There is no voice louder than the voice of the African Cup of Nations in the Egyptian street, as the first national football team prepares to engage in an important and fateful confrontation when it meets the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in the match that brings together the two teams in the round of 16 competitions in the African Cup of Nations currently being held in Côte d’Ivoire.
Q: What is the stadium and time of the Egypt-Congo match?
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The match between Egypt and Congo will be held at 10:00 pm today, Sunday, Cairo time, at the Laurent Poco Stadium in San Pedro.
Q: What are the most notable absences from the Egyptian national team?
A: The Egyptian national team suffers from many absences in today’s match due to the injuries that struck the Pharaohs, most notably Mohamed El-Shenawy, the goalkeeper, Emam Ashour, and Mohamed Salah.
Q: How did the Egyptian national team qualify for the round of 16?
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The Egyptian national team qualified for the round of 16 after a draw with Cape Verde with two goals for each team in the third round of the first round of the African Nations Championship in Côte d’Ivoire 2023. After this tie, the Egyptian national team rose to 3 points, occupying second place in the group, behind leaders Cape Verde with 7 points. While the Congolese national team qualified as runner-up in Group Six behind Morocco.
Q: Who is the referee for the match between Egypt and Congo tonight?
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The match will be managed by South African referee Tom Abu Nageel, and the South African referee will be assisted by Soro Fatswane from Lesotho as first assistant, Angolan Lopez Evanildo Oliveira as second assistant, Ahmed Hiralal from Mauritius as fourth referee, while Ghanaian Daniel Laria will be present as video referee, accompanied by the Senegalese duo Issa. C and Zambian Diana Chikutesha.
Q: What is the history of the confrontations between Egypt and Congo?
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The Egyptian national team met 12 times with Congo in various tournaments, where the Egyptian national team won 8 matches, lost one match, and tied in 3 matches. The Egyptian national team players scored 25 goals, while they conceded 22 goals, and with regard to the history of confrontations between Egypt and Congo in the Nations Cup tournament The duo met in 4 matches, and the Egyptian national team lost only one match.
