Razeen Gutta
I-Egypt idlulele kuma-quarter final e-Afcon 2021 ngemuva komdlalo oshubile ne-Ivory Coast oze wafinyelela kumaphenalthi.
Umdlalo obuse-Douala yiwona obucacisa ukuthi iliphi iqembu elizodlulela esigabeni somkhumulajezi njengoba la maqembu womabili esesibalweni samaqembu ayishumi ahamba phambili e-Afrika.
I-Ivory Coast igcine umgqigqo wayo wokungadedeli lutho emdlalweni walo mqhudelwano futhi igcine ingahlulwanga ngemuva kwemizuzu engu-90.
Lo mdlalo ubunzima kakhulu njengoba bekunengcindezi encane ezinhlangothini zombili. I-Elephants iqale kahle ngamathuba amahle kaFranck Kessie noMax-Alain Gradel kanti i-Egypt ibingasheshe ishaye igoli ngemuva kokuthi u-Omar Marmoush eshaye ipali umdlalo usanda kuqala.
Njengoba bebedlala ngokufana kulo mdlalo, i-Egypt ibe namashodi amaningi. Kodwa-ke, i-Ivory Coast ibe nemizamo ecacile yokushaya igoli.
I-Elephants ibiyazi ukuthi kumele izimisele kulo mqhudelwano ngemuva kokwehluleka ukuhlungela iNdebe yoMhlaba ezoba se-Qatar.
Isebenzise abadlali bayo ababesebhentshini ngokugcwele njengoba uWilfried Zaha we-Crystal Palace noMaxwel Cornet we-Burnley bobabili bengene enkundleni esiwombeni sesibili.
Kodwa-ke alikho iqembu elikwazile ukushaya igoli kwabe sekudlulelwa kumaphenathi.
Unozinti wesibili we-Egypt, uMohamed Gabal, ungene ngaphambi kwesikhathi esengeziwe ngemuva kokuthi uMohamed El Shenawy alimale ngesikhathi evimba ibhola lika-Eric Bailly we-Manchester United obezimisele ukushaya igoli kulo mdlalo.
Bonke abadlali base-Egypt abahlanu bakwazile ukushaya amagoli, ngenkathi isihlabani se-Liverpool uMohamed Salah eshaya elokugcina ngesitayela esijwayelekile.
I-Egypt izobhekana ne-Morocco kowokugcina wamaqembu ayisishiyagalombili e-Yaounde ngeSonto ukulwela ukungena kowandulela owamanqamu.
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