The Egyptian national team has a history of defeating Zimbabwe in the African Cup of Nations

The two teams meet for the 14th time in the history of direct confrontation, in which they won Pharaoh In a big way, 8 wins compared to 4 draws, and one victory in Zimbabwe, 2-1 at home, in the qualifiers. 1994 World Cupof December 20, 1992.

registration The Egyptian team 21 goals compared to his opponent’s 11 goals in direct matches.

The clash in Agadir will also be the third between the two teams Africa Cup of NationsEgypt won 2-1 with goals from Tamer Abdel Hamid and Mohamed Barakat while Zimbabwe went ahead with a goal from Peter Ndolfo in the 2024 Africa Cup of Nations in Sfax. Tunisia.

The Pharaohs also repeated that they were superior to others Zimbabwe It is the goal of Mahmoud Hassan Trezeguet at the Cairo Stadium, which opened the journey of the two teams in the 2019 African Cup of Nations, which took place this summer in Egypt.

The Egyptian team is unbeaten in its last 10 matches against Zimbabwe, winning 7 and drawing 3, and its first star scored, Mohamed Salahhat-trick when the Egyptian team defeated Zimbabwe 4-2 in the 2014 World Cup qualifiers, on June 9, 2013 in Harare, when Knowledge Musona scored the only goal for Zimbabwe.

The Egyptian national team has scored at least two goals in 5 of the last 6 matches between these teams, and the technical director, Hossam Hassan, played 4 matches with Zimbabwe as a player, won 2 matches, drew 1, and lost 1.

Apart from the direct confrontation, the Egyptian group remains “the leader”. The country of Africa“Being the most successful in the title with 7 times, most recently the famous hat-trick in 2006, 2008 and 2010, and the most successful to reach the final with 10 times, losing the title 3 times, including twice in his last 7 appearances when he was defeated by Cameroon by 1-2 in 2017, and 20 in Senegal in Senegal. in Cameroon.

Numbers are real

The Egyptian national team played 111 games in the finals of the African Cup of Nations, which is a record, winning 60 of them and scoring 175 goals, but there is a history that accompanies it, because it was removed from the first line in the three stages that took place in North Africa. Morocco 1988 isAlgeria 1990 and Tunisia 2004. It only went through the 1994 Tunisia edition, but it is the only team that has won the titles of the African Cup of Nations in East, West, North and South Africa.

“Afarao” has a strong record in their opening matches in the African Cup of Nations, where they played 26 matches, won 17, 3, and lost 6, with a success rate of 67%, while their last loss came in the opening match against Nigeria with a goal in the 2021 edition in Cameroon.

The Egyptian team lost its last 22 matches in the African Cup of Nations group, winning 14 and drawing 7, but they tied all three of their matches in the final groups, and were eliminated from the competition on penalties and … Republic of Congo Democracy in episode 16.

Mohamed Salah’s teammates have not lost in their last 10 games in the Africa Cup of Nations, but they have won three times compared to 7 draws, and the Liverpool star has scored 11 goals, with 7 goals and 4 assists in 4 participations in the Cup of Nations.

Zimbabwe national team

In contrast, a Zimbabwe national team They are participating in the African Cup of Nations for the sixth time, and have not gone beyond the group since they first participated in 2004. Instead, they played 15 games in the African World Cup, winning 3, drawing two, and losing 10.

Zimbabwe has never won the opening game in the African Cup of Nations, but it has been tied once and lost 4, and its only draw at the beginning of the campaign came against Algeria and 2-2 in the 2017 edition in Gabon, while its only victory in the 2021 edition was against Guinea in the last group game.

Zimbabwe’s three victories in the African Cup of Nations competition came with 2/1, and all came at the end of the first round, while they did not maintain a victory in the finals of the African Cup of Nations.

Players

The Pharaohs are armed against “Agadir” with their stars in the attack line, Salah and Omar Marmoush, the player of Manchester City, Mostafa Mohamed, the striker of Nantes of France, Mahmoud Hassan Trezeguet and Ahmed Mostafa “Zizou”, the two Egyptian Al-Ahly, and his friend Emam Ashour, and experienced as Mohamed. El-Shenawy, who is also Al-Ahly’s goalkeeper.

On the other hand, Zimbabwe is relying on many famous players such as Knowledge Musona, who is planning to be the first player for his country to participate in four African Cup of Nations games, in addition to the smart quartet in the qualifiers, Washington Arupe, Jordan Zemora, Khama Billiat, and Andrew Renomhola.