Egypt’s youth team is preparing for an important match against its Nigerian counterpart in the second round of the group stage of the U-20 African Cup of Nations, which is being held in Egypt.
Egypt’s youth team tied in the first round match with Mozambique without goals, which is the same result as the Nigeria-Senegal match in the same group.
Formation of the Egyptian youth team
Goalkeeper: Mostafa Makhlouf.
In defense: Ahmed Reda – Abdel Rahman Gouda – Omar Fayed.
Midfield: Karim Al-Dabis – Khaled Awad – Majid Hani – Muhammad Hamdi.
Attack: Ahmed Esho – Bilal Mazhar – Raafat Khalil.
The formation of Nigeria was as follows:
Goalkeeper: Anyagboso
Defense: Solomon Agbalaka – Daniel Bami – Benjamin Frederick – Augustine Njoku
Midfield: Muhammad Aminu – Onushi Ogabilo – Samson Lawal
Attack: Ibrahim Muhammad – Ayouba Abu Bakr – Rilwanu Sarky
Egypt’s youth team
The Egyptian youth team will enter this match hoping to achieve its first victory in the tournament in order to continue the tournament in an optimal way.
For his part, Mahmoud Gaber, coach of the Egyptian youth team, said in the press conference before the match: “The Egyptian national team respects all the participating teams, of course Nigeria and Senegal play in a completely different way than Mozambique, but we respect all the teams. The team suffered from slow play against Mozambique in the first half, But the performance improved in the second half, and we finished the game well.”
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The date of the Egyptian youth team match
The match is scheduled to start today at seven o’clock Cairo local time at Cairo International Stadium.
And at exactly half past six, the analytical studio for the match will start from the Koora Plus website.
The channel that broadcasts the Egyptian youth team match
The match will be broadcasted by Ontime Sports, satellite and terrestrial.
Here are the events of the match between Egypt and Nigeria
Formation announcement
– The beginning of the game
In the second minute of the meeting, Khaled Awad sent a cross pass from the right into the penalty area, which was met by Karim Al-Dabis with a shot from the second post, which bounced off the body of one of the defenders.
And with the seventh minute, the ball was sent into the penalty area and the defense dispersed it from the first post.
In the 14th minute of the match, Raafat Khalil, the Egyptian national team player, fired a missile at Nigeria’s goal, but the ball came higher than the post.
And with the “15th” minute, Mohamed Hamdi sent the ball into the penalty area and Nigeria’s defense dispersed it from the first post, a second corner kick to Egypt’s national team from the right.
In the 18th minute, Khaled Awad sent a pass from the right into the penalty area and Nigeria’s defense controlled it.
In the “22nd” minute, Mohamed Hamdi sent the ball into the penalty area, and goalkeeper Chigoki Anyagbuso caught it.
In the “30th” minute of the meeting, Raafat Khalil received the ball on the edge of the penalty area and hit the ball and passed next to the left post outside the field.
Raafat Khalil, with the “35th” minute, received the ball to the right of the penalty area, penetrated skillfully into the area, and then hit the ball to pass outside the field, far from the goal.
With the start of the second half, Ahmed Reda sent a long pass from the middle of the field into the penalty area and the defense dispersed it.
In the “55th” minute, Samson Lawal sent a cross pass from the left into the penalty area and passed outside the field directly without danger to the goal.
Bilal Mazhar, in the “63rd” minute, hit the ball from inside the penalty area, but goalkeeper Chigoki Anyagbuso blocked it with his foot, then caught the ball.
Ibrahim Mohamed, a Nigerian player, hit the ball from outside the penalty area and passed by the right post outside the field.
Raafat Khalil received the ball inside the penalty area and hit the ball in front of the goal, and goalkeeper Anyagboso saved it firmly.
And with the “71st” minute of the match, Solomon Agbalaka succeeded in scoring the first goal against the Egyptian national team, through a powerful header in the goal.
Omar Al-Saei received the ball inside the penalty area from the left and hit the ball, but it passed outside the field, far from the goal.