Salah seals Egypt win against Benin as AFCON 2025 quarterfinals awaits

Egypt need extra time to beat Benin 3-1 but book their place in the quarterfinals of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.Published On 5 Jan 2026Mohamed Salah scored with the last kick in extra time to seal’s Egypt’s 3-1 win over Benin at Stade d’Agadir in the Morocco-hosted Africa Cup of Nations last 16.The Pharaohs dug deep after being surprisingly held to 1-1 in normal time on Monday after Benin’s Jodel Dossou pounced on a rebound to level the football game in the 83rd minute.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Bangladesh bans IPL broadcast amid growing tensions with Indialist 2 of 4NBA: Lakers rally past Grizzlies as Phoenix steal Oklahoma’s thunderlist 3 of 4Boxer Anthony Joshua returns to UK after fatal Nigeria car crashlist 4 of 4Former world boxing champion Tyson Fury comes out of retirement againend of listEgypt dominated from the start but had to wait till the 69th before Marwan Attia finally made the breakthrough.Attia was involved again when Yasser Ibrahim met his cross with a looping header to send the ball inside the top left corner in the seventh minute of extra time.Salah had the final say on a counterattack, shooting past Benin goalkeeper Marcel Dandjinou from outside the penalty box after Zizo played him through. It was his third goal of the tournament.Egypt’s team, which has played every game in Agadir, will stay in the coastal city for a quarterfinal on Saturday against Burkina Faso or defending champion Ivory Coast, who were meeting on Tuesday.Benin’s solitary win in the group stage, 1-0 over Botswana, was enough to reach the last 16.On Monday, Omar Marmoush broke through early on when Benin keeper Dandjinou emerged to stop him before he got any further. Dandjinou must have known he’d have a busy game.Egypt’s Marwan Attia celebrates scoring their first goal with Omar Marmoush [Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters]Yohan Roche cleared off the line as the Pharaohs kept pushing forward. But Benin settled and stopped any other clear-cut chances. Marmoush and Salah both had efforts blocked.