Afsha scored the only winning goal against Angola from a penalty kick

An unconvincing victory for the “Pharaohs” .. Hope in Salah and El-Nani Sunday

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The coach of the Egyptian national football team, Hossam El-Badri, confirmed that there is an opportunity for the presence of the duo, Mohamed Salah and Mohamed Elneny, players of Liverpool and Arsenal, on Sunday in the Gabon match, in the second round of the Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifiers, after their enforced absence (Wednesday) from the Angola match, due to British government restrictions to prevent the spread of the “Corona” virus.

Egypt won an unconvincing victory over Angola, while the “Pharaohs” team will visit Gabon, the day after tomorrow, and Libya against Angola next Tuesday.

Salah and Elneny were absent after the British authorities imposed restrictions on returnees from some countries included in the red list, similar to a 10-day quarantine.

Although the Confederation of African Football and the International Football Association appealed to British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, to ease restrictions towards professional players, things remained in place.

Al-Badri said in the press conference after the match in which Egypt defeated Angola 1-0 with an early penalty kick by Mohamed Magdy “Afsha” at the Air Defense Stadium: “There is an opportunity for Salah and Elneny to be present during the Gabon match .. Within 24 hours, matters will be resolved and the vision will be clear. The duo is with us or not.” Regarding the performance of the "Pharaohs" against Angola, Al-Badri said: "He is not satisfied with the performance, but there are matches that you must win only without looking at the performance." He added, "There was a wrong positioning of some players, which showed the definitely unsatisfactory performance," stressing that the first match is always more difficult, and that the players suffered stress with lack of time and injuries, as happened with Akram Tawfik and Omar Jaber. He pointed out that the penalty kick and the early goal are not the reason for the decline in performance or the Angolan superiority in the midfield, explaining that "the players were under pressure for their desire to maintain progress and signs of tension appeared."

Egypt's victory

in Group F, the Egyptian team achieved a difficult victory over its Angolan guest 1-0 at the Air Defense Stadium in Cairo, scored by Al-Ahly midfielder, Mohamed Magdy "Afsha" in the fifth minute from a penalty kick.

The start was for the benefit of the guests who pressed hard and were closer to the opening of the scoring when Freddy Balende passed a cross to Vladimir Edson without any control and he shot it next to the right post (3).

The "Pharaohs" responded with a quick attack, and Ahmed

Aboul Fotouh

penetrated

the left front, and was fouled to receive a penalty kick, which was thrown to the right of goalkeeper Hugo Marcos (5).

Hussein Al-Shahat missed the opportunity to reinforce after two minutes when he received a ball from Ahmed Sayed Zizou and shot it awkwardly near the right post.

Angola almost equalized when Fabio Abreu received a ball inside the area, Mahmoud Hamdi Al-Wensh evaded and shot it near the right post (8).

Mohamed Sharif and Afsha exchanged the ball before the latter passed it to Zizou, who hit it hard, and defender Norio Fortuna pushed it into a corner. Sharif almost added a second goal (45) after he shot a ball from inside the area over the crossbar.

And the "Pharaohs" pressed at the beginning of the second half, and he fired a ball from the edge of the area that hit defender Norio Fortuna and passed next to the right post (48).

Play was confined to the midfield, and the two teams exchanged control and possession with offensive attempts without danger to the two goals until the 89th minute when Sharif hit a powerful ball that Marcus narrowly missed before the defense dispersed it.

Egypt shares the top spot in the group with Libya, which turned the tables on its guest, Gabon, and beat it 2-1 in Benghazi.

Gabon scored early through Andre Boukou in the 11th minute, but Libya equalized after 16 minutes through defender Ali Salama, before the other defender Sanad Al-Werfalli snatched the winning goal in the last minute.

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