Full time: Chad 1-5 Egypt

90+4 The referee blows the final whistle! It's Chad 1 Egypt 5...

88' Chad's Marius has been handed a mere yellow card following an act that should have well earned a red card!!

79' El-Shennawi excels again, denying a long-range strike to push it out for corner, Egypt's deep block leaves too much space forward allowing Chad to have attempts on goal.

75' Egypt counter and go four-on-four but Trezeguet eventually shoots into the keeper's hands.

72' Tawfik booked by the referee...

70' Egypt are leaving too much space, with Chad successfully exploiting the gaps between the lines..

65' The seemingly exhausted Bassem makes way for Moemen Zakareya as Egypt make all substitutions.

62' Bassem nods in from inside the area for his side's fifth of the evening!!

62' GOOOOAAALLLLL!!! Bassem bags a hat-trick!!!

61' Mosri cuts inside and tries a shot on goal, but the keeper blocks his effort! 

55' After seeing a header denied by the woodwork, Kahraba made no mistake on his second attempt, hitting past the keeper while totally unmarked inside the area!! 

55' GOAAAAALLLLL!!! KAHRABA MAKES IT FOUR!!!

53 Tawfik comes in for the injured Ibrahim Salah, now the midfield would feature the Zamalek midfielder alongside Elneny..

52' Skipper Hazem Emam cautioned by the ref...

48' Ibrahim Salah stretchered off the pitch as Tawfik is currently warming up..

46' Trezeguet has replaced Ramadan Sobhi

The second half begins

45' Barthelemy sees a header go narrowly wide from a corner! That was close!!

44' What a chance!! The bar comes into Egypt's rescue after the hosts had a strike range denied by the woodwork!

40' A blunder from the Chad defense sees Salah go through on goal before firing past the hapless keeper! 

40' GOOOOAAAALLLLL!!!! Salah restores Egypt two-goal cushion!!!

38' Emam pushing close to his center backs leaving space down the Chad's left, only for Haroun to capitalize and hit past El-Shennawi who shares responsibility as well!!

38' Goal! Chad pull one back through Nadjim Haroun!

34' Hilaire Kédigui replaces Rodrigue N'Doram for Chad.

33' Kahraba strikes...but straight into the keeper's hands...

30' Bassem is again receiving treatment as he now looks set to resume play.

29' Rabia superbly intercepts a through ball inside the box! 

25' Bassem makes a great run behind the defense to go through on goal from the left, as he beat the below-par keeper at the near post.

25' GOOOOOAAAAALLLLL!!!! Bassem makes it two!!!!!

22' El-Shennawi blocks again another dangerous attempt from the left, another brilliant save from the Zamalek goalie.

20' GOAL!! NO! Salah's goal disallowed after the ball had been adjudged to have crossed the byline before being played by Abdel-Shafi into the box. 

19' Full-back Emam seen pushing forward for the first time after 19 minutes, Cuper is cautious regarding the positioning of his full backs.

17' Salah strikes from outside the box but straight into the keeper's hands, the Roma loanee shoudl have done much better being under no pressure while attempting to shoot!

15' A short spell of dominance by the hosts could have resulted in a successful counter by Egypt, only for Elneny to play an awful through to Salah...

10' Morsi goes down to the ground after falling on his back, with the medical staff rushing to treat him.

5' El-Shennawi parries a curling effort from Mahamat from the left!! Excellent from the keeper!

2' Morsi give Egypt the lead after the Chad keeper failed to gather Kahraba's cross from the left handside of the area as the Zamalek marksman strikes despite being under pressure from the opposition's defense!!! An awful blunder by the keeper. 

2' GOOOOOOOAAAAALLLLL!!!!!! Egypt score!!!!!

The match is underway

16:20 More than 30.000 spectators are attending the game 

16:15 Minor security troubles between Chad's police and spectators have been reported.

16:00 The pre-match hype, however, was mainly focused on the Argentine manager's squad selection ahead of the game, rather than the caliber of the opponent and the need to move top of the group. Cuper defended his squad selection saying, he only chooses those who are capable of implementing his philosophy.

15:50 Cuper again makes changes in the starting lineup, calling Ramadan Sobhi to replace Moamen Zakaria.

15:20 The players will hold a memory of silence before the game in memory of the Syrian migrants who died recently while trying to flee their country.

15:00 Record seven-time African champions Egypt will be hoping to qualify for the Cup of Nations this time around, having uncharacteristically failed to reach the competiton since winning the title in 2010.

14:00 Argentine coach Cuper called Kahraba to replace Ramadan Sobi in the early announced starting lineup.  

13:40 Egypt's starting lineup: Ahmed El-Shenawy; Hazem Emam, Rami Rabia, Ahmed Hegazy, Mohamed Abdel-Shafy; Mohamed Elneny, Ibrahim Salah, Ramadan Sobhi, Mahmoud 'Kahraba' Abdel-Moneim; Mohamed Salah, Bassem Morsy

13:00 Five foreign-based Egyptians were called up for the Chad game, with AS Roma winger Mohamed Salah, Sporting Braga striker Ahmed Hassan 'Koka', Basel midfielder Mohamed Elneny, Ahly Jeddah full-back Mohamed Abdel-Shafi – alongside Trezeguet all included.

12:00 After opening their Cup of Nations qualifying campaign with a convincing 3-0 home win over Tanzania, Hector Cuper's men will be determined to claim an away win to open up a two-point lead at the top.

11:15 Egypt will be looking to take advantage of Group G rivals Nigeria's goalless draw with minnows Tanazania when they visit Chad in the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers on Sunday.

10:45 Egypt are eyeing a second straight group win as they aim to reach the African Cup of Nations for the first time since winning the last of their record seven trophies in 2010.

Venue: Stade Omnisports Idriss Mahamat Ouya (N'Djaména)

Referee: Bienvenu Sinko (CIV)  

Assistant referees: Marius Donatien Tan (CIV)  -  Bi Valere Gouho (CIV) 

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