Marmoush's Egypt fall to defeat in AFCON third place final | OneFootball

Omar Marmoush's Egypt fell to a penalty shootout defeat to Nigeria in their Africa Cup of Nations third place final.

The City forward featured as a substitute from the 60th minute, bringing fresh legs to what was an end-to-end match-up.

The first half saw Egypt dominate possession, but it was their opponents who went the closest to taking the lead.

Nigeria’s Paul Onuachu had his goal overturned by VAR on 36 minutes in what was the best chance of the opening 45 minutes.

In the second half, Egypt continued to enjoy more of the ball, but Nigeria did well to defend as a unit and limited their opponents to just one shot on target.

Nothing would separate the two sides come the full-time whistle, with the medal to be decided via a penalty shootout.

Egypt’s first two spot kicks, taken by Mohamed Salah and Marmoush, were saved by Stanley Nwabali before Nigeria saw out the shootout to win 4-2.

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