Egypt’s next game will be against the Elephants on Wednesday.
The match will be live on NileSports.TV
The young Pharaohs opened their African Championship campaign with a narrow 1-0 victory over Gabon in Group B following a below-par performance as they aim to end a 20-year Olympic absence and qualify for next year’s London Games.
display in a much tougher test against Ivory Coast, who were held to a 1-1 draw by South Africa in their opening game.
“Our main aim now is to improve our performance and we expect that to happen gradually with time,” the former Egypt defender said in an interview with CAFonline.com.“We have to win our next match to make sure we qualify to the semi final. Anyway we will watch a recording of this game to learn and avoid committing the same mistakes again.”
A victory for Egypt will put them on the verge of a place at the London Games.
Ivory Coast’s U-23 midfielder Kone Moussa is confident his team can overcome a ‘tough test’ against Egypt on Wednesday
The match will be live on NileSports.TV
Ivory Coast U-23 midfielder Kone Moussa said his side have no worries ahead of Wednesday’s game against Egypt in the 2012 Olympic Games qualifiers on Wednesday.
“We know that our mission against Egypt will be difficult. Egypt played a fine football but we are ready for this game,’’ he told the Ivorian football federation website.“We will concentrate on this game, which is a key one in the group.”
The Elephants opened their U-23 African Championship campaign with a 1-1 draw with South Africa while Egypt laboured to a 1-0 win over Gabon in Group B.
Ivory Coast are looking for a win over leaders Egypt to keep alive their chances of booking a last-four berth.
“We respect the Egyptian team. They appeared pacey against Gabon. It will be a tough game resembling a final
“We will do our best to make a good result against Egypt to keep our hopes alive in the competition. I am confident, why would we fear Egypt?” Moussa added.
The tournament winners, runners-up and third-placed team will directly qualify for next year’s London Games. The fourth-placed side will have to overcome an Asian representative in a playoff to go through.
