Evening all, and welcome to DR Congo v Egypt!
- A. Al-Muhamadi(26')
- M. Salah(44')
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Looking ahead, thes runner-up in this group play the runner-up in Group C next, and that could be a toughie - most likely, it'll be Algeria, but could also be Senegal. The group winner plays a third-place finisher.
Oh my days!
DRC, who played 4-1-4-1 the other day, will play 4-3-3 tonight. They leave out Masuaku, who's replaced at left-back by Ngonda; in midfield, Moke and Mputu come in forMbemba and M'Poku, while Bolasie and Elia are also left out, with Maghoma and Bolingi coming in. Bakambum who played centre-forward against Uganda, is now on the left of the attack.
Back to our teams, Egypt will play 4-2-3-1 and are unchanged.
I love this man.
So, who do I think will win this thing, I do not hear you ask. I've gone for Cote d'Ivoire, who have the best players and by a distance, but there are plenty of teams capable of giving them aggravation.
Uganda-Zimbabwe has finished 1-1, and Uganda have got away with one here. They took the lead but were outplayed over the 90 minutes, so to escape with a draw is a result for them. Assuming Egypt win tonight and beat Uganda, Zimbabwe will need to beat DRC - by two goals will be enough, but one might be too, depending.
Looking at that Egypt team, it's not entirely easy to fathom why they're favourites to win the thing. They've got Salah, obviously, but they've not got loads else beyond a settled side and a home advantage. It might be enough, but if they meet Senegal or Cote d'Ivoire on a good day, they'll have a problem.
Apologies - some technical issues kept me from you. A-N-G-E-R. But hopefully we're now all good.
Let's have some teams!
Uganda, who beat DRC in the first round of matches - to the surprise of everyone, probably even themselves - are currently drawing 1-1 with Zimbabwe, whom Egypt struggled to beat. I doubt we'll see many goals tonight, but I'd expect Egypt to shade it.
This should be an absolute belter - every Egypt home game is - but this one, in a tournament, with qualification to the knockouts up for grabs? Inject it deep into my veins!