Summary of the Egypt Côte d’Ivoire match
Watch the goals of the Egypt – match Cote d’Ivoire
Egypt Côte d’Ivoir match: Egypt qualified for the quarter-finals of the African Nations Cup, thanks to a penalty shootout (5-4) against Cote d’Ivoire, after a goalless draw in the regular and extra time, at Jaboma Stadium.
The score was tied without goals over 120 minutes, then the two teams resorted to penalty kicks.
And scored for the Egyptian national team, Ahmed Sayed Zizou, Amr Al-Sulayya, Omar Kamal, Mohamed Abdel Moneim, and Mohamed Salah.
For Côte d’Ivoire, Nicolas Pepe, Ibrahim Sanjari, Maxwell Cornet and Wilfried Zaha scored, and Eric Bailly missed.
Egypt vs Morocco
Egypt beat Morocco in the quarter-finals of the African Nations Cup.
The players made a great physical effort over the course of 120 minutes after an exciting tactical struggle between Portuguese coach Carlos Queiroz, coach of the Pharaohs, and French Patrice Baumel, coach of the elephants.
The match began with attempts to control the midfield, and Frank Casey directed a powerful shot near the post, with a kick from Serge Aurier.
Eric Bailly received the yellow card, but the Egyptian team appeared relatively better in the midfield.
Omar Marmoush almost opened the scoring for Egypt, with a missile shot that was rejected by the crossbar, and Salah appeared with a powerful shot that was brilliantly removed by the elephant keeper.
El-Shennawy removed a dangerous cross from Pepe, then an attempt by Jardel and Côte d’Ivoire had to change early in the 30th minute, with Frank Kesey leaving injured and Geoffrey Seri Dee coming down.
El-Shennawy saved his goal from a dangerous opportunity through Ibrahim Sanjari, and El-Shennawy managed to catch a missile shot from Sebastian Haller at the end of the first half.
The second half began with new attempts to take possession, and the Elephants’ defense removed a through pass from Salah to Marmoush, and Al-Sulayya passed a cross that was pushed away by Bailey.
Salah quickly ran in the right front and passed to Al-Sulayya, who shot over the crossbar, wasting a close attempt for the Pharaohs.
Elneny surprised the Ivorian team with a powerful cross pass that hit the foot of defender Gislan Konan, but the goalkeeper ably pushed it away.
Aboul Fotouh starred in removing a dangerous cross from the elephants, with offensive activity from the two teams’ players, and any attempt to exploit the fastballs.
The Pharaohs controlled the ball, but the effectiveness was absent, which is the clear negative point during the match.
Abdel Moneim removed a dangerous evasion from Jardel, then Hegazy starred in removing an investigator before he reached Haller, and Al-Shennawy starred in removing a dangerous header from Haller.
