Egypt vs Portugal : as it happened

CAIRO – 23 March 2018:

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Game Analysis: Egypt played a good game against the European champions led by Cristiano Ronaldo. They were solid at defense and were able to pass the ball and control the game. Portugal were dangerous and they made several chances, but they were cleared by the Egyptian defense. The more experienced Portugal scored twice through Ronaldo in the additional time, which served as an alert for the Egyptian players to concentrate until the end of the game.


FullTime Egypt 1-2 Portugal

- 94 Goal: (Video Assistant Referee)VAR grants Ronaldo his second goal from a header after he was ruled offside.

- 92 GOAL: Ronaldo scores the equalizer for Portugal to make the score 1-1.



- 55 GOAL: Salah opens the score for Egypt after he received the pass from El-Said.

First Half Analysis Egypt failed to create many chances on the Portuguese goalkeeper but they managed to keep the opponent's strikers away from their area. Good game from Egypt but Cuper needs to make changes on the attacking line.


Half Time Egypt 0-0 Portugal




Disallowed Goal Rolando scores but is ruled offsides

- 25' El-Said saves Ronaldo's shot before crossing the goal line

- 7' Egypt's Abdallah El-Said had a chance to open the score for the Pharaohs but Portugal's goalkeeper saved it.




- 1' Egypt 0-0 Portugal, the game kicks off




Portugal national team manager Fernando Santos' chosen line-up for the game consists of António Alberto known as Beto, Cédric Soares, Bruno Alves, Rolando, Raphaël Guerreiro, Rúben Neves, João Moutinho, Bernardo Silva, João Mário, André Silva and Cristiano Ronaldo.

Egypt national team manager Hector Cuper's chosen line-up for the game consists of Mohamed El-Shenawy, Ahmed Fathi, Ali Gabr, Ahmed Hegazy, Mohamed Abdel-Shafy, Mohamed Elneny, Tarek Hamed, Mahmoud Hassan known as Trezeguet, Abdallah El-Said, Mohamed Salah and Ahmed Hassan known as Koka.

Portugal and Egypt have announced their official line-ups for the game, which started at 9:45 p.m.

Zurich will be the capital of football for Egyptians tonight; Letzigrund Stadium is set to host the clash between Egypt and Portugal with all eyes on the two stars: Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah on the Egyptian side and Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo, the 2016 European champion.