And suddenly, Mohamed Salah sat on the ground, staring into space. On the brink of added time in the first period, Pharaoh had to leave his place (Mustafa Fathi) with a blow to the left thigh. Seconds later, when the match had been a complete blur until then, Mohamed Qudus scored a brilliant goal for Ghana, with a powerful left-footed shot that beat two opponents (45th + 3).
So stunned by the blows of these two clubs before the break, Egypt could have collapsed completely. But certainly helped by gross opponent mistakes, in this case Ousmane Bukari after Inaki Williams, she used superb mental resources to get back to the score twice, during the unbridled second period, therefore offering a shocking contrast to the first.
Mohammad Qudus is disappointed with the result
And for this, thanks to Nantes center forward Mostafa Mohamed after Omar Marmoush (69th), who was found behind by Trezeguet (74th) and the author of his 2nd goal in this CAN. Meanwhile, Kudus again scored a fine double, thanks to his delicious left foot (71st), on a perfect service from Lens midfielder Salis Abdul Samed. With the Man of the Match trophy in his hands, the West Ham striker still admitted: “ This result (2-2) is disappointing. »
Because initially defeated by Cape Verde (1-2), the Black Stars have only one point. As for the Egyptians, who were held by Mozambique (2-2), they have only two and are therefore hardly better. The two heavyweights, Farrow, seven-time winners of CAN (record) and Ghana (quadruple) will therefore observe this Friday’s clash between the group’s two featherweights with certain trepidation before each meeting again on Monday. But on the Egyptian side, the discomfort is necessarily more significant. Because the whole people are now trembling for their star Mohammad Salah…
