{"id":11252,"date":"2026-01-01T09:46:38","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T09:46:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arableague.news\/egypt-defeat-south-africa-1-0-to-book-place-in-afcon-knockout-rounds\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T09:46:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T09:46:38","slug":"egypt-defeat-south-africa-1-0-to-book-place-in-afcon-knockout-rounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arableague.news\/en\/egypt-defeat-south-africa-1-0-to-book-place-in-afcon-knockout-rounds\/","title":{"rendered":"Egypt Defeat South Africa 1\u20130 to Book Place in AFCON Knockout Rounds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"single-post\">\n<p>Egypt continued their strong start at the Africa Cup of Nations with a resilient 1\u20130 victory over South Africa on Friday, sealing qualification to the knockout stage and moving top of Group B with six points from two matches.<\/p>\n<p>The decisive moment came just before halftime at Stade Adrar in Agadir, when Mohamed Salah calmly converted a penalty in the 45th minute after VAR confirmed a foul inside the area. The goal proved enough to secure all three points in a match that tested Egypt\u2019s defensive resolve, particularly after being reduced to ten men moments after the penalty.<\/p>\n<p>The&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/egyptianstreets.com\/2025\/12\/26\/egypt-defeat-south-africa-1-0-to-book-place-in-afcon-knockout-rounds\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Egypt continued their strong start at the Africa Cup of Nations with a resilient&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arableague.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arableague.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arableague.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arableague.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arableague.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arableague.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11252\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arableague.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arableague.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arableague.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}