Cape Verde Islands vs Egypt, 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, Group Stage

· Africa Cup of Nations

Cape Verde Islands

45'+1': Benchimol
90'+9': Bryan Teixeira

FT
2 - 2

Egypt

50': Trézéguet
90'+3': Mostafa Mohamed

Cape Verde, Egypt seal Africa Cup of Nations last-16 spots

Cape Verde's Bryan Teixeira scored a 99th minute equaliser as they held record seven-time champions Egypt to a 2-2 Group B draw at the Africa Cup of Nations, with both sides reaching the last-16 after a pulsating clash on Monday.

Match Timeline

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
2': Foul by Logan Costa (Cabo Verde).
2': Mostafa Mohamed (Egypt) wins a free kick on the left wing.
3': Foul by Dylan Tavares (Cabo Verde).
3': Zizo (Egypt) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
4': Ahmed Abou El Fotouh (Egypt) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
4': Foul by Ryan Mendes (Cabo Verde).
5': Foul by Marwan Attia (Egypt).
5': Gilson Benchimol (Cabo Verde) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
8': Offside, Cabo Verde. Ryan Mendes is caught offside.
9': Foul by Willy Semedo (Cabo Verde).
9': Omar Marmoush (Egypt) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
10': Foul by Mohamed Hany (Egypt).
10': Garry Rodrigues (Cabo Verde) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
12': Attempt missed. Mostafa Mohamed (Egypt) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Mohamed Hany with a cross.
14': Attempt blocked. Zizo (Egypt) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Hamdi Fathy.
14': Attempt blocked. Hamdi Fathy (Egypt) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
14': Attempt saved. Emam Ashour (Egypt) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ahmed Abou El Fotouh.
16': Delay in match because of an injury Kevin Pina (Cabo Verde).
17': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
20': Attempt saved. Omar Marmoush (Egypt) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Zizo.
20': Attempt saved. Mostafa Mohamed (Egypt) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
21': Corner, Egypt. Conceded by Diney Borges.
22': Attempt blocked. Ahmed Abou El Fotouh (Egypt) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Zizo.
22': Attempt blocked. Emam Ashour (Egypt) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
23': Offside, Egypt. Omar Marmoush is caught offside.
27': Attempt missed. Emam Ashour (Egypt) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Zizo.
30': Corner, Egypt. Conceded by Logan Costa.
31': Foul by Marwan Attia (Egypt).
31': Garry Rodrigues (Cabo Verde) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
31': Delay in match (Cabo Verde).
33': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
33': Attempt blocked. Gilson Benchimol (Cabo Verde) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Logan Costa.
33': Corner, Cabo Verde. Conceded by Ahmed Hegazy.
34': Offside, Cabo Verde. Ryan Mendes is caught offside.
39': Foul by Dylan Tavares (Cabo Verde).
39': Hamdi Fathy (Egypt) wins a free kick on the right wing.
40': Attempt blocked. Ahmed Abou El Fotouh (Egypt) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mohamed Hany.
40': Attempt blocked. Ahmed Abou El Fotouh (Egypt) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Omar Marmoush.
41': Attempt missed. Zizo (Egypt) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Mohamed Hany.
42': Foul by Gilson Benchimol (Cabo Verde).
42': Mohamed Abdelmonem (Egypt) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
42': Delay in match because of an injury Gilson Benchimol (Cabo Verde).
44': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
44': Foul by Omar Marmoush (Egypt).
44': Garry Rodrigues (Cabo Verde) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45'+1': Goal! Cabo Verde 1, Egypt 0. Gilson Benchimol (Cabo Verde) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ryan Mendes with a headed pass.
45'+4': Foul by Zizo (Egypt).
45'+4': Vózinha (Cabo Verde) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45'+6': First Half ends, Cabo Verde 1, Egypt 0.
45': Second Half begins Cabo Verde 1, Egypt 0.
45': Substitution, Egypt. Mohamed Hamdy replaces Ahmed Abou El Fotouh.
45': Substitution, Egypt. Trézéguet replaces Hamdi Fathy.
46': Attempt missed. Trézéguet (Egypt) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Omar Marmoush.
47': Attempt blocked. Mostafa Mohamed (Egypt) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mohamed Hany with a cross.
47': Attempt missed. Marwan Attia (Egypt) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Mohamed Hamdy.
49': Attempt blocked. Mostafa Mohamed (Egypt) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mohamed Hamdy with a cross.
49': Corner, Egypt. Conceded by Diney Borges.
50': Goal! Cabo Verde 1, Egypt 1. Trézéguet (Egypt) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Ahmed Hegazy with a through ball following a corner.
51': Foul by Mohamed Hamdy (Egypt).
51': Ryan Mendes (Cabo Verde) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
52': Attempt missed. Trézéguet (Egypt) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Marwan Attia.
56': Attempt blocked. Zizo (Egypt) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mohamed Hany.
56': Attempt blocked. Mostafa Mohamed (Egypt) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mohamed Hany with a cross.
56': Corner, Egypt. Conceded by Logan Costa.
57': Attempt missed. Mohamed Abdelmonem (Egypt) header from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Zizo with a cross following a corner.
57': Corner, Egypt. Conceded by Diney Borges.
57': Foul by Mohamed Hany (Egypt).
57': Garry Rodrigues (Cabo Verde) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
62': Attempt saved. Trézéguet (Egypt) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Emam Ashour.
62': Dylan Tavares (Cabo Verde) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
62': Foul by Omar Marmoush (Egypt).
63': Omar Marmoush (Egypt) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
63': Substitution, Cabo Verde. Bryan Teixeira replaces Gilson Benchimol.
64': Substitution, Cabo Verde. Jamiro Monteiro replaces Garry Rodrigues.
64': Substitution, Cabo Verde. Steven Moreira replaces Ryan Mendes.
66': Foul by Kevin Pina (Cabo Verde).
66': Mostafa Mohamed (Egypt) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
68': Attempt blocked. Omar Marmoush (Egypt) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
68': Delay in match because of an injury Diney Borges (Cabo Verde).
69': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
70': Substitution, Cabo Verde. João Paulo replaces Patrick Andrade.
70': Emam Ashour (Egypt) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
70': Foul by Kevin Pina (Cabo Verde).
71': Delay in match because of an injury Emam Ashour (Egypt).
71': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
71': Kevin Pina (Cabo Verde) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
72': Foul by Emam Ashour (Egypt).
72': Jamiro Monteiro (Cabo Verde) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
73': Attempt blocked. Willy Semedo (Cabo Verde) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
74': Substitution, Egypt. Kahraba replaces Zizo.
75': Substitution, Cabo Verde. Cuca replaces Kevin Pina.
76': Delay in match (Egypt).
78': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
82': Attempt blocked. Willy Semedo (Cabo Verde) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Steven Moreira.
82': Corner, Cabo Verde. Conceded by Mohamed Abdelmonem.
83': Substitution, Egypt. Mostafa Fathi replaces Omar Marmoush.
83': Offside, Cabo Verde. Jamiro Monteiro is caught offside.
84': Attempt missed. Mostafa Mohamed (Egypt) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Trézéguet.
85': Corner, Cabo Verde. Conceded by Emam Ashour.
86': Attempt saved. Bryan Teixeira (Cabo Verde) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Logan Costa with a headed pass.
87': Attempt saved. Emam Ashour (Egypt) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Ahmed Hegazy.
87': Corner, Egypt. Conceded by Vózinha.
88': Foul by Ahmed Hegazy (Egypt).
88': Jamiro Monteiro (Cabo Verde) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
88': Ahmed Hegazy (Egypt) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+1': Corner, Egypt. Conceded by Logan Costa.
90'+1': Attempt blocked. Mostafa Fathi (Egypt) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is blocked.
90'+1': Corner, Egypt. Conceded by Willy Semedo.
90'+3': Goal! Cabo Verde 1, Egypt 2. Mostafa Mohamed (Egypt) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Trézéguet.Goal confirmed following VAR Review.
90'+5': VAR Decision: Goal Egypt - Cabo Verde 1-2 Egypt (Mostafa Mohamed).
90'+8': Corner, Cabo Verde. Conceded by Ahmed Hegazy.
90'+9': Goal! Cabo Verde 2, Egypt 2. Bryan Teixeira (Cabo Verde) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner.
90'+10': Delay in match because of an injury Mohamed El Shenawy (Egypt).
90'+12': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
90'+12': Substitution, Egypt. Mohamed Abou Gabal replaces Mohamed El Shenawy because of an injury.
90'+13': Second Half ends, Cabo Verde 2, Egypt 2.
0': Match ends, Cabo Verde 2, Egypt 2.
0': Match ends, Cabo Verde 2, Egypt 2.
0': Match ends, Cabo Verde 2, Egypt 2.

Statistics

EGY		CPV
10	Fouls	8
2	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	3
8	Corner Kicks	4
1	Saves	5
53.2	Possession	46.8
27	SHOTS	6
7	ON GOAL	3
0.3	On Target %	0.5
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
386	Accurate Passes	331
435	Passes	393
0.9	Pass Completion %	0.8
11	Accurate Crosses	2
27	Crosses	11
0.4	Cross %	0.2
39	Long Balls	40
29	Accurate Long Balls	14
0.7	Long Balls %	0.4
12	Blocked Shots	3
9	Effective Tackles	16
13	Tackles	19
0.7	Tackle %	0.8
15	Interceptions	8
8	Effective Clearances	30
8	Clearances	30

Game Information

Competition: Africa Cup of Nations

Venue: Felix Houphouet-Boigny
Location: Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Attendance: 15,650

Line-Ups

Cape Verde Islands (4-1-4-1)

No.	Name
1	Vozinha (GK)
3	Diney
5	Logan Costa
26	Kevin Pina
16	Dylan Tavares
17	Willy Semedo
18	Kenny Rocha
6	Patrick Andrade
11	Garry Rodrigues
20	Ryan Mendes
9	Benchimol

Cape Verde Islands Substitutes:

Bryan Teixeira, Jamiro Monteiro, Stopira, Deroy Duarte, Steven Moreira, Márcio Rosa, João Paulo, Cuca, Roberto Lopes, Dylan Silva, Jovane Cabral, Laros Duarte.

Egypt (4-3-3)

No.	Name
16	Mohamed El Shenawy (GK)
24	Mohamed Abdelmonem
6	Ahmed Hegazi
13	Ahmed Fatouh
3	Mohamed Hany
14	Marwan Attia
8	Emam Ashour
5	Hamdi Fathi
19	Mostafa Mohamed
22	Omar Marmoush
25	Zizo

Egypt Substitutes:

Gabaski, Ali Gabr, Trézéguet, Mohamed Sobhy, Mostafa Fathi, Kahraba, Mohamed Elneny, Yasser Ibrahim, Koka, Mohanad Lasheen, Mohamed Hamdy, Omar Kamal.

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