The Democratic Republic of Congo defeated 10-man Egypt on penalties after playing out a 1-1 draw in their AFCON round of 16 tie on Sunday.
The tense encounter fraught with poor decision-making in the final third needed penalties to separate both sides.
DR Congo took the lead when Machuk Elia nodded a deflected cross into the net on 37 minutes — but the Central Africans gave away a penalty in added time.
Mustafa Mohamed converted the spot kick to restore parity for Egypt with his fourth goal in as many matches.
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With no further goals at the end of regulation time, the game moved into extra time, during which Egypt’s Mohamed Hamdy was dismissed for a second bookable offence on 97 minutes.
Despite the red card, the seven-time AFCON champions held on to force the game into penalties which ended 8-7 in favour of DR Congo.
In the other game of the day, Emilio Nsue, the leading AFCON goalscorer, missed a penalty kick for Equatorial Guinea as they were defeated by Guinea, who qualified for the AFCON knockout stage for the first time.
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RESULTS
Equatorial Guinea 0-1 Guinea
Egypt 1-1 DR Congo (DR Congo win 8-7 on penalties)
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