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The ongoing edition of African Cup of Nations has been nothing short of any entertainment. From red-cards to extra-time winners, the tournament has seen it all. And as the stage got set for quarter-finals, the fans got to witness a moment of pure class followed by a FIFA celebration as well.
It all happened during the game between Egypt and Morocco on Sunday. After Sofiane Boufal had put his side ahead in the knock-out clash through a penalty, it was Mohamed Salah who pulled a goal back for Egypt, making it all square in the contest.
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The match eventually went into additional 30 minutes of extra time and on the stroke of 100th minute, the decisive moment unfolded. Mohamed Salah produced an outrageous run down the right flank as he dribbled past everyone before crossing the ball into the box with his right foot.
Egypt's No.7 - Trezeguet - had made a fantastic run as he made no mistake in hitting the ball at the back of net to give his side a 2-1 advantage.
TREZEGUET GOAL
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While the celebrations were wild, as expected, it was what happened towards the end which caught everyone's attention. In order to applaud the genius skill and effort of his teammate Mohamed Salah who actually set up the goal for him, Trezeguet went down on his knees and enacted a 'polishing his shoes' celebration - which is very common especially in FIFA - which was indeed a brilliant sight for everyone to watch.
Egypt held on to their 2-1 advantage till full-time and entered the semi-finals, where they will be up against Cameroon on February 4 (IST 12:30 AM).