AFCON 2021:  Salah's Egypt beats Cameroon, will play Senegal in final

AFCON 2021: Salah's Egypt beats Cameroon, will play Senegal in final

Goalkeeper Gabaski was the hero, saving two penalties as Egypt edged past hosts Cameroon in a penalty shootout

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Hosts Cameroon had shown more impetus in 90 minutes, twice hitting the post through Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui's looping header and Samuel Gouet's thunderous long-range strike.

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Egypt's star man Salah was kept quiet for much of the game, curling a strike from outside the area narrowly over and almost profiting from a loose back pass, but he could not convert.

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But he did not have to step up in the shootout as Cameroon missed three of their efforts as Gabaski saved all the three efforts

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Gabaski saved the shootouts from Harold Moukoudi and James Lea Siliki, while Clinton N'Jie side-footed wide.

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This was a meeting between the two most successful teams in the competition's history with record seven-time winners Egypt up against Cameroon.

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Cameroon had triumphed on five occasions with the last of those coming in 2017 when they defeated Egypt 2-1 in the final, but Egypt gained revenge on this occasion.

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Meanwhile, Cameroon will face Burkina Faso in the third/fourth-place play-off, which has been brought forward a day to Saturday

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