Egypt vs. Kuwait Match Kicks Off in the Arab Cup

The match between Egypt's second team and Kuwait has just kicked off at Lusail Stadium as part of the first round of group stage matches in the Arab Cup in Qatar.

Egypt's Starting Lineup

Egypt started the match with the following lineup: Mohamed Bassam (23) in goal, Akram Tawfik (12), Ragab Nabil (5), Yassin Marei (3), Yahya Zakaria (21), Mohamed Elneny (17), Amr El Solia (14), Ghanem Mohamed (19), Mostafa Saad "Messi" (8), Islam Issa (20), and Mohamed Sherif (10).

On the bench: Ali Lotfi (1), Mohamed Awad (16), Ahmed Hany (2), Karim Fouad (7), Karim El-Eraky (4), Mahmoud Hamdy "El-Wensh" (15), Hady Riad (6), Mohamed Magdy "Afsha" (22), Mido Gaber (11), Mohamed Mosaad (13), Hossam Hassan (18), Marwan Hamdy (13).

On the bench: Ali Lotfi (1), Mohamed Awad (16), Ahmed Hany (2), Karim Fouad (7), Karim El-Eraky (4), Mahmoud Hamdy "El-Wensh" (15), Hady Riad (6), Mohamed Magdy "Afsha" (22), Mido Gaber (11), Mohamed Mosaad (13), Hossam Hassan (18), Marwan Hamdy (13). Historically, the Egyptian and Kuwaiti national teams have met twice in the first tournament, in the group stage of the 1992 edition in Jordan, and the Egyptian national team won (1-0) with a goal by Ayman Mansour at the Al-Hamdaniya Stadium in Aleppo. The "Blue" team responded in the second encounter in the following edition in 1998 in Qatar when it defeated the Egyptian youth team (4-1). Abdullah Rajab scored the team's goal, and Kuwait's four goals came through Jassim Al-Huwaidi, Bashar Abdullah Hamad Al-Saleh, and Fawaz Bakheet in the match that was held at the Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium at Al-Sadd Club and was managed by the Tunisian referee Hisham Qirat.