Africa Cup of Nations

FT Friday, June 21, 2019
Zimbabwe WDDDD 0
–
Egypt WDLWW 1
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ZIM000
EGY101
Cairo International Stadium · 73,299 att.

Match Report

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Egypt get winning start at Africa Cup of Nations

Mahmoud Trezeguet handed hosts Egypt a winning start to the Africa Cup of Nations with the only goal of Friday's opening game against Zimbabwe.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
11
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
2
Corner Kicks
7
9
Saves
2
41
Possession
59
11
SHOTS
16
2
ON GOAL
9
0.2
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
277
Accurate Passes
435
369
Passes
537
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
5
16
Crosses
16
0.3
Cross %
0.3
68
Long Balls
58
30
Accurate Long Balls
28
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
1
11
Effective Tackles
11
13
Tackles
14
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
16
Interceptions
18
16
Effective Clearances
13
16
Clearances
13

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

ZIM · 4-4-2

  1. 1Edmore SibandaG
  2. 15Teenage HadebeCD-L
  3. 6Alec MudimuCD-R
  4. 5Divine LungaLB
  5. 2Tendayi DarikwaRB
  6. 18Marvelous NakambaCM-L
  7. 8Marshall MunetsiCM-R
  8. 11Khama BilliatLM
  9. 17Knowledge MusonaRM
  10. 23Nyasha MushekwiCF-L
  11. 10Ovidy KaruruCF-R

Timeline

  1. 41' Goal! Egypt 1, Zimbabwe 0. Trézéguet (Egypt) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ayman Ashraf.
  2. 60' Substitution, Egypt. Walid Soliman replaces Marwan Mohsen.
  3. 71' Substitution, Egypt. Amr Warda replaces Abdallah El Said.
  4. 80' Substitution, Zimbabwe. Elvis Chipezeze replaces Edmore Sibanda.
  5. 81' Substitution, Egypt. Nabil Emad replaces Trézéguet.
  6. 81' Substitution, Zimbabwe. Evans Rusike replaces Nyasha Mushekwi.
  7. 85' Substitution, Zimbabwe. Talent Chawapiwa replaces Knowledge Musona.
  8. 88' Talent Chawapiwa (Zimbabwe) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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