AFCON 2025: Egypt and South Africa emerge from group B
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All original articlesGroup B produced two contenders into the last 16. Egypt and South Africa gained steam into the knock out stage but not without a fight from Zimbabwe who almost caused an upset in their southern derby with South Africa
At the Grand Stade in Marrakech, South Africa played their qualification against a Zimbabwe condemned to the exploit. Bafana Bafana quickly showed their intentions by opening the scoring in the 7th minute by Tshepang Moremi. But the Warriors, far from giving up themselves, equalized by Tawanda Maswanhise in the 19th minute, completely relaunching the match.
After the break, Lyle Foster gave back the advantage to the South Africans (49th), before a new rebound. In the 73rd minute, Zimbabwe came back on an own goal by Audrey Modiba, raising the threat of elimination for South Africa.
Finally, Oswin Appollis freed his team by converting a penalty in the 82nd minute. A precious victory (3-2) that allows South Africa to finish second in group B with six points, synonymous with qualification for the eighth final, while Zimbabwe leaves the competition.
Egypt manages and finishes top of the group
In Agadir, Egypt, already qualified before this last day, ensured the essential against a well-organized Angolan team. In a generally closed match, the Pharaons failed to find the loophole and conceded a virgin draw (0-0). Deprived of their attacking managers, Mohamed Salah and Omar Marmoush, left on the bench, the Egyptian team demonstrated mastery and defensive rigor to maintain its advantage in the standings. This result allows Egypt to finish first in group B with seven points, ahead of South Africa.
Solid throughout the group stage, Egypt is making good progress towards the eighth final, while South Africa, qualified in pain, has demonstrated its ability to respond present in games at stake.