Hosts Egypt knocked-out of Africa Cup of Nations in shock defeat

The hosts of the Egypt Africa Cup of Nations have been knocked out of the tournament.
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07 July, 2019
Salah was unable to score in the game [Getty]
Hosts Egypt have been knocked-out of the Africa Cup of Nations, following their shock defeat to South Africa on Saturday night.

South Africa, who struggled through the group stages, managed to get a goal five minutes before the end of time, seeing them through to the quarter-finals.

The Last 16 game was held at the Cairo International Stadium and played in front of 75,000 - mostly Egyptian - fans.

Thembinkosi Lorch scored on a counter-attack to stun the crowd, after South Africa's defence managed to hold off Egypt's star played Mohamed Salah for the game.

South Africa will next play Nigeria in the quarter-finals. Algeria and Tunisia are the only two Arab teams still left in the tournament, after hosts Egypt and Morocco were knocked out.