Egypt Pharaohs too strong for Sierra Leone

The Egyptian national team achieved an important 2-0 victory over Sierra Leone, scored by Mahmoud Hassan Trezeguet in the 18th and 62nd minutes of the match.

Egypt faced Sierra Leon in Liberia, on Sunday evening, within the matches of the second round of the African qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup, which was the match hosted by Samuel D. Canyon in Liberia.

With this result, the national team strengthened its lead with 6 points on the top of Group A, which includes Guinea Bissau, Burkina Faso, Djibouti, Sierra Leone and Ethiopia.

The Pharaohs thrashed Djibouti in the first round last Thursday at Cairo stadium by six goals.

The formation of the Egyptian national team was as follows: “Goalkeeper Mohamed El-Shenawy, defense line Mohamed Hani, Ali Gabr, Mohamed Abdel-Moneim, Mohamed Hamdy, midfield Mohamed El-Nenny, Hamdy Fathi, Ahmed Sayed “Ziz”, and in the attack, Mustafa Mohamed, Mahmoud Hassan “Trezeguet.” “, Mohamed Salah.

The delegation of Egypt’s first national team was headed by Khaled Al-Dirandali, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Football Association, and Hazem Emam, a member of the Football Association and supervisor of the team.

It is worth noting that the sports channels sector of the United Media Services Company succeeded in obtaining the television broadcast rights for all matches of the Egyptian national team in the African qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup, in cooperation with Ora Developers Egypt, the National Bank of Egypt, and Etisalat Misr. The agreement also included the rights to display summaries. All African teams’ matches in the rest of the qualifying groups, and several commercial rights related to the qualifiers.

Collins Okinyo

Ex- CAF Media Expert. An expert on African football with over 15 years experience ,always with an ear to the ground with indepth knowledge of the game. I have worked for top publications including 7 years at www.supersport.com until i founded www.soka25east.com to quench the thirst of football lovers across the continent. I have trained young upcoming journalists who are now a voice in African football.I have covered World Cup,AFCON,CHAN,Champions League,Confederations Cup,Cecafa,Cosafa,Wafu and many other football tournaments across the World. Founder Football Africa Arena(FAA),Founder www.afrisportdigital.com