Tunisia have booked a place in the final of the FIFA Arab cup holding in Qatar.
Having been denied a 57th minute penalty by VAR, a shocking own goal by Amr Al-Sulaya – who headed a Naim Sliti free-kick from the left past his own keeper – was all the Carthage Eagles needed.
Tunisia might have snatched victory minutes earlier when striker Seifeddine Jaziri headed over from a corner as he evaded the usually tight Egypt defence but could not get his effort on target.
Egypt, who appointed Carlos Queiroz as coach in September, had chances to score in the first half when defender Ahmed Hegazi had a shot saved by Tunisia goalkeeper Mouez Hassen and Marwan Hamdi was denied by the keeper diving at his feet to palm away the ball.
The Carthage Eagles have won the competition once, in its first edition in 1963.
It was Egypt’s first defeat in 19 games since their elimination from the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.
The Carthage Eagles now await the winner of the crunch semi-final encounter between hosts Qatar and AFCON Champions Algeria.
The final will be played on Saturday 18 December.
