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2021 FIFA Arab Cup Group D

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Group D of the 2021 FIFA Arab Cup took place from 1 to 7 December 2021. The group consisted of Algeria, Egypt, Lebanon and Sudan.

The top two teams, Egypt and Algeria, advanced to the quarter-finals.

Teams

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Draw position Team Finals
appearance
Last
appearance
Previous best
performance
FIFA Rankings
April 2021[1][nb 1] November 2021[2]
D1  Algeria 3rd[nb 2] 1998 (group stage) Group stage (1988, 1998) 33 32
D2  Egypt 5th[nb 3] 2012 (group stage) Winners (1992) 46 45
D3  Lebanon 8th 2012 (group stage) Third place (1963) 93 94
D4  Sudan 4th 2012 (group stage) Group stage (1998, 2002, 2012) 123 124

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Egypt 3 2 1 0 7 1 +6 7[a] Advance to knockout stage
2  Algeria 3 2 1 0 7 1 +6 7[a]
3  Lebanon 3 1 0 2 1 3 −2 3
4  Sudan 3 0 0 3 0 10 −10 0
Source: FIFA
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Fair-play points: Egypt –6, Algeria –11.

In the quarter-finals:

Matches

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All times listed are local time.

Algeria vs Sudan

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Algeria 4–0 Sudan
Report
Attendance: 2,203
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)
Algeria
Sudan
GK 23 Raïs M'Bolhi (c)
RB 3 Houcine Benayada
CB 4 Djamel Benlamri
CB 19 Abdelkader Bedrane
LB 20 Ilyes Chetti
CM 18 Houssem Eddine Mrezigue
CM 14 Sofiane Bendebka downward-facing red arrow 64'
RW 11 Yacine Brahimi downward-facing red arrow 87'
AM 15 Hillal Soudani downward-facing red arrow 87'
LW 8 Amir Sayoud
CF 9 Baghdad Bounedjah downward-facing red arrow 79'
Substitutions:
MF 17 Zakaria Draoui upward-facing green arrow 64'
FW 22 Zineddine Boutmène upward-facing green arrow 79'
MF 6 Yacine Titraoui upward-facing green arrow 87'
FW 13 Merouane Zerrouki upward-facing green arrow 87'
Manager:
Madjid Bougherra
GK 1 Ali Abu Eshrein
RB 13 Walid Hassan
CB 4 Amir Kamal
CB 6 Mohamed Ering
LB 3 Faris Abdalla
DM 23 Nasr Eldin El Shigail (c)
RM 9 Yaser Muzmel downward-facing red arrow 63'
LM 21 Walieldin Khedr downward-facing red arrow 63'
AM 19 Dhiya Mahjoub downward-facing red arrow 46'
CF 7 Ramadan Agab downward-facing red arrow 46'
CF 10 Mohamed Abdelrahman downward-facing red arrow 75'
Substitutions:
DF 12 Ahmed Bibo upward-facing green arrow 46'
MF 14 Salah Adel upward-facing green arrow 46'
MF 2 Abuaagla Abdalla upward-facing green arrow 63'
FW 22 Al-Jezoli Nouh upward-facing green arrow 63'
FW 11 Muaaz Al-Quoz upward-facing green arrow 75'
Manager:
France Hubert Velud

Man of the Match:
Baghdad Bounedjah (Algeria)

Assistant referees:
Jun Mihara (Japan)
Hiroshi Yamauchi (Japan)
Fourth official:
Fernando Hernández Gómez (Mexico)
Video assistant referee:
Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Abdulla Al Marri (Qatar)

Egypt vs Lebanon

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Right from the start, Egypt dominated possession, holding 76% of the ball in the first 15 minutes.[3] Despite their dominance on the ball, they could not break through Lebanon's defence, having to resort to harmless crosses and long-distance shots.[3] The first dangerous chance of the game came in the 33rd minute, when Egypt's Ahmed Hegazi headed from Mostafa Fathi's free kick, with Lebanon's Mostafa Matar saving the shot; El Wensh's rebound was cleared off the line by Felix Michel Melki.[3] At half time, the result was 0–0, with Egypt incapable of capitalising from a couple of attacking opportunities.[3] Matar proved decisive once again in the second half, saving a one-on-one attack from Afsha.[3] It was Afsha who broke the deadlock in the 71st minute through a penalty, after Ahmed Abou El Fotouh was brought down inside the penalty area by Alexander Michel Melki.[3] In the final 20 minutes, Lebanon modestly attempted to equalise in vain.[4]

Egypt 1–0 Lebanon
Report
Attendance: 11,757
Egypt
Lebanon
GK 1 Mohamed El Shenawy
RB 14 Akram Tawfik Yellow card 45+3' downward-facing red arrow 84'
CB 11 Ahmed Hegazi
CB 15 Mahmoud Hamdy
LB 13 Ahmed Abou El Fotouh
CM 5 Hamdy Fathy downward-facing red arrow 38'
CM 4 Amr El Solia (c)
RW 8 Mostafa Fathi downward-facing red arrow 46'
AM 22 Mohamed Magdy downward-facing red arrow 90+5'
LW 9 Mohamed Sherif Yellow card 73' downward-facing red arrow 84'
CF 10 Marwan Hamdy downward-facing red arrow 66'
Substitutions:
MF 17 Mohanad Lasheen upward-facing green arrow 38'
FW 7 Ahmed Refaat upward-facing green arrow 46'
MF 21 Ahmed Sayed upward-facing green arrow 66'
DF 3 Omar Kamal upward-facing green arrow 84'
FW 19 Osama Faisal upward-facing green arrow 84'
DF 12 Ayman Ashraf upward-facing green arrow 90+5'
Manager:
Portugal Carlos Queiroz
GK 21 Mostafa Matar
RB 12 Alexander Michel Melki
CB 4 Nour Mansour (c) Yellow card 86' downward-facing red arrow 89'
CB 13 Felix Michel Melki
LB 18 Kassem El Zein
DM 6 Mouhammed-Ali Dhaini
RM 22 Abbas Assi
LM 3 Maher Sabra downward-facing red arrow 83'
AM 10 Mohamad Haidar downward-facing red arrow 75'
SS 20 Rabih Ataya downward-facing red arrow 74'
CF 9 Hilal El-Helwe downward-facing red arrow 75'
Substitutions:
MF 15 Walid Shour upward-facing green arrow 74'
MF 14 Nader Matar upward-facing green arrow 75'
FW 17 Fadel Antar upward-facing green arrow 75'
DF 16 Hassan Chaitou upward-facing green arrow 83'
MF 5 Jihad Ayoub upward-facing green arrow 89'
Manager:
Czech Republic Ivan Hašek

Man of the Match:
Amr El Solia (Egypt)

Assistant referees:
Rafael Foltyn (Germany)
Christian Gittelmann (Argentina)
Fourth official:
Andrés Matonte (Uruguay)
Video assistant referee:
Christian Dingert (Germany)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Kevin Blom (Netherlands)
Tomasz Listkiewicz (Poland)
Rafael Traci (Brazil)

Lebanon vs Algeria

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Despite Algeria dominating play, Lebanon brought the first half to a goalless draw thanks to their defending, most notably through their goalkeeper Mostafa Matar and defender Alexander Michel Melki. The second half initially proceeded in a similar fashion to the first, until Youcef Belaïli was brought down in the box by Hussein El Dor; Yacine Brahimi converted the subsequent penalty in the 69th minute. Lebanon reacted from the conceded goal, attempting attacks of their own. In the 78th minute, Houssem Eddine Mrezigue of Algeria was sent off, before Lebanon's Kassem El Zein also got a second yellow card, reducing both teams to 10 men in the final minutes. Following a missed chance by Baghdad Bounedjah one-on-one against the goalkeeper, Algeria doubled their lead in added time after Tayeb Meziani scored from a counter attack.[5]

Lebanon 0–2 Algeria
Report
Lebanon
Algeria
GK 21 Mostafa Matar
RB 12 Alexander Michel Melki
CB 4 Nour Mansour (c) downward-facing red arrow 46'
CB 2 Hussein El Dor downward-facing red arrow 80'
LB 18 Kassem El Zein Yellow card 45' Yellow-red card 83'
CM 5 Jihad Ayoub downward-facing red arrow 73'
CM 6 Mouhammed-Ali Dhaini
RW 20 Rabih Ataya Yellow card 44' downward-facing red arrow 73'
AM 14 Nader Matar downward-facing red arrow 63'
LW 16 Hassan Chaitou
CF 9 Hilal El-Helwe
Substitutions:
DF 3 Maher Sabra upward-facing green arrow 46'
MF 10 Mohamad Haidar upward-facing green arrow 63'
MF 13 Felix Michel Melki upward-facing green arrow 73'
MF 8 Mahdi Zein upward-facing green arrow 73'
FW 17 Fadel Antar upward-facing green arrow 80'
Manager:
Czech Republic Ivan Hašek
GK 1 Moustapha Zeghba
RB 3 Houcine Benayada
CB 12 Mohamed Amine Tougai
CB 5 Mehdi Tahrat
LB 20 Ilyes Chetti
CM 18 Houssem Eddine Mrezigue Yellow card 72' Yellow-red card 78'
CM 14 Sofiane Bendebka
RW 15 Hillal Soudani downward-facing red arrow 66'
AM 11 Yacine Brahimi (c) downward-facing red arrow 80'
LW 10 Youcef Belaïli downward-facing red arrow 87'
CF 9 Baghdad Bounedjah
Substitutions:
FW 7 Tayeb Meziani upward-facing green arrow 66'
MF 17 Zakaria Draoui upward-facing green arrow 80'
FW 22 Zineddine Boutmène upward-facing green arrow 87'
Manager:
Madjid Bougherra

Man of the Match:
Yacine Brahimi (Algeria)

Assistant referees:
Paweł Sokolnicki (Poland)
Tomasz Listkiewicz (Poland)
Fourth official:
Ryuji Sato (Japan)
Video assistant referee:
Tomasz Kwiatkowski (Poland)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Guillermo Cuadra Fernández (Spain)
Elvis Noupue (Cameroon)
Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)

Sudan vs Egypt

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Sudan 0–5 Egypt
Report
Attendance: 14,464
Sudan
Egypt
GK 1 Ali Abu Eshrein
RB 18 Samawal Merghani downward-facing red arrow 83'
CB 5 Ahmed Wadah
CB 4 Amir Kamal
LB 3 Faris Abdalla Yellow card 50' Yellow-red card 53'
DM 23 Nasr Eldin El Shigail (c) downward-facing red arrow 64'
DM 14 Salah Adel downward-facing red arrow 83'
CM 2 Abuaagla Abdalla
RF 9 Yaser Muzmel Yellow card 26'
CF 10 Mohamed Abdelrahman downward-facing red arrow 58'
LF 22 Al-Jezoli Nouh downward-facing red arrow 46'
Substitutions:
DF 12 Ahmed Bibo upward-facing green arrow 46'
DF 6 Mohamed Ering upward-facing green arrow 58'
DF 15 Ather El Tahir upward-facing green arrow 64'
MF 21 Walieldin Khedr upward-facing green arrow 83'
MF 19 Dhiya Mahjoub upward-facing green arrow 83'
Manager:
France Hubert Velud
GK 1 Mohamed El Shenawy
CB 11 Ahmed Hegazi
CB 15 Mahmoud Hamdy downward-facing red arrow 60'
CB 12 Ayman Ashraf
CM 3 Omar Kamal
CM 4 Amr El Solia (c)
CM 13 Ahmed Abou El Fotouh downward-facing red arrow 73'
RW 21 Ahmed Sayed downward-facing red arrow 60'
AM 20 Hussein Faisal
LW 7 Ahmed Refaat downward-facing red arrow 73'
CF 10 Marwan Hamdy downward-facing red arrow 73'
Substitutions:
MF 8 Mostafa Fathi Yellow card 75' upward-facing green arrow 60'
MF 22 Mohamed Magdy upward-facing green arrow 60'
FW 19 Osama Faisal upward-facing green arrow 73'
FW 9 Mohamed Sherif upward-facing green arrow 73'
DF 6 Marwan Dawoud upward-facing green arrow 73'
Manager:
Portugal Carlos Queiroz

Man of the Match:
Hussein Faisal (Egypt)

Assistant referees:
Tevita Makasini (Tonga)
Bernard Mutukera (Solomon Islands)
Fourth official:
Andrés Matonte (Uruguay)
Video assistant referee:
Kevin Blom (Netherlands)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Christian Dingert (Germany)
Christian Gittelmann (Germany)
Abdulla Ali Al Marri (Qatar)

Algeria vs Egypt

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Algeria 1–1 Egypt
Report
Attendance: 32,418
Algeria
Egypt
GK 23 Raïs M'Bolhi (c)
RB 3 Houcine Benayada
CB 12 Mohamed Amine Tougai Yellow card 59'
CB 19 Abdelkader Bedrane
LB 20 Ilyes Chetti
CM 17 Zakaria Draoui Yellow card 71' downward-facing red arrow 90+1'
CM 14 Sofiane Bendebka
RW 7 Tayeb Meziani downward-facing red arrow 75'
AM 11 Yacine Brahimi
LW 10 Youcef Belaïli Yellow card 40'
CF 9 Baghdad Bounedjah downward-facing red arrow 46'
Substitutions:
FW 15 Hillal Soudani Yellow card 90+2' upward-facing green arrow 46'
FW 22 Zineddine Boutmène upward-facing green arrow 75'
MF 6 Yacine Titraoui Red card 90+6' upward-facing green arrow 90+1'
Manager:
Madjid Bougherra
GK 1 Mohamed El Shenawy
RB 11 Ahmed Hegazi downward-facing red arrow 31'
CB 15 Mahmoud Hamdy
CB 5 Hamdy Fathy Yellow card 39'
LB 12 Ayman Ashraf downward-facing red arrow 9'
CM 14 Akram Tawfik Yellow card 18'
CM 4 Amr El Solia (c) Yellow card 80' downward-facing red arrow 83'
CM 13 Ahmed Abou El Fotouh
AM 20 Hussein Faisal
CF 9 Mohamed Sherif downward-facing red arrow 83'
CF 10 Marwan Hamdy downward-facing red arrow 46'
Substitutions:
MF 8 Mostafa Fathi upward-facing green arrow 9'
DF 2 Ahmed Yassin upward-facing green arrow 31'
MF 17 Mohanad Lasheen upward-facing green arrow 46'
DF 3 Omar Kamal upward-facing green arrow 83'
MF 21 Ahmed Sayed upward-facing green arrow 83'
Manager:
Portugal Carlos Queiroz

Man of the Match:
Yacine Brahimi (Algeria)

Assistant referees:
Ezequiel Brailovsky (Argentina)
Gabriel Chade (Argentina)
Fourth official:
Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)
Video assistant referee:
Guillermo Cuadra Fernández (Spain)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Juan Soto (Venezuela)
Danilo Manis (Brazil)
Rafael Traci (Brazil)

Lebanon vs Sudan

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Lebanon began the first half strong, with Sudanese goalkeeper Ali Abu Eshrein saving a shot from Rabih Ataya and a close-range header from Maher Sabra. Sudan's only attempts did not threaten Lebanon's goal. Ataya was sent off in the 62nd minute, reducing Lebanon to 10 men. Both Lebanon and Sudan came close to scoring in the 70th and 75th minute respectively, with Fadel Antar and Mohamed Ering having their close-range shots saved. Sudan's Ahmed Wadah received a red card in the 76th minute and both teams headed into the last 14 minutes with 10 men each. Lebanon gained the lead the same minute, with Abu Eshrein punching the subsequent free kick cross into his own net. It proved to be the only goal of the game, which ended in a 1–0 win for Lebanon.[6]

Lebanon 1–0 Sudan
Report
Lebanon
Sudan
GK 23 Ali Daher
RB 17 Mohamad Zein Tahan downward-facing red arrow 90+6'
CB 12 Alexander Michel Melki
CB 13 Felix Michel Melki
LB 3 Maher Sabra
DM 6 Mouhammed-Ali Dhaini Yellow card 58' downward-facing red arrow 73'
RM 16 Hassan Chaitou
LM 8 Mahdi Zein downward-facing red arrow 73'
AM 10 Mohamad Haidar (c) downward-facing red arrow 53'
SS 20 Rabih Ataya Red card 62'
CF 9 Hilal El-Helwe downward-facing red arrow 53'
Substitutions:
MF 14 Nader Matar upward-facing green arrow 53'
FW 17 Fadel Antar upward-facing green arrow 53'
DF 2 Hussein El Dor upward-facing green arrow 73'
DF 22 Abbas Assi upward-facing green arrow 73'
MF 11 Hussein Awada upward-facing green arrow 90+6'
Manager:
Czech Republic Ivan Hašek
GK 1 Ali Abu Eshrein
CB 5 Ahmed Wadah Red card 76'
CB 12 Ahmed Bibo
CB 6 Mohamed Ering
RWB 13 Walid Hassan downward-facing red arrow 57'
LWB 18 Samawal Merghani
DM 14 Salah Adel downward-facing red arrow 57'
CM 8 Mohamed Al Rashed Yellow card 19'
CM 21 Walieldin Khedr downward-facing red arrow 46'
CF 7 Ramadan Agab (c)
CF 10 Mohamed Abdelrahman downward-facing red arrow 81'
Substitutions:
MF 2 Abuaagla Abdalla upward-facing green arrow 46' downward-facing red arrow 61'
FW 11 Muaaz Al-Quoz upward-facing green arrow 57'
MF 23 Nasr Eldin El Shigail upward-facing green arrow 57'
MF 19 Dhiya Mahjoub upward-facing green arrow 61'
FW 22 Al-Jezoli Nouh upward-facing green arrow 81'
Manager:
France Hubert Velud

Man of the Match:
Felix Michel Melki (Lebanon)

Assistant referees:
Micheal Barwegen (Canada)
Karen Díaz (Mexico)
Fourth official:
Matthew Conger (New Zealand)
Video assistant referee:
Adonai Escobedo (Mexico)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Fernando Guerrero Ramirez (Mexico)
Bruno Pires (Brazil)
Tomasz Kwiatkowski (Poland)

Notes

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  1. ^ The rankings of April 2021 were used for seeding for the final draw.
  2. ^ This is the first appearance for the Algeria first team at the tournament. The U23 team participated in the 1988 and 1998 editions.
  3. ^ This is the third appearance for the Egypt first team at the tournament. The U23 team participated in the 2012 edition, while the U20 team participated in 1998.

References

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  1. ^ "Men's Ranking". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 7 April 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Men's Ranking". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 19 November 2021. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Soliman, Seif (1 December 2021). "Afsha penalty the difference as Egypt beat Lebanon in Arab Cup". KingFut. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Egypt narrowly beat Lebanon with a goal in Arab Cup in Qatar". Asume Tech. 1 December 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  5. ^ "Algeria secure quarter final spot with win over Lebanon". thepeninsulaqatar.com. 4 December 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  6. ^ "بالصور: لبنان يهزم السودان في ختام مشوارهما بكأس العرب". كووورة. 7 December 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
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