Ahmed Hassan celebrated his appearances milestone in style, scoring twice to give Egypt a 3-1 victory over Cameroon after extra time and a place in the African Cup of Nations semi final on Monday.
The Egypt skipper, who was making an Egyptian and African record of 170 international appearances, initially scored for the wrong team, his own goal gifting Cameroon the lead after 26 minutes.
Extra Time First Half
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Extra Time 2nd Half
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He made amends 11 minutes later to equalize as the match went into extra time after both sides failed to find the net in the second half.
Few minutes into the first period of extra time, substitute Mohamed Nagi ‘Geddo’ once again rose to the occasion after he made the most of a dreadful blunder from Geremi to put Egypt ahead for his third goal in the tournament.
Hassan put the result beyond doubt few minutes later through a controversial free-kick as the Pharaohs edged closer to winning an unprecedented third consecutive title.
The six-time African champions, who extended their unbeaten record to 17 games, will face fierce rivals Algeria in the semi final on Thursday.
