Russia (bbabo.net), - One of the favorites of the African Cup of Nations, the Egyptian team won their first victory in the tournament: the Pharaohs beat Guinea-Bissau 1-0 thanks to a goal by Mohammed Salah.

Despite the extracted three points, the Egyptians gave another faded match. And in the end, Salah and the company could completely miss the victory, but VAR intervened, because of which the referee canceled the goal of Guinea-Bissau forward Mama Balde. With three points, Egypt moved up to second place in Group D. Guinea-Bissau and Sudan have one point each, and Nigeria advanced to the playoffs from here ahead of schedule: the Eagles took the maximum six points after two rounds. In the second match, they beat Sudan 3-1.

Well, the first big scandal at the African Cup erupted in the duel between Tunisia and Mali. The referee of the match, Jeanni Sikazwe, gave an early final whistle twice: first, the Zambian referee for some reason decided to take the players to the locker rooms at the 85th minute, and then 13 seconds before the end of the game time. At the same time, the teams made nine substitutions in the second half, the Tunisians did not convert a penalty, and the Mali player earned a red card, the VAR system was used, but Sikazwe did not compensate for a single minute. About half an hour after the referee interrupted the match, he invited the Tunisians to enter the field and finish it, but they refused this offer. At the time of the failure of the meeting, the score was 1:0 in favor of the Malians.

- It's just crazy! Unable to control unsportsmanlike things. At the 85th minute, he blows the final whistle, and then again, but already at the 89th. What else is it to be called? - Tunisian head coach Mondher Kebayer was indignant.

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