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Egypt Narrowly Avoids Disaster Against Mozambique in the AFCON 2023
In a Group B match of this AFCON 2023, Africa's most decorated champion, Egypt, managed to salvage a draw against the Mozambique national team, which displayed a lot of courage and surprised many.
The Pharaohs started the game with an early goal from Mostafa Mohamed, capitalizing on an assist from Mohamed Salah in the 2nd minute.
However, in the second half, Witi unexpectedly leveled the game in the 55th minute, and just three minutes later, Clésio Baúsque gave Mozambique the lead, causing one of the major upsets of the tournament.
With an additional 11 minutes added, a penalty was awarded to Egypt in the 90+7 minute mark. Salah stepped up to equalize and thus prevent a catastrophe for Egypt, which started the tournament with just one point.