Brussels: Europe and the Arabs
The upcoming meeting this evening between the Egyptian and Cape Verdean teams in the African Nations Championship currently being held in Côte d'Ivoire is considered the last opportunity for the Pharaohs to ensure survival in the qualifiers and reach the next stages of the competition for the title, especially since it is the most African team to have won this title, and the Egypt match will come hours after the draw that ended. To him, the Moroccan national team faced the Congo national team, and the Atlas Lions drank from the bitterness of the tie cup from which the Egyptian, Tunisia and Algerian national teams had previously drank. Morocco’s victory was enough to guarantee advancement to the next stage, but the decision was postponed until the Atlas Lions’ next confrontation against Zambia. Returning to tonight’s match between Egypt and Cape Verde, the Egyptian national team lost the opportunity to advance as the leader of the second group, after Cape Verde achieved a victory over Mozambique by three clean goals, to obtain the full mark with 6 points, and officially guarantee qualification as first in the group.
The Egyptian national team's tally reached two points in the second place in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations standings, behind the leading Cape Verdean national team with 6 points, while the Ghana and Mozambique national teams are in third and fourth places with a point each.
There are two possibilities remaining for the national team to qualify for the next round, either as second or as the best team in third place, and this is determined by the result of the third round matches.
If the Egyptian national team qualifies as second in the group, the Pharaohs will face the second in Group Six, which includes Morocco, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Zambia.
The Egyptian national team will face the first in the third group, which includes Senegal, Cameroon, Guinea and Gambia if they qualify as the best three, which the Teranga Lions won.