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Jonathan Afolabi's injury-time equaliser should have been cause for celebration. But soon after, the day turned dark for the Dublin-born striker

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Jonathan Afolabi's injury-time equaliser should have been cause for celebration.

His 94th-minute strike two Saturdays ago kept Dundee alive in the Scottish Cup, and set up an extra-time victory over non-league Bonnyrigg Rose.