with a push into the far corner to win, Senegal 3:1 to seal the victory, two consecutive African Cups to reach the quarterfinals.
Egypt, which was out early in the last round of 16, today is a 120-minute thrilling battle, and Premier League goalscorer Salah single-handedly created 2 goals to reverse the situation. Only 3 minutes after the opening, Egypt suffered a heavy blow, Ashraf forced a breakthrough into the box on the right and was shoveled down, referee Ndiaye blew a penalty for the first time, VAR confirmed that it remained unchanged, Buffal took the penalty and Morocco made a fantastic start 1:0. After that, the two sides attacked and defended each other, and they were slow to rewrite the score until the 53rd minute, Egypt's left corner opportunity, Malmoush took the penalty to hoist the ball to the middle, Munem grabbed the nodding mallet arch and was saved by goalkeeper Bono, Salah's astute shot in front of the goal blocked the ball into the net, and Egypt equalized 1-1.
After that, both sides had a chance, but they did not grasp it, in the 81st minute, Amara's accurate cross from a 45-degree angle on the left side of the field, Argad's powerful head hammer from the front of the small penalty area, goalkeeper Abu Gabar struggled to save, the ball hit the crossbar and popped up, Egypt escaped the disaster. The match was then dragged into extra time, and in the last moments of the first half of overtime, Egypt quickly counterattacked on the right side, Salah took the ball and forced a 2-man bag into the box to send a delicate cross, the ball passed through all the defenders to the back point, Trezeguet rushed to push the empty goal, Egypt 2:1 reverse Morocco to advance to the top 4. The top 8 are all finished, and the final four matches are all out, the host Cameroon vs. Egypt, Senegal vs Burkina Faso, Liverpool's two major players Salah, Mane have a chance to meet in the final, and the semi-final will start on February 3.