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Pharaohs failed to rise to the occasion

Egypt managed just a solitary shot on target as they were knocked out of the AFCON semi-finals by Senegal. A match strikingly devoid of quality was settled late on by Sadio Mane, who fired low into the bottom corner from the edge of the area to give Senegal the lead. Egypt had been dour and negative to that point - they parked from the off and looked exclusively to attack on the counter. Finally forced to come out of their shell with ten minutes remaining, a first shot on target finally came in the 95th minutes, but Edouard Mendy was equal to it. Too little, too late.

Mohamed Salah put in a thoroughly disappointing performance, and his wait for an international honour will continue. The 33-year-old completed the full match but managed just 30 touches of the ball, took no shots, and completed just nine passes.

Senegal will face either Nigeria or host nation Morocco in the final, with the opponent to be decided later this evening. The loser, though, will head to Saturday’s third-place play-off. Catch up with the action as it happened below with Standard Sport’s dedicated match blog, complete with expert insight and analysis.