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Salah the hero as Egypt reach quarter-finals

Salah the hero as Egypt reach quarter finals

Roma star Mohamed Salah was the hero for Egypt on Wednesday evening as his goal secured qualification to the quarter-finals of the African Cup of Nations

Salah’s strike - a thunderous 20-yard free-kick after just 11 minutes – proved the only goal of Egypt’s final group stage game against Ghana on a wet evening in Gabon.

It was a second consecutive AFCON 2017 victory for the Pharaohs after a 1-0 win against Uganda on Saturday and means Egypt are the only team to progress through the group stage without conceding a goal.

The Roma forward will be back in action on Sunday when Egypt take on Morocco and former Giallorossi defender Mehdi Benatia.