The Guardian – Thembinkosi Lorch scored the winner for South Africa in their shock 1-0 victory over Egypt in the Africa Cup of Nations. Lorch struck following a counterattack with just five minutes remaining to silence a crowd of 75,000 at the Cairo International Stadium.
The hosts were the favourites to win the competition, with Liverpool’s Mo Salah in sparkling form during their opening matches. In contrast, South Africa qualified for the last 16 as the lowest-ranked of the four third-placed teams. However, they took the game to Egypt and were the more accomplished team over 90 minutes.
The Egypt goalkeeper, Mohamed El Shenawy, made a spectacular fingertip save to keep out Percy Tau’s dipping free-kick on 24 minutes and was busy throughout the first half as several efforts from the underdogs whistled past his goal.
