After the sides were not separated in the 90 minutes and the score stood at 0-0, the match went into extra time. Both teams looked desperate to avoid a penalty shootout, throwing men forward in search of a winning goal.
It was the Fennec foxes who found openings twice. First, Fares Chaibi saw his low effort parried by Lionel Mpasi in the DR Congo goal. From the second phase, Baghdad Bounedjah then rushed into the penalty area, cut inside and aimed for the bottom left corner, but Mpasi denied him again.
The breakthrough finally came one minute after the end of extra time. Substitute Boulbina collected the ball on the edge of the penalty area, cut inside and fired a ferocious shot that flew off the underside of the crossbar and into the net.
For a player who had played just 13 minutes of football at this AFCON prior to the match, it was a special moment. Full-time, the 22-year-old Al Duhail The striker was thrown into the air in celebration by his Algeria teammates.
Their reward is a quarter-final against Nigeria Super Eagles on Saturday (January 10), a replay of the AFCON 2019 semi-final, which Algeria won 2-1.
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