**[Mohamed Salah](https://hayters.com/mo-salah-scores-again-for-egypt-afcon-round-up/)‘s late goal for Egypt ensured that they earned their spot in the African Cup of Nations quarter-finals.**
Here’s everything that happened at Afcon last night…
Egypt needed extra time to beat Benin in a tight last-16 match in Marrakech.
Egypt opened the scoring with twenty minutes to go through Marwan Attia, whose strike from the edge of the area looked to be enough to send Egypt through.
However, with just seven minutes to go, Jodel Dossou’s strike from close range gave Benin a lifeline.
That lifeline would be short-lived as Yasser Ibrahim’s 97th-minute effort put Egypt back in the ascendancy before Salah wrapped up the win in the 124th minute.
Egypt will face either Burkina Faso or the Ivory Coast in the quarter-final as Salah seeks his first-ever Afcon title.
Victor Oshimen was at the double as Nigeria eased their way through to the last eight of a tournament that they have not won since 2013.
The striker had a goal ruled out after just two minutes in this tie, but it only took 20 minutes for the former African Player of the Year, Ademola Lookman, to open the scoring with a superb curling effort.
Oshimen eventually would get his first goal just five minutes later, before he doubled his tally, both goals were assisted by the opening goalscorer, Lookman,
Nigeria then claimed their fourth 15 minutes from time, again created by Lookman, who found Akor Adams to fire home.
Nigeria now await Algeria or DR Congo on Saturday in Marrakech.