Egypt 2-0 Ghana
Egypt national football head coach Hector Cuper believes he had the best strategy after his side registered a 2-0 win over Ghana Black Stars in Alexandria on Sunday night in a thrilling Group E encounter at the electric Borg El Arab Stadium.
Despite sitting back for long spells of the game, the Pharaohs perfected the quick counter attack strategy scoring the opener after 43 minutes – a well converted penalty from Mohammed Salah after Harrison Afful had illegally brought down Hassan Trezeguet inside the forbidden area.
With four minutes to full time, Abdallah El-Said made it 2-0 in front of over 75,000 passionate fans.
Cuper, a former coach at Inter Milan, Georgia, Parma, Real Betis, Mallorca, Valencia among others praised his own game plan after the match at the press conference;
We played a good game and I am very happy that we were able to win
We played against a strong team that includes many stars. Patience and balance were the key to our victory. We knew that the Ghanaian team will play an offensive game.
We had to play with a balanced strategy in this crucial clash and I think we achieved our target.
Egypt is now top of Group E with six points.
Uganda Cranes who had earlier on Saturday overcame Congo Brazzaville 1-0 drops to second place (with four points).
Ghana Black Stars have one and Congo Brazzaville has no win after two rounds.
The third round of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers will return next year.
