Africa Cup of Nations 2025: Egypt Secures Win with Mohamed Salah's Late Goal

AFCON 2025: Egypt's Opening Victory

• 🇪🇬 Mohamed Salah captained Egypt to a winning start in the Africa Cup of Nations, scoring a late winner in the 92nd minute against Zimbabwe for a 2-1 victory.
• 🎯 Salah's left-footed finish secured the win, adding to Omar Marmush's equalizer which had canceled out Zimbabwe's earlier goal in the 64th minute.

Other Group B Matches

• 🇿🇦 In another Group B match, South Africa defeated Angola 2-1.
• ⚽ L. Foster of Burnley scored the winning goal for South Africa with a curling effort from the edge of the box in the 79th minute, after Angola had equalized Oswin Apollus's opener.

Group A and Tournament Previews

• 🇲🇦 In Group A, Morocco (considered favorites) won their opener against Comoros on Sunday.
• 🇿🇲 Zambia secured a dramatic 1-1 draw against Mali with a last-minute header from Paston Daka, canceling out Lassine Sinayoko's 61st-minute goal.
• 🇸🇳 Looking ahead, tournament favorites Senegal will open their campaign against Botswana, with a question posed about whether this AFCON could be a last dance for talisman Sadio Mané.
• 🇨🇩 DR Congo will face Benin in Group D, aiming to underline their status as dark horses.
• 🇳🇬 Nigeria, finalists in the last AFCON, will play Tanzania in Group C.
• 🇹🇳 Tunisia will take on Uganda, looking to improve after crashing out in the group stages of the previous edition.