Sobhi guides hosts Egypt to historic U-23 title
Hosts Egypt capped a historic tournament by being crowned Champions of the 2019 Total U-23 Africa Cup of Nations, defeating Cote d’Ivoire 2-1 after extra time at the Cairo International Stadium on Friday (22 November 2019) evening, to achieve their first title in the third edition of the tournament that also served as African Qualifiers for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Olympic Pharaohs celebrating their championship win Karim El Iraky scored for Egypt after 37 minutes, before Aboubakar Doumbia equalized a minute from time. But skipper Ramadan Sobhi won the match for Egypt in the 116th minute. The Olympic Pharaohs sailed to the title in style, having won their fifth game in as many matches. Skipper Ramadan Sobhi found his way past his marker from the left side, to send a calling cross that El Iraky responded to with a scorcher to give Egypt a lead they maintained till the halftime. After the break the Ivoirians threw everything in attack, and had to wait to the last minute to ...