Africa Cup of Nations

FT Wednesday, June 26, 2019
Congo DR DDWDL 0
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Egypt DLWWW 2
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COD000
EGY202
Cairo International Stadium · 74,219 att.

Match Report

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Salah scores as Egypt progress to round of 16

Mohamed Salah scored his first goal of this year's Africa Cup of Nations to help hosts Egypt to a 2-0 win over Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
19
2
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
5
Corner Kicks
3
1
Saves
3
48.2
Possession
51.8
19
SHOTS
9
3
ON GOAL
3
0.2
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
288
Accurate Passes
319
362
Passes
409
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
1
27
Crosses
9
0.1
Cross %
0.1
62
Long Balls
62
29
Accurate Long Balls
29
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
8
Blocked Shots
4
3
Effective Tackles
8
13
Tackles
13
0.2
Tackle %
0.6
9
Interceptions
5
7
Effective Clearances
25
7
Clearances
25

Head to Head

EGY leads series 3-0

Lineups

EGY · 4-2-3-1

  1. 16Mohamed El ShenawyG
  2. 6Ahmed HegaziCD-L
  3. 20Mahmoud AlaaCD-R
  4. 12Ayman AshrafLB
  5. 3Ahmed ElmohamadyRB
  6. 19Abdallah SaidAM
  7. 17Mohamed ElnenyLM
  8. 8Tarek HamedRM
  9. 9Marwan MohsenF
  10. 7TrézéguetAM-L
  11. 10Mohamed SalahAM-R

COD · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Ley MatampiG
  2. 5Marcel TisserandCD-L
  3. 15Christian LuyindamaCD-R
  4. 3Ngonda MuzingaLB
  5. 2Issama MpekoRB
  6. 8Trésor MputuAM
  7. 18Merveille BokadiLM
  8. 12Wilfred MokeRM
  9. 17Cédric BakambuF
  10. 20Jacques MaghomaAM-L
  11. 9Jonathan BolingiAM-R

Timeline

  1. 25' Goal! Egypt 1, Congo DR 0. Ahmed El Mohamady (Egypt) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner following a corner.
  2. 30' Merveille Bokadi (Congo DR) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 43' Goal! Egypt 2, Congo DR 0. Mohamed Salah (Egypt) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Trézéguet following a fast break.
  4. 45' Substitution, Congo DR. Meschak Elia replaces Trésor Mputu.
  5. 59' Ngonda Muzinga (Congo DR) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 59' Substitution, Egypt. Ahmed Hassan replaces Marwan Mohsen.
  7. 64' Substitution, Congo DR. Yannick Bolasie replaces Merveille Bokadi.
  8. 68' Substitution, Egypt. Walid Soliman replaces Abdallah El Said.
  9. 68' Mohamed Elneny (Egypt) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 81' Mahmoud Alaa (Egypt) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 84' Substitution, Egypt. Ali Ghazal replaces Trézéguet.
  12. 87' Ali Ghazal (Egypt) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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