Chaouchi, who was lucky to still be on the pitch after his earlier altercation with the referee, was then eventually given his marching orders, after receiving a second yellow for swinging a kick at Gedo.

BBC: Algeria 0-4 Egypt

There was another narrow escape for the visitors when Swanson's in-swinging free-kick was headed onto his own bar and out by Russell Duncan.

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Five minutes later Gyan unleashed another fierce in-swinging effort from outside the area, this time from a free-kick, which was punched away unconvincingly by El Hadary in the Egypt goal.

BBC: Ghana 0-1 Egypt