A rare case gives the lead to Egypt... and an early final is expected between Morocco and Algeria

The Egyptian team tied with its Algerian counterpart 1-1 during the match that brought them together today in the third and final round of Group D competitions in the Arab Football Cup.

The Algerian team advanced with a goal scored by Mohamed Ayman Togay in the 19th minute, and Amr Al-Sulayya tied for the Egyptian team in the 60th minute from a penalty kick.

With this result, the Egyptian team topped the group with seven points, ahead of the Algerian team, with a difference of fair play points, after they tied in everything, and it is one of the rare cases, which made the fans of each team cheer for each warning card received by the opponent.

With this result, the Egyptian team will meet Jordan in the quarter-finals, while Morocco will face Algeria in an early final in the tournament.

The two teams entered the match with three points each in fair play, as Hossam El Din Merzik, the Algerian player, had received the red card after receiving the second yellow card (three points), while the Egyptian team had three points after receiving Mustafa Fathi and Akram Tawfiq. And Mohamed Sharif for three yellow cards (three points).

In today's match, three players from the Egyptian national team received yellow cards, Akram Tawfiq, Hamdi Fathi and Amr Al-Sulayya, while four players from the Algerian team received yellow cards, namely Youssef Belaili, Mohamed Amin Togay, Zakaria Darawi and Al-Arabi Hilal Soudani, in addition to Yassin Titrawi receiving the red card directly. (four points), which means that the Egyptian team has six points, while the Algerian team has 11 points, which gave the Egyptian team the top spot.

The Egyptian team will meet its Jordanian counterpart, who finished runners-up in the third group, while the Algerian team will play with its Moroccan counterpart, the leader of the third group.

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