Mohamed Abou Gabal become the hero as Egypt reached the Africa Cup of Nations final on the fee of hosts Cameroon with a three-1 achievement on consequences.
After 120 minutes of scoreless movement, goalkeeper Abou Gabal stored spot-kicks from Harold Moukoudi and James Lea Siliki before Clinton N'Jie completely missed the target.
Egypt will take on Senegal within the showpiece on Sunday, although Carlos Queiroz will no longer be within the dugout after being sent off for two presentations of dissent toward the end of ordinary time.
In a low-pace recreation littered with mistakes, the exceptional threat of the primary half of got here while Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui saw his header hit the post inside the 18th minute.
Mohamed Salah become offered with a wonderful threat to open the scoring in the second 1/2 via a brief returned pass from Martin Hongla, however he become not able to round Andre Onana after the goalkeeper hared out of his container to intrude.
Samuel Oum Gouet went close to scoring a intention of the event contender when his rasping 35-backyard force clipped the outside of the put up, and Queiroz was sent off earlier than the start of extra time.
The additional half-hour were now not enough to separate the perimeters, but Abou Gabal's heroics despatched Egypt thru to the very last when they missed out on home soil in 2019.
