Highlights:
Black Stars Fell to Late Defeat; Osimhen Scored as Super Eagles Drew With 'Underdogs', Equatorial Guinea; Mohamed Salah Salvages Draw With Late Penalty for Egypt.
Ghana 1-2 Cape Verde:
Cape Verde upset Ghana with a stoppage-time winner to go top of Group B at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.
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| Mohamed Salah Salvages Draw With Late Penalty for Egypt. |
Garry Rodrigues tapped into an empty net in the 92nd minute after a mix-up in the Black Stars defence.
Jamiro Monteiro had put the islanders ahead and Ghana then had a goal ruled out for offside before half-time.
Alexander Djiku equalized with a stooping header, but Ghana keeper Richard Ofori made two big saves before Rodrigues pounced to net and win it.
Nigeria 1-1 Equatorial Guinea
Victor Osimhen's quick-fire equaliser spared Nigeria a shock defeat against Equatorial Guinea in their opening game of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.
Osimhen nodded in straight after Iban Salvador's opener for the underdogs.
Salvador's classy first-half finish was his side's only goal.
Salvador's classy first-half finish was his side's only attempt on target and briefly threatened a significant upset in the second game of the tournament.
Jesus Owono made several second-half saves to deny the Super Eagles, and Osimhen missed after breaking clear.
Egypt 2-2 Mozambique
Mohamed Salah's injury-time penalty spared Egypt's blushes against Mozambique in their Group B opener at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.
A regulation victory looked on the cards when Mostafa Mohamed put the Pharaohs ahead after just 89 seconds.
Quickfire second-half goals from Witi and Clesio gave the Mambas hope of recording a first-ever Afcon win.
But their dreams were dashed at the death when Domingos Macandza caught Mohamed Salah salvaged a draw.
The Video Assistant Referee had intervened to recommend that referee Dahane Beida go to the screen to review the challenge, and Salah kept his composure to net his spot-kick via the inside of the left-hand upright in the seventh minute of added time.
Despite taking their early lead, seven-time champions Egypt failed to show much in the way of fluid attacking play, with talisman Salah unable to exert any great influence on proceedings.
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