Egypt thrash South Sudan 5-0 in Africa Cup of Nations qualifying

Egypt produced a dominant performance to beat South Sudan 5-0 in Match Round 2 of Africa Cup of Nations qualifying, with Omar Marmoush scoring twice and Mostafa Zico, Ibrahim Adel and H. Abdelkarim also finding the net.

South Sudan

• Valentino Kuach Yuel
• Jackson Dwang

Egypt

• Mostafa Shobeir
• Mohamed Hany
• Hossam Abdelmaguid
• Rami Rabia
• Ahmed Abou El Fotouh
• Mohanad Lasheen
• Marwan Attia
• H. Hassan
• Mostafa Zico
• Emam Ashour
• Omar Marmoush

Substitutions:

South Sudan

• Valentino Kuach Yuel
• Jackson Dwang

Egypt

• Ahmed Abou El Fotouh (Karim Hafez, 53)
• H. Hassan (Ibrahim Adel, 53)
• Mostafa Zico (Osama Faisal, 81)
• Marwan Attia (Zizo, 81)
• Omar Marmoush (H. Abdelkarim, 87)

Ball possession:

Mostafa Zico opened the scoring in the 36th minute before Marmoush doubled Egypt’s advantage four minutes after half-time.

Passes:

Ibrahim Adel added a third in the 75th minute, Marmoush scored his second eight minutes later and H. Abdelkarim completed the rout in the 90th minute.

Defense:

The victory gives Egypt a commanding result in their qualification campaign, while South Sudan were unable to recover after conceding shortly before the interval.

Face-to-face:

Egypt made their pressure count when Zico struck in the 36th minute to give them a 1-0 lead.

Fouls:

• Yellow cards:
• Marwan Attia (Egypt) at 38 minute

The last five games (including this match):

• South Sudan – LL
• Egypt – WD

Top 5 Africa Cup of Nations – Qualification scorers:

1. None (2, Mauritius)
2. Omar Marmoush (2, Egypt)
3. Chamito (2, Mozambique)
4. Hazem Mastouri (2, Tunisia)
5. A. Hadj-Moussa (1, Algeria)

Line-ups:

Next games:

• South Sudan will play with Angola. November 11 at 17:00 (GMT), on None.
• Egypt will play with Malawi. November 11 at 17:00 (GMT), on None.