Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Egypt 4 - Guinea 2

El-Gouna was the site of Egypt's final home match of Group G against Mali.  With a win, Egypt would be the only team to complete the CAF Second Round with six wins out of six matches.  Guinea came flying out of the gate.  Seydouba Soumah forced a save  A horribly poor defensive header clearance by Guinea inside their own box feel to Hossam Ghaly, who equalized with a calm finish.  The score is this rather subdued after was 1-1 at the break.

Kamil Zayatte, the Guinean captain, was given his marching orders for a red card offense in minute 49 when he handled the ball on an Egyptian shot as it was about to enter the goal, giving Egypt a penalty kick opportunity.  Egypt converted for 2-1.  On a hard deflection, Guinea's sole striker Soumah found himself on a breakaway, and he sped past two defenders for the score to make it 2-2.  With under ten minutes to play, Mohamed Aboutrika (pictured, red) performed a beautiful backheel pass in traffic into the box, giving Mohamed Salah a ball with which to score, and score Salah did to put Egypt back out in front.  The extra man finally showed in Guinea's weariness late on.  Aboutrika made another pass that spliced the defense inside the box, and Amr Zaki finished to give the Pharaohs their fourth goal.  Egypt win 4-2 and remain the only team still in the competition with a perfect record, having recorded six wins from six matches.

Goals
Egypt
Hossam Ghaly 38
Mohamed Aboutrika 51 PK
Mohamed Salah 83
Amr Zaki 87

Guinea
Adam El Abd 4 OG
Seydouba Soumah 57

Match Reports:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24034966
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/news/20130910/egypt-guinea-4-2-bob-bradley-world-cup-qualifying.ap/

Highlights:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2H-QkeTGMF4

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