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Mohamed Salah's late winner saw Egypt beat Zimbabwe 2-1 in their AFCON opener.
Prince Dube steered in to give his side a shock lead, before Omar Marmoush lashed home to level.
Liverpool star Salah's scruffy finish in added time stole the victory for Hossam Hassan's side.
Egypt are level on points with South Africa, who beat Angola 2-1, in the Group B standings.
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Egypt 2 Zimbabwe 1: Salah scores late winner as Pharaohs fight back to avoid upset
Glad you asked.
As mentioned earlier, the AFCON matches, and The Athletic's live coverage, keep coming thick and fast.
Tomorrow, there are three more fixtures:
Friday, December 26: Angola, AFCON Group B, 12.30pm UK, 7.30am ET
On the same day, Zimbabwe face Angola, who were also beaten by a fairly late winner today, against South Africa.
If either side has genuine hopes of qualifying for the knockouts they must get a positive result here.
Friday, December 26: South Africa, AFCON Group B, 3pm UK, 10am ET
Egypt face South Africa, the toughest other side in their group, on Friday.
With both sides on three points and likely to beat their third opponents, this could go a long way in deciding the Group B winners.
Egypt seem better than two years ago.
More talent around Mohamed Salah and the ball doesn't always go through him.
Which is the sensible thing to do.
Below, The Athletic's Ahmed Walid and Nnamdi Onyeagwara analyse the main talking points from Agadir.
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Egypt 2 Zimbabwe 1: Salah scores late winner as Pharaohs fight back to avoid upset
The Zimbabweans must feel so hard done by today.
They battled from first whistle to last, and while they rode their luck at times, they could have had a penalty and should have seen Egypt's Marwan Attia sent off for a second yellow card.
Even those decisions aside, several of their players didn't deserve to end up on the losing side.
Namely goalkeeper Washington Arubi, defenders Gerald Takwara and Munashe Garananga, the ever-present Marvelous Nakamba in midfield, plus attackers Daniel Msendami and Macauley Bonne.
Salah will grab the headlines with his first-half display and priceless winner, but Egypt's best performer on the night was Marmoush.
He linked the attack well when moved to a No 10 position after 33 minutes, was threatening with his shots from outside the penalty area, and scored the equaliser when he ran behind the defence to connect with Mohamed Hamdy's pass into space.
Marmoush was also the player who won the ball in midfield to start the transition which ended with Salah's winner.
Mo Salah, always the story.
That's it!
Mohamed Salah's stoppage-time winner has rescued Egypt!
The Liverpool star comes up with a huge moment to give his side an opening win.
Zimbabwe battled so hard but came up just short.
90+6' Egypt 2-1 Zimbabwe
We are already past the five minutes initially added on at the end of the 90 minutes.
That makes sense, given Egypt scored in added time, taking up several minutes.
Egypt seconds away…
90+3' Egypt 2-1 Zimbabwe
Mohamed Salah breaks Zimbabwe hearts.
The captain, the talisman, the best player stands up tall.
Egypt poked the ball messily through to Salah in his favourite pocket on the right side of the opposition penalty area.
He controlled the ball on his midriff and, off balance, half-volleyed the bouncing ball into the bottom-right corner.
Not the cleanest strike or neatest finish. It rather bobbled in past Arubi's desperate dive.
But Salah, and Egypt, will not care a jot.
WOW!
Late drama!
90+1' Egypt 2-1 Zimbabwe
WHO ELSE?! Mohamed Salah stands up tall with a last-gasp winning goal!
89' Egypt 1-1 Zimbabwe
Oh, no. Ahmed Mostafa Mohamed Sayed, better known as Zizo, has another big chance.
But the Al Ahly winger, teed up by Mohamed Salah's cute pass outside the box, whacks it over.
Profligate again from the sub.
87' Egypt 1-1 Zimbabwe
Emmanuel Jalai, who set up Prince Dube's goal, is off after taking a whack from Ibrahim Adel in an aerial challenge.
Tawanda Maswanhise, who plays for Scottish side Motherwell, is on.
86' Egypt 1-1 Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe are very close to earning an excellent draw and point here in Agadir.
Their fans are bouncing around in delight inside Stade Agrar.
Zimbabwe have fought so bravely today against their more illustrious opponents.
82' Egypt 1-1 Zimbabwe
Left-back Mohamed Hamdy looks unable to continue and he limps off.
Ahmed Abou El Fotouh is on in his place.
