Egypt vs South Africa 0-1

South Africa left Egypt with a 1-0 win after P. Dithejane scored early in the second half.

The first half passed without a goal, though South Africa’s B. Poggenpoel was booked in the 31st minute. Egypt and South Africa were level at 0-0 at half-time.

South Africa made three substitutions on 46 minutes, and one of the players introduced then, K. Ndamane, was booked on 55 minutes. Dithejane then put South Africa ahead in the 51st minute, finishing to make it 1-0. Egypt made two changes on 69 minutes and another on 77, while South Africa made two more changes on 77 minutes as they protected the lead through the closing stages.

Egypt had 61% of the possession, 560 passes to South Africa’s 366 and 85% pass accuracy to 78, but they still lost. They also had more shots, 19 to 7, more on target, 6 to 3, and more corners, 8 to 1, while South Africa had 6 saves compared with Egypt’s 2.

South Africa finished with four yellow cards, for B. Poggenpoel in the 31st minute, K. Ndamane on 55 minutes, Y. Sithole in the 77th minute and O. Makhanya in the 90+6th minute. Egypt had two cautions, for M. Hany in the 88th minute and M. Ziko in the 90+6th minute.