Egypt’s Olympic team defeats Gabon and reaches the semi-finals of the African Cup
On Saturday, the Egyptian Olympic team qualified for the semi-finals of the African Nations Championship, which will be held in Morocco and qualifies for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, after its victory over the Gabonese team, 2-0, in the third round of the group stage of the tournament.
The Egyptians were affected in the first half by the absence of the duo, Mohamed Shehata and Ahmed Eid, as they failed to threaten goalkeeper Francois Bekali, although the Gabonese national team is considered the weakest competitor in this group, after it was defeated in its first and second matches.
The Gabonians relied on excessive impulsiveness, which caused their players to receive 3 yellow cards in the first half, with a red card in the 42nd minute, for midfield player Roy Mbonji, after he collected two cards in his balance.
The Pharaohs took advantage of the numerical superiority to control the periods of the second half, in which they created many opportunities to score, especially thanks to the skills of the Pyramids club player Ibrahim Adel, so that Mahmoud Saber could score the first goal with a distinguished shot from outside the penalty area, following a corner kick that was executed by substitute Mustafa Saad in a smart way, as well. Saad, nicknamed Messi, succeeded in obtaining a penalty kick in the ninetieth minute, with a signal from the video technology, Osama Faisal succeeded in scoring the second goal through it.
The Egyptian national team avoided colliding with the tournament organizer, the Moroccan national team, after it secured the top spot in its group standings with 7 points, to face Guinea in the semi-finals, while the Malian team qualified in second place with 6 points, after defeating Niger 2-0, to face the Atlas Lions in Second semi-final match.
2023-07-01 22:41:15
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