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Liverpool superstar Mohamed Salah and his team Egypt, were knocked out of the African Cup of Nations following a shock 1-0 loss to South Africa. Egypt, one of the favorites at this year's AFCON, were expected to defeat the Bafana Bafana, but fate had deemed otherwise. The Bafana Bafana who only qualified from their group for being the best-ranked third-place side shall face Nigeria (who beat beat title holders Cameroon in the last 16 game) in the quarter finals. Thembinkosi Lorch's goal for South Africa turned out to be the difference between progress and elimination.

To Cristiano Ronaldo, the overhead bicycle kick he scored for Real Madrid against his current club Juventus, in the past Champions League, was better than Mohamed Salah's Premier League goal which won the FIFA goal of the year award (Puskas). Salah's fine curling strike against Everton in December controversially won him the award, beating Ronaldo's bicycle kick, Lionel Messi's amazing World Cup goal against Nigeria, and Gareth Bale's stunning overhead goal against Liverpool in the 2017/2018 Champions League final. Ronaldo scored his acrobatic goal in the Champions League quarter-finals and joined Juventus a few months later. Gareth Bale's goal against Liverpool in the Champions League final The 33-year-old five time Ballon d'Or winner who wasn't in attendance at the FIFA Best Gala took to Instagram to speak his mind on the FIFA Best awards five days after the ceremony. He told his 142 million Instagram followers: " Salah, it was