had won Egypt national team Football Club defeated its Ethiopian counterpart with a clean goal, within the framework of the sixth and final round of the group stage of the African Cup of Nations qualifiers.”Côte d’Ivoire 2023“.
In the 22nd minute of the first half, Omar Marmoush executed Egypt’s first corner kick to the right of Ethiopia’s goal, with a cross into the penalty area. Mohamed Abdel Moneim received it with a powerful header that almost went into the net had it not been for the brilliance of goalkeeper Sayed Habtamu in the save, deflecting the ball into a corner kick.
In the 28th minute, the referee of the match ruled a foul in favor of Egypt in the middle of the Ethiopian stadium on the left side, and the direct free kick for Egypt was executed by Omar Marmoush with a longitudinal pass into the penalty area, and Hamdi Fathi received it with an inaccurate header that passed far from the goal.
The Pharaohs scored the first goal in the 37th minute through a powerful shot from Omar Marmoush from the edge of the penalty area. Goalkeeper Sayed Habtamu blocked it with difficulty, only to bounce back and receive a follow-up from Mostafa Fathi With a shot put the ball into the net.
While another goal was canceled due to a reverse foul against Hamdi Fathi, the first half ended with the sons of Portuguese coach Rui Vitoria leading by a clean goal.
At the beginning of the second half, the two teams exchanged threats on goal without any real effectiveness, until Ibrahim Adel and Ahmed Sayed “Zizou” participated in the middle of the second half.
In the 80th minute, Ibrahim Adel directed a powerful shot from inside the right of the Ethiopian penalty area, which was blocked twice by goalkeeper Habtamu, before the match referee blew the final whistle, declaring the Egyptian team’s victory 1-0.
Egypt topped the group ranking table with 15 points; By winning 5 matches, in return for receiving a single defeat, it was against Ethiopia In the first leg between the two teams, the Ethiopian team finished at the bottom of the group with 4 points.
