"Mo" Salah opened the scoring by volleying (69th) a ladle from "Trezeguet" - Mahmoud Hassan of his real name - and delivered the Pharaohs, who were not very sharp.
Before the awarding of the "Fifa The Best" prize on Monday, of which he is one of the finalists with Lionel Messi and Robert Lewandowski, the Liverpool striker has regained his colors after a lackluster performance against the "Green Eagles" on Tuesday.
The Reds player was more comfortable against the "Djurtus" (lycaons), placed on the right side of a three-man attack rather than at the peak.
But Egypt, seven times African champion, owes this narrow victory as much to its star as to the VAR: a beautiful equalizer from Mama Baldé (82nd) was refused after a few minutes of hesitation.
The referee, invited by the video assistants to review the action, detected a fault at the start of the Troyes striker's ride, which ended with a curling strike from the right.
A few minutes earlier, "Zizo", at the reception of a center had missed the goal of the break for the Pharaohs by finding the post (75th).
The Bissau-Guineans who are playing their third CAN in a row will still have to wait before winning their first match in the competition.
Egypt, led since September by Portuguese Carlos Queiroz, will have to validate their qualification for the round of 16 on Wednesday in their last Group D match, against Sudan, beaten earlier in the day on Saturday 3-1 by Nigeria, now qualified .
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