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ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast — Mohamed Salah has scored a late penalty to spare Egypt's embarrassment by drawing 2-2 against Mozambique in their Africa Cup of Nations opener. Salah stayed cool to score from the spot in the seventh minute of second-half stoppage time after Domingos was adjudged to have fouled Mostafa Mohamed in a VAR review. It denied Mozambique its first-ever tournament win at the 13th attempt. But the team was still cheered by the majority of fans at the Félix Houphouët-Boigny Stadium. Victor Osimhen scored but he couldn't lift Nigeria to a winning start as the "Super Eagles" were held 1-1 by Equatorial Guinea in their opening game. Cape Verde, the "Blue Sharks," defeated Ghana 2-1.
