DOHA: Egypt thrashed nine-man Sudan 5-0 to cruise into the quarter-finals of the Fifa Arab Cup Qatar 2021 at Stadium 974.
Ahmed Refaat (4’), Ahmed Zizo (13 pen), Mahmoud El Wensh (31), Hussein Faisal (57) and Mohamed Sherif (78) were the scorers. Sudan saw their players Yasir Mozamil and Faris Abdallah receiving red cards as they played the best part of the second half with nine players.
Meanwhile, second-half goals from Yacine Brahimi and Tayeb Meziani sealed Algeria’s spot in the quarter-finals with a hard-fought 2-0 win over Lebanon at the Al Janoub Stadium.
Morocco thumped Jordan 4-0 at the Ahmad bin Ali Stadium to qualify for the quarter-finals.