After the loss from Nigeria, the clash of Egypt and Algeria is approaching in the African nations
Egypt's 1-0 loss to Nigeria on Tuesday, in the opening matches of Group D of the African Football Championship, opened the way for the Pharaohs to face Algeria in the second round of the tournament, a meeting that fans of the two teams feared would happen early in the tournament.
And in the event that the Egyptian team ranked second in its group, it will face the leader of the fifth group and the candidate for it, the Algerian national team, despite its draw with Sierra Leone on Tuesday without goals.
Group E includes Algeria, Cote d'Ivoire, Sierra Leone and Equatorial Guinea.
It is scheduled that the Egyptian national team, if it tops its group with one of the third-placed teams in the second, fifth or sixth group, in the next round, but if the Pharaohs qualified as the third group, it will face the leaders of the first or second group, as the first group includes teams: Cameroon - Burkina Faso - Ethiopia - Cape Verde, while Group B includes teams: Senegal - Zimbabwe - Guinea - Malawi.
The Egyptian team fell into the trap of losing against its Nigerian counterpart 0-1 during the match that brought them together today, Tuesday, in the first round of Group D of the African Nations Cup, currently being held in Cameroon.
The Nigerian team owes this victory to its player, Kelechi Ihyanacho, who scored the only goal of the match in the 30th minute.
With this victory, the Nigerian team scored its first three points in the tournament, while the Egyptian team remained without points.
It is noteworthy that the Egyptian team is the team that has won the most championship title, having won it seven previous times.
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