Egypt kicked-off their African Cup qualifiers with a comfortable 4-1 victory over Burundi in Cairo on Saturday.



The African champions went to the locker room with a three-goal lead thanks to efforts from Mohamed Zidan, Hosni Abd-Rabou and Mohamed Abou-Treika.


Egypt captain and Anderlecht playmaker Ahmed Hassan completed the rout after the break with a trademark penalty-kick.





Soliman scored the consolation goal for the visitors from the spot in the 78th minute.


Egypt now top Group B with three points before Botswana play Mauritania in the group's second tie.


Egypt's players and coaching staff wore black armbands in grief over the death of Ahli's international left-back Mohamed Abdul-Wahab who died in training on Thursday.



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African champions, Egypt, slumped to a 2-0 defeat on Saturday against Spain who prepare for the World Cup in Germany later this week.


Spain captain,Raul Gonzales put the hosts ahead in the 14th minute and substitute Jose Antonio Reyes sealed the victory 11 minutes after the break.

Game minute by minute:

6th min. Ramos managed to take the ball past Abdel Wahab from the right wing, he tried a low cross but it was deflected behind for a corner.


10th min. Freekick for Spain from the right wing, it was played low at the edge of the box where it was struck low at goal, but Hadari did well to hold onto the ball.


12th min. Abd Rabo tried a cross from the right wing but the ball was collected by Spain defense.


14th min. GOAL FOR SPAIN! Lopez struck a shot from outside the box, Hadari couldn't hold onto the ball and it fell to Raul who sent it home with his left to give Spain the early lead.

18th min. A cross from the left wing was met by a header from Saka at goal, but it sailed way over the bar.


19th min. Fabregas tried a shot from outside the area, the shot lacked power but Hadari saved it after a 2nd attempt!


20th min. A chip pass was played into Egypt's area, David was closely marked by Saka but still he managed to squeeze a shot into the side netting.

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Good news for all Egyptian soccer fans today.
At 20:00(GMT), 11 pm local Egyptian time, the match between Spain and Egypt can be watched at the following Channels:


TV8 Turkey

Sport 1 NL
TVE La Primera

Al Jazeera Sport 1
TV8 Turkey

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Al Jazeera Sport 1

TVE La Primera

Zamalek jumped at the opportunity to pick up the talented young Amr Zaki, just a few hours after Ahli were forced to back out of negotiations with Russian side, Lokomotiv Moscow due to the high price tag set for the player.


Earlier today, Ahli marketing director, Adli Al-Qayei told the Egyptian media:

Ahli are no longer interested in this deal. The Russians demanded 1.7 million Euros to release Zaki on a permanent basis but this is too much for Ahli or any other Egyptian club to pay.
We were interested in signing Amr Zaki for his ability n the pitch and desire to play for Ahli but this deal is too pricy for the Egyptian market

After this Zamalek got into the race and Zamalek put up a 1.2 million Euros bid to sign Egyptian striker Amr Zaki from Lokomotiv Moscow, but the Lokomotiv Moscow delegation refusued and Zamalek were forced to raise their offer to 1.4 milion euros, or ₤15.5 million (Egyptian).

If this is true, and we at Soccer Egypt have no reason to doubt it, then the deal will be the biggest soccer transfer fee in the Egyptian sports history .

We accpeted Zamalek offer because they adopted a professional approach to signing the player and also Amr Zaki expressed a desired to play for Zamalek

Radi Drede, the delegate from Lokomotiv announced at the press conference, a few hours ago.

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Egyptian National Coach, Hassan Shehata, has selected a 21-man squad ahead of their friendly match against Spain on June 3.


Feyenoord keeper, Sherif Ekrami and Masri defender Hany Saied were omitted.
Uncapped Sherif Al-Beyali of Arab Contractors, Mahmoud Fathalla of Ghazl Mahalla, and Mohamed 'Hamada' Youssef of Ittihad Alexandria were also left out of the squad. Also missing from the squad is striker Mido, who is serving a six-month suspension by the Egyptian Football Association for insulting his coach during the Africa Cup of Nations in February.





Egyptian final squad: