Before Mostafa Mohamed’s goal… these are the 5 fastest goals in the history of the African Cup of Nations
Egyptian star Mostafa Mohamed opened his country’s goal tally in the African Cup of Nations held in Ivory Coast, and the striker registered himself on the list of the fastest goals scored in the continental competition, a list distinguished by a strong Arab presence.
The Senegalese website “Cine News” confirmed that the fastest goal in the African Championship was scored by the Egyptian star, Ayman Mansour, in the 1994 African Cup of Nations, where he succeeded in depositing the ball into the net after only 23 seconds, leading the “Pharaohs” to achieve a victory with four goals for free. Against Gabon.
Tijani Babangida scored a quick goal, thanks to which he ranked second in the ranking of the fastest, as he took advantage of the opportunity to surprise South Africa at the 39th second, when the two teams faced in the semi-finals of the 2000 edition, but he lost the final with the Nigerian team when they faced Cameroon in an enthusiastic match that ended with two goals to the same, to be decided by kicks. The confrontation is tipped in favor of the “Untamed Lions”.
The goal of the Ugandan player, Philip Omondi, was third on the list of fastest goals, when he faced Congo in 1978, at the 45th second. With this goal, he put his country in the lead and allowed his teammates to deliver a performance that decided the result of the match by three goals to one.
In the 1974 edition, the Egyptian star, Hassan El Shazly, scored the fourth fastest goal in the African Cup of Nations, when he scored against Zaire (currently the Democratic Republic of the Congo) after only one minute, noting that the confrontation was part of the semi-finals of the tournament. It ended with two goals for nothing.
The Moroccan national team player, Mustafa Fatoui, excelled by scoring a quick goal in the 1974 African Cup of Nations, when the “Atlas Lions” confrontation against the Congo ended with two goals to the same, and only a minute had passed since the first goal, which constituted the beginning of an upward path that ended with the Arab representative being crowned with the African title.
With this goal, the Egyptian Mostafa Mohamed compensated for Siama in the African Nations Championship after failing to score in the past 7 matches he played in the 2021 edition in Cameroon, while raising his record with the “Pharaohs” to the eighth goal, including 5 goals under the supervision of Portuguese coach Rui Vitoria.
2024-01-14 18:53:42
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