Another AFCON tournament.
Another Mohamed Salah heartbreak.
At this point, heartbreak at critical moments was synonymous with the Egyptian King, maybe apart from his UEFA champions league win with Liverpool FC in the previous season.
Salah broke down in tears on the pitch as the Moroccan players celebrated.
'Again!' He growled in his mind, clenching his fists.
Salah was a great player, one of the best of his generation but when it came to the critical moments in football, there was this bad luck that followed him.
As great as he was, an African footballing legend, his legacy in international football paled in comparison to the likes of Sadio Mane, and this was simply because unlike Mane, he was yet to win an AFCON title.
Egypt were always favorites in every AFCON tournament with him on the side, and yet, they always stumbled in the critical stages.
