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00:00let's get down to action that it is Egypt against Zimbabwe it is the opening clash for
00:11these two nations and they must have followed what happened with the clash between South
00:17Africa and Angola earlier today 2-1 victory for South Africa so of course they'll know that both
00:24nations will know that they have to try and make their mark out here today and get themselves
00:30points it's going to be important it's going to be interesting to see how they get on Zimbabwe
00:36showing that they are capable of shaking things up they are dangerous they won they won only one
00:44of their last nine games in this competition against Guinea back in 2022 but they've come
00:54into this with a pretty good strong qualifying campaign that has enabled them to finish in
01:01second in their group and qualify for their sixth Africa Cup of Nations the ball goes out of play
01:10lies on Mo Salah of course but also you know the the Alaleigh players they know each other so well
01:17Amanda they you know they they just fit like a glove every time that they catch up and work
01:22together and coached by the the very experienced Hossam Hassan who's the uh who's the uh the leading
01:30the highest ever goal scorer for Egypt of course
01:33well that's a great ball over to the right hand side it has picked up Mo Salah Mo Salah
01:47he knows exactly where he needs to be he can't be direct but this time he chooses to go for an option
02:04across over the top very unlucky but a Ruby just making sure that he follows that ball an important
02:10safe it's it's extraordinary that is fabulous from the 40 year old yes they said it 40 or 18 years
02:17playing for the same Washington Navaya that right arm there just going into your Hossam's face
02:25yeah that's of course talking about Cairo's Red Devils and Al Ali oh the wonderful wizardry from Mo Salah getting the ball out to
02:39Hani Hani right over to the other side and a chance for a shot potentially puts on the right hand side oh I'm sure can't get a shot in there's the follow-up there that's driven high and driven high
02:51the Egyptians it's wave after wave of attack varying the play as well this time around just choosing to go
03:01for the diagonal ball bypassing the entire defense of the Zimbabweans the mobility once again they set it up
03:08for Atia still in position a little bit under pressure misses it but for me it's the Zimbabweans just not
03:14really getting back see that there's a Mahmoush was going maybe to my feet but if he goes over the top
03:20then I'm gonna be flat footed they pick it up again left side uh the Egyptians uh moving forwards with
03:26Trezeguet and uh Imam Ashur Imam Ashur Mahmoush tries to get the ball out to Mo Salah Salah Salah's delivering
03:33there it is it's the shot it's gone wide this time again you can see that there's danger Ashur put that in the back of
03:41the net and buried it yeah I think he knows that he should have done better he calls for it he asks
03:46for it he makes the run and Mo Salah just delicately puts it to his path I think he should have done
03:52really better this should have counted for the Egyptians the back four once again beaten bypassed
03:57by one single pass from Mo Salah the coach he really understands tactics and that's what he's trying to do
04:03but if you haven't had too much time to implement your game plan it does become quite complicated but he
04:10is working his socks off and uh to try and go and he looks very slick in that suit I must admit
04:18there's the ball coming across
04:19Dubé and a chance for Zimbabwe they've got themselves a goal that is incredible against
04:26the grain they find that goal brings Nube young Africans and marks
04:32and a slick shot that beats El Shenawi Zimbabwe taking the lead here in Agadir against the seven time
04:44champions Egypt
04:46and that's what it's going to take for the Zimbabweans and that's why I called them the disruptors
04:51when they have the ability in in the opposition's half
05:05Dubé on that turn he gives himself so much time the composure that's exactly what they need force the
05:25errors the composure and be clinical in front of goal well from Harare to Bulawayo they will be jumping with
05:33joy as the Warriors take the lead just like they did in 2004 make Agadir
05:43their home their comfort zone
05:48there's the delivery coming over headed away there front post by Hossam
05:53the Zamilek player is the giant six foot full player that I talked about
05:57high ball going over the shop and again they're just picking up possession nice little move into the penalty area
06:05El Shenawi is there can anybody get hold of it well finally it is the Egyptian goalkeeper pounces on the ball
06:11well that was the moment that there was uh excellent work that strike was fabulous
06:21El Shenawi doesn't really get a a good stop to that does it because it's it's it's not punched away
06:29high ball going over the shop and again they're just picking up possession nice little move into the penalty area
06:35El Shenawi is there can anybody get hold of it well finally it is the Egyptian goalkeeper pounces on the ball
06:42oh my word dangerous times there great work down that right hand side excellent shot and danger up the
06:50other end now Ashur tries to get the ball across gets blocks the Zimbabwe defenders are back in position
06:56everybody's trying to get back into position high ball over the top this attempt to try and get that shot in from
07:02Marmoush but uh proud coaches for the Egyptians when he notices that things are not clicking but
07:08we'll be playing with the first nine wasn't maybe a good idea so hence they want to bring the original
07:14number nine as a target fan top maybe they should leave Muhammad Mustafa just on the side of the pitch
07:19for the next 10 minutes so that Marmoush actually sees him and delivers because it's not going to happen
07:24and um and we will see our first change and this is quite shocking because Imam Ashur
07:32goes off and um we've now got the big man who's going up to the front now does Marmoush just see
07:39it's Garananga oh the follow-up shot decent block and finally it's cleared collected at the left side
07:49handy
07:52and uh fatty working well down that left side into the midfield and picked up by trezeguet
08:02long range shot coming in rockets from distance beware what about that for a save from a ruby
08:10Mamoush had all the time in the world time and space look at that fingertip save from a ruby
08:18that's wise Zimbabwe's number one
08:23he's got at least the counter-attack because Zimbabwe are about to go on at one of their runs again
08:29Daniel Sendami hype all over the top dangerous towards Navaya but dealt with at the back by the pharaohs
08:36pushing the ball out to the left again
08:47trezeguet trezeguet goes down and there's the uh head in the hands moments and you can see that
08:55tomorrow we're at and a yellow card there for trezeguet he says c
09:02yep trezeguet with that dribble really trying to penetrate the box
09:08but the referee well positioned no contact whatsoever rightfully so a yellow card for a simulation
09:14yeah the thing is that you know if there is contact you go down there a royal finish in the 20th minute
09:32Egypt on the attack keen to get an equalizer before the referee blows the half-time whistle
09:40no salad lovely touches but because of the stuff can't keep it down he doesn't keep it down again
09:47you can see that ma moose the ball drives it in let's have a look at this once again
09:53lovely first touch puts it on his right can't keep it down it's kind of leaning backwards a little bit
09:59go forward drive into it yep but look at the amount of space that he gets when he's coming from that second
10:04strike corner to follow into the penalty box header flicks header into the hands of a ruby and uh
10:14there's the header there that came from trezeguet by prince dure and what about that for our first
10:2245 minutes an extraordinary scenario here and the zimbabwe in their sixth appearance never got out of the
10:29group stages against the seventh time winners it's egypt and that is the end of the first half the first
10:3545 minutes are gone and this is a huge surprise zimbabwe is winning one hill to egypt let's go top
10:45breaking we're coming back
11:05match for zimbabwe who has uh been replaced
11:08amanda sorry i do finally get to you
11:16it has been a first uh very interesting uh first uh half for egypt i thought wasted opportunities they
11:23were under control they were pinning uh the zimbabweans back but of course the zimbabweans
11:28just stuck to their guns soaking up the pressure that low block became very difficult to break yeah and
11:34uh absolutely it's uh it's it's interesting to see what will happen now because you know it's it's it's
11:41wake-up time for hossam hassan the uh 59 year old coach of this uh egyptian team because there's a
11:48friend there's a lot of pressure on a on a coach to the egyptian team there is it's always been the
11:53same case you know um you know if we go back to hassan shahata and everybody who's uh you know
12:02even bob bradley and they've all had stints trying to work their magic it hasn't been everybody's um
12:09cup of mint tea is it across from the right you know cause you press all of the panic buttons when
12:16you've got mo salah who's dribbling in a different position than he that we normally see him get him
12:20across a little bit cause kick up a stink as they like to say here we go there's the delivery it's
12:26a brilliant ball and it's just not been latched onto there by mustafa muhammad how to play look at
12:33that for a delivery there coming from hamdi beautiful ball just with the letter for for the zimbabweans
12:41that's here it's your time all over to the right hand side
12:46having honey loves to dart up that right side constantly active fatty there's a ball tres
12:55again he goes looking for it it's been it's fallen loosely there's a shot that comes in great save
12:59there from ruby and uh a lot of traffic there's a little little keyhole of an opportunity and he
13:06took it pushes the ball forward there's the shot it was going towards goal
13:09not too happy with the defenders getting in the water that and they weren't there on medication
13:16there's a delivery header and it's a follow-up header there's a chance calls for handball
13:22i really picks the ball up wonderful player 21 shots to five you can see the sim are uh the team
13:29that have taken advantage who have got the elite there's bod with a shot that comes in as shanaui
13:34gets his hands to it i think because now we should really uh i mean look at that 463 to 71 but on the
13:43attack now
13:51the strike that has put the pharaohs back in business the drive that left washington a ruby startled
14:04unable to deal with it what a strike what an equalizer what an equalizer and that's how
14:11you have to respond if you are the pharaohs a moment of individual brilliance from mamouche
14:17has certainly been the live wire for the options good control on the turn
14:21waste no time fix the spot and sends it to the roof no chance for ruby
14:25that was a roof rocket master stroke from hassan let's let's let's give him credit you know
14:38he's understood that one mohammed mustafa is not just at all center forward causing problems he's also a
14:47decoy yeah and put my moosh back in the position oh it's a good strike that is coming from staffer
14:53mohammed there but firing shot indeed with that right foot it's curling around it's sneaking around
15:00marmouche if you're the zimbabwe player danger will come your way nice touch
15:08yes doing well to get the ball to the right outside there's honey honey
15:13salad salad far post their players looking out there's the ball that comes across oh the bullet
15:19header there from mustafa mohammed movements for me from mustafa
15:25beating those two center backs shakes them off
15:28karanga of course he's always just there to make sure that you don't get an easy header
15:33was that was that was complaining that he didn't score the goal he's saying oh i would have done
15:38that during my tawanda he's one of those players that also enjoyed those one-view-one situations
15:44successful dribbles as well hopefully he can really add another one for the zimbabweans
15:50yeah three goals in 11 international games so far and of course scored that uh that goal against nigeria
15:58uh uh great ball to the far post should have delivered zizu was there look at that for a cross
16:07wonderful work there from adele dancer uh fatty her handy of the delivery got past this man
16:14ghosted in behind fabish it was there for the taking it needs to be delivered
16:23should have done better as his coach knows he should have done better how many of this cross
16:29and uh easily dealt with adele picks it up
16:35right side plenty of players moving in the position zizu zizu gets the ball
16:41he's got hammy sallow will be looking to try and find a bit of space as well
16:46lofted ball over to the left hand side adele picks it up he's got an overlap if he wants
16:53decides to use a decoy there's a shot coming in it takes a bit of a touch there dealt with there by
16:58a ruby a rumor gallant's player just uh seeing that coming i think get in the way and stop the
17:05you know the the shot from getting through it's when there's a lot of traffic in between you and the
17:11player taking the shot good ball great delivery salah salah hits it high unable to get it on the target
17:21to do that
17:25yeah nice ball at the top look at rainbow salah starting position running onto that ball
17:30running diagonal towards the left hand side and then trying to bring it back to the right it's quite
17:35difficult just unable to uh race and take that ball forward it is of course zimbabwe on the attack
17:44zimbabwe on the attack there's a square ball there's the shot it's a great shot coming in there
17:51shoot just unable to control the ball pin that's a good ball picked up by marmouche marmouche over to
17:58the right hand side mo salah mo salah mo salah into the side and zizou with the shot it goes high
18:04can't keep it down yep for the player zizou the ahali midfielder winger call him what you like
18:10five minutes about a time enough for this man mario marini to work his magic unless we see egypt
18:19push forward addel picks it up he's got an overlap if you want to push on his right foot the driving
18:24shot that comes in has been blocked once again and uh but still in with a chance there's the shot
18:29that's all he wants is and he's got both
18:49you can't stop it what a time to make your mark slick finish there for the liverpool man
19:00and that's his happy play to this egyptian team as we take a look at this moment again amanda
19:08yep typical mo salah always sniffing in and around that area he does really well to use his body to
19:16protect the ball teenage had not chance look at the composure the ball control stays on his feet
19:23shows great strength and certainly beats a ruby who's been exceptional this evening
19:29so unlucky there had debbie comes across he can't block the shot and that is the moment of magic
19:38and hossam hassan looks looks the calmest he's looked all night the egyptian fans they
19:46fans that they erupt here in agadir because mo salah the magician has done it again yeah
19:54field is locking it down but the warriors battle on there it is the final whistle has been blown
20:02they have hauled themselves back from behind they somehow dealt with the warriors who took an early lead
20:12but it's ma moosh and then mo salah who have rescued egypt
20:21after a very difficult clash against the warriors of zimbabwe
20:25in this group b opener for these two nations the final score egypt two the zimbabwe one
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