Egypt's Potential Line-Up For Ivory Coast Clash

A few hours before the U-23 Africa Cup of Nations, SEE explores the Pharaohs' potential line-up for Ivory Coast's encounter.

The Pharaohs are set to play against the Elephants later o n Friday at Cairo International Stadium.

Egypt's head coach Shawky Gharib have made up his mind on the eleven-man player, who are going to start the game.

Gharib is expected to start the game with the same line-up, with which he played in the semi-final against South Africa.

Two channels are set to broadcast Egypt’s encounter against Ivory Coast at U-23 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) final.

The match is set to be aired via Time Sports and Bein Sports as the Egyptian channel Time Sports has the right to broadcast the encounters on the terrestrial TV channels.

Egypt, who qualified for the final after after four consecutive victories over Mali, Chana, Cameroon, and South Africa.

The qualified for the final after thrashing South Africa with three unanswered goals on Tuesday.

Ramadan Sobhi converted from a penalty spot, putting the Pharaohs ahead in the 60th minute. Abdel Rahman Magdy doubled the Pharaohs’ lead in the 84th minute after firing a shot from the center of the box.

Magdy added the third for the hosts in the 89th minute through a left-foot shot from the outside of the box, to send the Pharaohs the U-23 Africa Cup of Nations final.

The Expected Line-Up is as follows:

Goalkeepers: Mohamed Sobhi

Defenders: Osama Galal, Mohamed Abdel Salam, Ahmed Ramadan, Ahmed Aboul Fotouh

Midfielders: Karim El-Eraky, Abdel Rahman Magdy, Ramadan Sobhi, Amar Magdy

Forward: Mostafa Mohamed.