With seven triumphs, Egypt is the most successful team in the history of the continental championship, but the last time they won was in 2010. They won silverware four years ago, but they have not lost 15 matches in a row against African opponents.
The quarter-final started brilliantly and already in the fourth minute Omar Marmoush showed that he did not forget to score goals, despite the fact that he is on a shooting fast in Manchester City this season. A player who is currently not shining in the Premier League had a hand in the second goal as well.
Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah took a corner and defender Rami Rabia, who plays in the league in the United Arab Emirates, doubled the lead with a header.
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At the end of the half, he dramatized Ahmed Fatouh’s own goal, but in the second act, Salah scored his fourth goal of the tournament and rounded off his tally for the Pharaohs to 60 goals.
The opposition came close again when Strasbourg’s Guela Doué pushed the ball into the net from close range after a breakdown in front of the Egyptian goal, but he failed to equalize even with the final crushing pressure.
