Salah Scores as Egypt Beat Uganda
CAIRO (Dispatches) -Egypt maintained their perfect start to their Africa Cup of Nations campaign by beating Uganda in Cairo to advance into the last 16 as Group A winners.
Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah opened the scoring with a superb free-kick midway through the first half.
Aston Villa's Ahmed Elmohamady then doubled the Pharaohs' lead before half-time with a powerful drive.
DR Congo thumped Zimbabwe in Group A's other game on Sunday, meaning Uganda progress as runners-up.
Hosts Egypt go through to the last 16 with a perfect record having beaten Zimbabwe and DR Congo in their opening two group games.
The seven-time winners are also yet to concede a goal at this year's Afcon, but they rode their luck against Uganda, who were left to rue a string of missed chances.
Uganda's Farouk Miya and Emmanuel Okwi, who both impressed at the Cairo International Stadium, tested Egypt keeper Mohamed El-Shenawy before Salah broke the deadlock with side's first shot on target.
****Egypt's forward Mohamed Salah (2nd-R) runs with the ball during the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) Group A football match between Uganda and Egypt at the Cairo International Stadium in the Egyptian capital on June 30, 2019.
Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah opened the scoring with a superb free-kick midway through the first half.
Aston Villa's Ahmed Elmohamady then doubled the Pharaohs' lead before half-time with a powerful drive.
DR Congo thumped Zimbabwe in Group A's other game on Sunday, meaning Uganda progress as runners-up.
Hosts Egypt go through to the last 16 with a perfect record having beaten Zimbabwe and DR Congo in their opening two group games.
The seven-time winners are also yet to concede a goal at this year's Afcon, but they rode their luck against Uganda, who were left to rue a string of missed chances.
Uganda's Farouk Miya and Emmanuel Okwi, who both impressed at the Cairo International Stadium, tested Egypt keeper Mohamed El-Shenawy before Salah broke the deadlock with side's first shot on target.
****Egypt's forward Mohamed Salah (2nd-R) runs with the ball during the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) Group A football match between Uganda and Egypt at the Cairo International Stadium in the Egyptian capital on June 30, 2019.