After taking leadership of Group D in the AFCON 2017
qualifier with their emphatic 3-0 home victory over
Tanzania, the Pharaohs of Egypt have vowed to deny
the Super Eagles the group’s sole ticket.
The Egyptians while basking in the euphoria of their win
said not even the presence of the Super Eagles in the
group will stop them from getting to Gabon to be part
of the tournament which they have won a record seven
times.
It would be noted that Egypt have not been part of the
last three editions of the tournament, a trend the
players and their new Argentine coach, Hector Cuper
want to stop by qualifying for Gabon 2017.
Pharaohs’ defence strongman, Ramy Rabia told CAF’s
official website that as a team, they want to stage a
strong comeback to African football.
His words:”This game is history now. We have to start
thinking of the next one. Egypt’s normal place is on top
of the continent’s football. We missed a lot in recent
times and now we have to get back to where we
belong. I’m happy I scored but the win is much more
important for me. Now we can think of our coming
game in a positive mood.”
Cuper while thumbing up his boys over the brilliant start
to the qualifiers said he is happy the result gave
Egyptians something to cheer about.
“I’m happy with the result because it gives the Egyptian
people something to cheer about. My players played to
our tactics and I’m satisfied with their performance,” he
said.
Egypt will in their next game be away to Chad in
September, while the Super Eagles hit Tanzania to keep
a date with the Taifa Stars.
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