AFCON 2023: Egypt Hold Ghana In Four-Goal Thriller

Ghana and Egypt played out an entertaining 2-2 draw in Thursday’s 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.

Mohammed Kudus netted the opening goal in the added time of the 45 minutes to give the Black Stars a precious one goal lead in the first half.

However, at the resumption of the second half, Omar Marmoush leveled parity after capitalising on a back pass by a Ghanaian player to score for Egypt.

 

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In the 71st minute, Kudus grabbed his brace when he his curled shot was deflected by an Egyptian defender.

But then, Mostafa Mohamed kept the Pharaohs’ AFCON hope alive when he equalised in the 74th minute to the delight of injured Mohamed Salah and his teammates.

All efforts to get the winning goal proved abortive as Ghana and Egypt shared the one point.

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