Egypt meets Zimbabwe in round 1 of the Africa Cup of Nations. The match will be played on Friday, June 21st at Cairo International Stadium (Cairo)
The hosts start the tournament with a match perhaps against the main competitor in the fight for 1st place. The group also includes Uganda and DR Congo. And the Egyptians will surely try to show who is the boss at once: not only geographically but also in terms of playing football.
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Zimbabwe showed quite a good game a month ago at the COSAFA Cup, where the team won the 3rd place, having beaten Lesotho on penalties in the consolation match. After that, Zimbabwe held 2 friendly games, playing in a draw with Nigeria and Tanzania. Actually, this team is not easy to outplay.
But whatever one may say, Egypt is head and shoulders above all its rivals in the group, including the upcoming one, in terms of the squad quality, tactical diversity and team actions. The Pharaohs have legionaries playing in European clubs: some perform in Turkey, Ghazal plays in Portugal, Warda and Kouka - in Greece, El Neny- in Arsenal London. And, of course, Salah, how you can forget about him! The Warriors also have 4 “Europeans”: 2 play in Belgium, one - in France for Le Havre, and another one - in the Czech Republic for Sparta. Egypt has everything to start the tournament with a victory. A more qualified squad, a fairly comfortable opponent, and the statistics of head-to-head matches. The teams have met 8 times in their history, and the “Pharaohs” gain five victories compared to only one of the Warriors. Egypt has beaten Zimbabwe in 4 last matches in a row. Finally, the Egyptians have SALAH! He has already scored 38 goals for his national team having played 61 games. This player can make the outcome of the match by himself. He will probably won’t leave the field without a goal. But the championship hosts certainly will not stop at one goal in front of their fans. Beating Zimbabwe in the last 4 games, the Pharaohs scored at least 2 times. As for the last match, the Warriors conceded four goals at all
Prediction for the match: Egypt to score over 1.5 goals
