At 3 o'clock Beijing time on February 4, the semi-finals of the 2021 African Cup of Nations continued, with Egypt playing against host Cameroon. In the first half, Ngadjo's header hit the crossbar, salah missed a single knife in the second half, and the two sides fought 120 minutes to make it 0-0! In the penalty shootout, Egypt won 3-1 to reach the final for the ninth time, and the opponent will be Senegal. The Africa Cup of Nations final also turned into a Liverpool derby, with Salah and Mane in the final matchup.
Egypt and Cameroon are two of the most successful teams in the history of the Africa Cup of Nations, with the former reaching the final eight times and winning seven times, while the latter winning the championship five times. In addition, Egypt ranks 45th in the world and Cameroon is 50th! In terms of value, the Egyptian team is worth 161 million, while Cameroon is 140 million. In every way, the strength of both teams is between Bo Zhong.
In this campaign, Egypt once again discharged a 433 formation, with a total of 100 million euros in Salah appearing in the right wing, behind him is Hernenni from Arsenal, and Trezeguet, who plays for Villa, sits on the bench.
In the 20th minute, Cameroon won a corner kick, Ngadjo's header hit the crossbar and then Abubakar's shot was deflected and Egypt escaped.
In the 58th minute, the Cameroon defender made a mistake in passing the gift, salah broke the ball and directly formed a single knife, but he failed to swing past the opposing goalkeeper and missed the golden opportunity. As the game progressed, the smell of gunpowder on the field became more and more intense, and the love general Queiroz was also expelled from the red card for protesting against the referee's decision.
The two sides played 0-0 in regular time and the match went into extra time. In the 99th minute, Salah suddenly unleashed a cold arrow outside the penalty area, and the ball grazed the upright to go out of bounds, and there was still no achievement for 120 minutes.
In the penalty shootout, Cameroon 2 were saved, 1 directly kicked, only 1 scored, and Egypt hit all 3 free throws. In the end, Egypt defeated Cameroon 3-1 and successfully advanced to the final. Egypt waited for 5 years and finally avenged the 1-2 defeat in the final of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations.
In this Year's Africa Cup of Nations, Egypt is magical, they have not been able to win in 90 minutes in three consecutive knockout matches, all of which have advanced through extra time or penalty shootouts, and have eliminated the three top 3 favourites in Côte d'Ivoire, Morocco and Cameroon.
In this way, the African Cup of Nations final will be a civil war between Liverpool superstars, and Mane will face Salah.