00:00And we are off and under way. All the waiting, all the talking is put behind both Egypt and Ethiopia.
00:10Long clearance forward from Temezget.
00:17To the penalty area, nice and early, Egypt down this near side.
00:24Safwat.
00:30Adam Yousef going all the way back to his goalkeeper. They were a play, we suspect, with three at the
00:34back. It looks like that.
00:39Amalek.
00:46Another long kick from Malak, who plays his football for one of the giants in Egyptian football, Zamelek.
00:57A trip on Safwat, who will be the playmaker in that midfield.
01:05So, still nil-nil in Rabat, with nearly 13 minutes gone.
01:15That's very well played by Adel.
01:17That's the edge of the penalty area.
01:19Devona went down, play on, says the referee.
01:21One or two whistles, but you can see why he played on.
01:24They've still got the ball here with Gamal.
01:25Can he hang it in? He can.
01:27It's a good strong header away by Tinsay.
01:29And then cleared by Denkna.
01:39They've got aerial threat.
01:41No doubt about that.
01:44Sharonet is a tall player.
01:46Tinsay, of course, up there.
01:47It's one, pretty much everything that's come his way in the air so far.
01:52Defensively, what can he do from an attacking point of view?
01:54It's the first time they've been able to get the big bodies into the box, Ethiopia.
01:57It's a good ball in.
01:59Goalkeeper was flapping at it, and he did get a touch.
02:05Punches away.
02:08It's actually a good punch, direction-wise.
02:11Down the middle goes Safwatts.
02:14Just over the bar.
02:16Well, the captain made the most of a very rare Ethiopian defensive error there
02:22and should have scored.
02:24And he knows he perhaps should have done better.
02:27He gets ahead of the defender.
02:29It was a poor mistake.
02:33And as he came back there, Denkna.
02:38Cut out by Denkna.
02:45Come up.
02:48Inside to Bashir.
02:50And sidesteps the challenge.
02:53But stuck in a rut here at the moment are Egypt.
02:57Referee blows for halftime.
02:59Well, the best chance for Egypt coming just before halftime.
03:03Safwatts firing wide after a rare mistake at the back from Ethiopia.
03:07Tensei, the captain, almost scoring from inside his own half with a free kick
03:10that hit the inside of the post and caught out goalkeeper Malik.
03:13Not too many chances.
03:16Technically, I've been very impressed with Ethiopia.
03:19Egypt are finding it hard in a match that they were perhaps expecting to breeze through.
03:23That's not the case.
03:24Underlining the fact that Group A is the group of death.
03:27At halftime, it's Egypt nil.
03:29Ethiopia nil.
03:40So, the second half underway.
03:45And very quickly, the Ethiopia win themselves a free kick, a foul on Dawit.
04:00It's a bit too far out for a shot at goal.
04:08Kidas takes all the free kicks and all the corners.
04:11He's the set play wizard.
04:14I just wonder if he might fancy a crack from here, you know.
04:20He'll keep up.
04:21Malik needs to be on his toes just in case.
04:25He's going to go for goal.
04:26Well, it wasn't a particularly good strike.
04:30But if a touch was to have occurred on its way through,
04:35it might have been a different story.
04:38Beshia.
04:41Yusuf goes long.
04:42That towering presence at the back of Tensei.
04:52And it's going to be a yellow card.
04:54First yellow card of the game.
04:57Well, Safwat has gone down.
05:02Referees quickly shown a yellow card to Dawit.
05:11.
05:21That was a loose touch there from Kydos.
05:24In towards a penalty area. Chance now for Egypt.
05:28It's lofted over the bar from Saudi.
05:31It's another presentable opportunity for the young Faroes.
05:38In the midfield from Kydos.
05:40I see Dalid on the ball.
05:43It was the pass from Safwa.
05:46Lifted over to Amr.
05:49Saudi turns now. Can he have a run at Dinkna?
05:54Saudi comes inside.
05:59It might run favorably here.
06:01It's the captain Safwa.
06:02It's a curling effort.
06:04But the referee is going to bring that back for a free kick.
06:06But he blew the whistle just as the player was striking the ball.
06:09Not sure what we'd have given there if that had gone in.
06:11There's going to be a yellow card.
06:13The foul was by Abeneza.
06:15I think he's going to be the recipient of the yellow card.
06:27I think he knows when he gets up, Abeneza, he's going to get cautioned by the referee.
06:32This is a very dangerous position.
06:35Adam Youssef has a very dangerous left foot.
06:40That was a pretty dangerous foul, wasn't it?
06:43He went for the ball.
06:56I think the referee has been called over.
07:00Here we go.
07:02To investigate.
07:04The video support.
07:06The FVS.
07:07A possible red.
07:10He's got a point, hasn't he?
07:12Pretty dangerous.
07:14He's out of control.
07:15That was the challenge raised by the Egyptian coach.
07:24the referee
07:34he's come to make his decision what's he going to do next
07:45calls over the two coaches
07:53I don't know if this is an explanation of his summary
07:59he's not going to give a red card
08:01to sneak all three points in this group A fixture
08:03and it could make all the difference
08:08Beshear
08:13Khalid
08:14he didn't like that too much
08:27handball
08:28and they're away
08:30this is Dowit
08:32can't do the unthinkable can they
08:33it's Dowit
08:34they haven't had a shot in this second half
08:36they've barely had a shot all game
08:37it's played back inside
08:39it's a shot which is charged out
08:42screams of a handball
08:43but
08:45it's going to be
08:46I think here
08:47the Egyptians
08:49feel
08:49that it didn't strike the hand
08:51the Ethiopian coaches are up on their feet
08:54now did it strike the hand
08:56of Ahmed Beshear
08:58let's have a look
09:01it's not an angle that you can call upon
09:03support might come
09:05to their rescue
09:11at the moment
09:13the screen is showing
09:14the incident at the other end
09:25that was a
09:26shot of a handball at one end
09:31here comes the referee
09:36now calls the two head coaches together
09:38this is part of the video support
09:50so he's saying the first one
09:52definitely the head of the defender
09:54not a penalty
09:55what about Ethiopia
09:59he's saying it hits the shoulder
10:03well
10:04his conclusion
10:06is subjective somewhat
10:08so it's a corner
10:11it's barely time to take this corner
10:12surely isn't it
10:19I think if there's cameras
10:20on the far side of the pitch
10:21that might have been a different scenario
10:24the whistle blows
10:25and it's a share of the spoils
10:27Egypt were widely expected to do well
10:30in this opening game
10:31against Ethiopia
10:32but they come well prepared
10:33with a side that has plenty of talent and promise
10:36and they put in a decent performance
10:38did Ethiopia
10:39hitting the post early in the second
10:41in the first half
10:41through Tanze the captain
10:43with a free kick from his own half
10:44that bounced over the goalkeeper
10:46and very nearly in
10:48well the better chances
10:49in the second half
10:50certainly came
10:51Egypt's way
10:52but they couldn't find a way
10:53past Thames
10:54Egypt will never take the bingel
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