The referee blows the final whistle!! It's Egypt: 1, Uganda: nil.
The referee gives four minutes of stoppage time.
Abdallah El-Said goes one on one with the keeper inside the area following a Salah layoff to give Egypt a long-awaited lead!!
GOOOOOOAAAALLLLL!!!!!! Egypt score!!!!!
Warda elects to frustratingly strike from outside the area instead of passing the ball to a teammate. His shot eventually goes wide.
Marwan Mohsen frustrates with a weak shot when he had the chance to pass to a teammate down the left handside of the area!!
Striker Mohsen sees a header go narrowly high over! That was somewhat close!!!
After some good effort from Trezeguet to retain the ball, the Egyptian eventually sees his weak effort denied by the keeper!
WHAT A CHANCE!! El-Said seems his effort from outside the area go wide in what was a big chance missed by the Ahly man!!
Abdallah El-Said is fielded in midfield alongside Mohamed Elneny and not ahead of him.
Egypt keeper El-Hadary keeps away Ochaya's powerful free kick from more than 30 yards..
Keeper Onyango who fell to the ground with an alleged injury have resumed play now.
In a moment that frighented all Egyptians, Miya has been eventually adjudged to have been in an offside position when he slotted past keeper El-Hadary.
Egypt will be hopeful they will be able to beat Uganda keeper Onyango in the second half!
Second half begins!
The ref blows the half-time whistle!
Marwan plays a through ball for the onrushing Salah who is thwarted by the keeper heading away!
A physical Uganda side are usually resorting into tough tackles against their opponents!
Miya misses the target with a low strike from outside the box after managing to penetrate Egypt's midfield!
Tarek Hamed sees a strike from outside the area go wide after pouncing on the second ball from a corner.
The referee has stopped play now on the grounds that there is an injured Ugandan player on the ground.
Salah in a superb trademark run down the right handside of the area before eventually seeing his cross go begging!
Ali Gabr heads a corner wide as the Egyptians pile up the pressure.
Sobhi wins the ball high up before eventually seeing the danger cleared away by the Ugandans.
Egypt are more proactive in their pressing, but yet to pose real threat on goal!
Uganda look to be a quite physical side!
Egypt are now pressing higher up the pitch and regaining the ball quickly, as they are imposing their rythm on the game.
A dangerous move sees Sobhi surge into the area before attempting to cross, but the ball has been adjudged to have crossed the line. Out for goalkick.
Kick off!
Both teams have stepped onto the pitch now as they line up for the national anthems.
With Cuper expected to adopt a less cautious strategy against group outsiders Uganda, the Argentinean manager still prefered right-back Fathi over fellow full-backs Gaber and Elmohamady.
Despite being intensely criticized by Egyptian fans following the Mali draw, Mohamed Elneny remains indispensible for Cuper in midfield.
It remains to be seen where Salah and Sobhi would be deployed, with the AS Roma man expected to play in the middle behind lone striker Marwan Mohsen.
Cuper has kept his defensive midfield intact, with the sole change coming in the no. 10 role, as Abdallah El-Said surprisingly made way for Stoke City winger Ramadan Sobhi.
It remains to be seen who will Cuper dispense with in midfield in case Fathi gets into the middle of the park, with the defensive presence of holder Tarek Hamed indispensible, as it would take the Argentinean coach a lot of courage to bench Arsenal midfielder Mohamed Elneny.
Egypt boss Cuper is expected to make changes to his starting lineup, with right-back Ahmed Fathi widely expected to shift into midfield, as one of the attack-minded full-back duo Ahmed Elmohamady and Omar Gaber would occupy the flank.
3 hours before the game, Uganda FA has announced the lineup against Egypt:
Onyango (GK) Iguma, Walusimbi, Wasswa, Juuko, Aucho,Kizito Geoffrey, Mawejje, Miya, Massa (Capt),Ochaya.
"I understand that Egyptian fans would like to see us winning by a big margin every match, but my main target is to control every game," Cuper told a news conference previewing the Uganda match.
But they could only create one goal-scoring opportunity against the Malians, with the likes of Mohamed Salah and Abdallah El-Said, the usual architects of flowing breakaways, well shackled.
But others defended the pragmatic approach of the Argentinean boss, under whom Egypt have become solid at the back, having conceded a solitary goal in four Nations Cup qualifying matches.
A goalless draw had fans fuming, with some fondly recalling the days when Egypt displayed an attractive brand of football under coach Hassan Shehata to win a hat-trick of Nations Cup titles in 2006, 2008 and 2010.
The Pharaohs were largely feeble in their opening game against Mali, sitting back to simply soak up pressure without launching their trademark counter attacks, which have been a hallmark of the team since Cuper took over little less than two years ago
Egypt's coach Hector Cuper will be under pressure to be take a more adventurous approach when his side take on Uganda in their second Group D game of the African Cup of Nations on Saturday
Stay tuned as match is due to start at 21:00 Cairo time (GMT+2)