Algeria vs Egypt LIVE: Score Updates (1-1)
Captain Amr El Soulia takes the spot-kick to equalize for the visitors
Penalty for the visitors. Tougai commits a foul in the area and gets a yellow card.
Egypt claims a handball in the area after Yasin's mid-range shot. The referee says there is no foul
Halftime change for each team.Algeria: El Arbi Soudani enters, B. Bounedjah comes off.Egypt. In. M. Lasheen, out M. Hamdy.
The first half of the match ends. Algeria wins by the narrowest of margins
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Yellow card for Belaili for elbowing Tawfik
Dangerous arrival of Egypt. Tawfil penetrates the Algerian area but Bedrane cuts the cross.
New change for Egypt, again due to injury. Enter A. Yasin, exit A. Hegazy
M. Hamdy's long-range shot that passes inches over M' Bolhi's crossbar.
GOOOOL! Algeria takes a set piece and Mohamed Tougai hits a left-footed shot through the legs of a defender.
Algeria started with the arrival in the Egyptian area, who responded with a counter-attack but the attentive defense prevented the passage.
The referee stops the match because of Ashraf's injury, M. Fathi enters in his place.
The Algerian national team starts with a controlled ball from its own half.
Match kicks off at Al Janoub Stadium
We are about to start the Arab Cup match between Algeria and Egypt, stay tuned.
1.El Shenawy, 14 Tawfik, 11 Hegazy, 15 El Wensh, 13 Ahmed El Fotouh, 20 Faisal, 9 Sherif, 4 El Soulia, 12 Ashraf, 5 Fathi, 10 Hamdy
M'Bolhi, 20 Chetti, 12 Tougai, 19 Bedrane, 3 Benayada, 14 Bendebka, 17 Daroui, 11 Brahimi, 10 Belailli, 7 Meziani,9 Bounedjah.
These teams have not met in over ten years. The last time they did so was at the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, with Egypt winning 4-0.
Egypt two matches from Qatar. Carlos Queiroz brings the Egyptian national team closer to its participation in the next World Cup. 10 teams will take part in a round-robin final round-robin playoff from which the 5 African invitees will be drawn. The draw will be held on December 18 in Doha.
The coach of the Algerian National Team knows that he will be facing an extremely strong team and considers this clash as a classic at the national team level:"Egypt-Algeria is a colossal derby. As you know, a derby comes with its own difficulties, so we have to prepare well for this game," Madjid Bougherra told FIFA.COM.
We are back for the last day of the group stage of the Arab Cup, where Group D will define the leadership of the sector in this close and attractive duel.
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