Salah Scores as Hosts Egypt beat the cranes
Story By Bbc Sports
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.
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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