Salah Scores as Hosts Egypt beat the cranes

by David Kugonza

July 1, 2019

in Sports

Salah Scores as Hosts Egypt beat the cranes

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Egypt maintained their perfect start to their Africa Cup of Nations campaign by beating Uganda in Cairo to advance into the last 16 as Group A winners.

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Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah opened the scoring with a superb free-kick midway through the first half.

**Cranes Skipper and goal goalie Dennis Onyango dives but fails to keep Salah’s perfect free-kick from going in**

Aston Villa’s Ahmed Elmohamady then doubled the Pharaohs’ lead before half-time with a powerful drive to keep DR Congo thumped Zimbabwe in Group A’s other game on Sunday, meaning Uganda progress as runners-up.

Hosts Egypt go through to the last 16 with a perfect record having beaten Zimbabwe and DR Congo in their opening two group games.

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