2021 FIFA Arab Cup Group D

Group D of the 2021 FIFA Arab Cup took place from 1 to 7 December 2021. The group consisted of Algeria, Egypt, Lebanon and Sudan.

The top two teams, Egypt and Algeria, advanced to the quarter-finals.

Teams
Draw position Team Finals
appearance		 Last
appearance		 Previous best
performance		 FIFA Rankings
April 2021[1][nb 1] November 2021[2]
D1 Algeria3rd[nb 2]1998 (group stage)Group stage (1988, 1998)3332
D2 Egypt5th[nb 3]2012 (group stage)Winners (1992)4645
D3 Lebanon8th2012 (group stage)Third place (1963)9394
D4 Sudan4th2012 (group stage)Group stage (1998, 2002, 2012)123124

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Egypt 3 2 1 0 7 1 +6 7[lower-alpha 1] Advance to knockout stage
2  Algeria 3 2 1 0 7 1 +6 7[lower-alpha 1]
3  Lebanon 3 1 0 2 1 3 −2 3
4  Sudan 3 0 0 3 0 10 −10 0
Source: FIFA
Notes:
  1. Fair-play points: Egypt –6, Algeria –11.

In the quarter-finals:

Matches

All times listed are local time.

Algeria vs Sudan
Algeria 4–0 Sudan
 Report
Attendance: 2,203
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)
Algeria
Sudan
GK23Raïs M'Bolhi (c)
RB3Houcine Benayada
CB4Djamel Benlamri
CB19Abdelkader Bedrane
LB20Ilyes Chetti
CM18Houssem Eddine Mrezigue
CM14Sofiane Bendebka 64'
AM8Amir Sayoud
RW15Hillal Soudani 87'
LW11Yacine Brahimi 87'
CF9Baghdad Bounedjah 79'
Substitutions:
MF6Yacine Titraoui 87'
FW13Merouane Zerrouki 87'
MF17Zakaria Draoui 64'
FW22Zineddine Boutmène 79'
Manager:
Madjid Bougherra
GK1Ali Abu Eshrein
RB13Walid Hassan
CB3Faris Abdalla
CB4Amir Kamal
CB6Mohamed Ering
LB19Dhiya Mahjoub 46'
CM23Nasr Eldin El Shigail (c)
AM7Ramadan Agab 46'
AM21Walieldin Khedr 63'
CF9Yaser Muzmel 63'
CF10Mohamed Abdelrahman 75'
Substitutions:
MF2Abuaagla Abdalla 63'
FW11Muaaz Al-Quoz 75'
DF12Ahmed Bibo 46'
MF14Salah Adel 46'
FW22Al-Jezoli Nouh 63'
Manager:
Hubert Velud

Man of the Match:
Baghdad Bounedjah (Algeria)

Assistant referees:
Jun Mihara (Japan)
Hiroshi Yamauchi (Japan)
Fourth official:
Fernando Hernández Gómez (Mexico)
Video assistant referee:
Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Abdulla Al Marri (Qatar)

Egypt vs Lebanon

Right from the start, Egypt dominated possession, holding 76% of the ball in the opening 15 minutes.[3] Despite their dominance on the ball, they couldn't break through Lebanon's defence, having to resort to harmless crosses and long-distance shots.[3] The first dangerous chance of the game came in the 33rd minute, when Egypt's Ahmed Hegazi headed from Mostafa Fathi's free kick, with Lebanon's Mostafa Matar saving the shot; El Wensh's rebound was cleared off the line by George Felix Melki.[3] At half time, the result was 0–0, with Egypt incapable of capitalizing from a couple of attacking opportunities.[3] Matar proved decisive once again in the second half, saving a one-on-one attack from Afsha.[3] It was Afsha though who broke the deadlock in the 71st minute through a penalty, after Ahmed Abou El Fotouh was brought down inside the penalty area by Robert Alexander Melki.[3] In the final 20 minutes, Lebanon modestly attempted to equalise, in vain.[4]

Egypt 1–0 Lebanon
 Report
Attendance: 11,757
Egypt
Lebanon
GK1Mohamed El Shenawy
RB14Akram Tawfik 45+3' 84'
CB11Ahmed Hegazi
CB15Mahmoud "El Wensh" Hamdy
LB13Ahmed Abou El Fotouh
CM4Amr El Solia (c)
CM5Hamdy Fathy 38'
RW8Mostafa Fathi 46'
AM22Mohamed "Afsha" Magdy 90+5'
LW9Mohamed Sherif 73' 84'
CF10Marwan Hamdy 66'
Substitutions:
MF17Mohanad Lasheen 38'
MF7Ahmed Refaat 46'
MF21Ahmed "Zizo" Sayed 66'
MF3Omar Kamal 84'
FW19Osama Faisal 84'
DF12Ayman Ashraf 90+5'
Manager:
Carlos Queiroz
GK21Mostafa Matar
RB22Abbas Assi
CB12Robert Alexander Melki
CB4Nour Mansour (c) 86' 89'
CB18Kassem El Zein
LB3Maher Sabra 83'
CM13George Felix Melki
CM6Mouhammed-Ali Dhaini
RW20Rabih Ataya 74'
LW10Mohamad Haidar 75'
CF9Hilal El-Helwe 75'
Substitutions:
MF15Walid Shour 74'
MF14Nader Matar 75'
FW17Fadel Antar 75'
DF16Hassan Chaitou 83'
MF5Jihad Ayoub 89'
Manager:
Ivan Hašek

Man of the Match:
Amr El Solia (Egypt)

Assistant referees:
Rafael Foltyn (Germany)
Christian Gittelmann (Argentina)
Fourth official:
Andrés Matonte (Uruguay)
Video assistant referee:
Christian Dingert (Germany)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Kevin Blom (Netherlands)
Tomasz Listkiewicz (Poland)
Rafael Traci (Brazil)

Lebanon vs Algeria

Despite Algeria dominating play, Lebanon managed to bring the first half to a goalless draw thanks to their defending, most notably through their goalkeeper Mostafa Matar and defender Robert Alexander Melki. The second half initially proceeded in a similar fashion to the first, until Youcef Belaïli was brought down in the box by Hussein El Dor; Yacine Brahimi converted the subsequent penalty in the 69th minute. Lebanon reacted from the conceded goal, attempting attacks of their own. In the 78th minute, Houssem Eddine Mrezigue of Algeria was sent off, before Lebanon's Kassem El Zein also got a second yellow card, reducing both teams to 10 men in the final minutes. Following a missed chance by Baghdad Bounedjah one-on-one against the goalkeeper, Algeria managed to double their lead in added time, after Tayeb Meziani scored from a counter attack.[5]

Lebanon 0–2 Algeria
Report
Attendance: 9,405
Lebanon
Algeria
GK21Mostafa Matar
RB18Kassem El Zein 45'  83'
CB4Nour Mansour (c) 46'
CB12Robert Alexander Melki
CB2Hussein El Dor 80'
LB16Hassan Chaitou
CM5Jihad Ayoub 73'
CM6Mouhammed-Ali Dhaini
RW20Rabih Ataya 44' 73'
LW14Nader Matar 63'
CF9Hilal El-Helwe
Substitutions:
DF3Maher Sabra 46'
MF10Mohamad Haidar 63'
MF13George Felix Melki 73'
MF8Mahdi Zein 73'
FW17Fadel Antar 80'
Manager:
Ivan Hašek
GK1Moustapha Zeghba
RB3Houcine Benayada
CB5Mehdi Tahrat
CB12Mohamed Amine Tougai
LB20Ilyes Chetti
CM18Houssem Eddine Mrezigue 72'  78'
CM14Sofiane Bendebka
AM10Youcef Belaïli 87'
RW15Hillal Soudani 66'
LW11Yacine Brahimi (c) 80'
CF9Baghdad Bounedjah
Substitutions:
MF7Tayeb Meziani 66'
MF17Zakaria Draoui 80'
FW22Zineddine Boutmène 87'
Manager:
Madjid Bougherra

Man of the Match:
Yacine Brahimi (Algeria)

Assistant referees:
Paweł Sokolnicki (Poland)
Tomasz Listkiewicz (Poland)
Fourth official:
Ryuji Sato (Japan)
Video assistant referee:
Tomasz Kwiatkowski (Poland)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Guillermo Cuadra Fernández (Spain)
Elvis Noupue (Cameroon)
Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)

Sudan vs Egypt
Sudan 0–5 Egypt
Report
Attendance: 14,464
Sudan
Egypt
GK1Ali Abu Eshrein
RB18Samawal Merghani 83'
CB5Ahmed Wadah
CB4Amir Kamal
LB3Faris Abdalla 50'  53'
DM23Nasr Eldin El Shigail (c) 64'
CM2Abuaagla Abdalla
CM14Salah Adel 83'
RW9Yaser Muzmel 26'
LW22Al-Jezoli Nouh 46'
CF10Mohamed Abdelrahman 58'
Substitutions:
DF12Ahmed Bibo 46'
DF6Mohamed Ering 58'
DF15Ather El Tahir 64'
MF21Walieldin Khedr 83'
MF19Dhiya Mahjoub 83'
Manager:
Hubert Velud
GK1Mohamed El Shenawy
RB3Omar Kamal
CB11Ahmed Hegazi
CB15Mahmoud "El Wensh" Hamdy 60'
LB13Ahmed Abou El Fotouh 73'
DM4Amr El Solia (c)
DM12Ayman Ashraf
RW21Ahmed "Zizo" Sayed 60'
LW7Ahmed Refaat 73'
AM20Hussein Faisal
CF10Marwan Hamdy 73'
Substitutions:
MF8Mostafa Fathi 75' 60'
MF22Mohamed "Afsha" Magdy 60'
FW19Osama Faisal 73'
FW9Mohamed Sherif 73'
DF6Marwan Dawoud 73'
Manager:
Carlos Queiroz

Man of the Match:
Hussein Faisal (Egypt)

Assistant referees:
Tevita Makasini (Tonga)
Bernard Mutukera (Solomon Islands)
Fourth official:
Andrés Matonte (Uruguay)
Video assistant referee:
Kevin Blom (Netherlands)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Christian Dingert (Germany)
Christian Gittelmann (Germany)
Abdulla Ali Al Marri (Qatar)

Algeria vs Egypt
Algeria 1–1 Egypt
Tougai 20' Report El Solia 60' (pen.)
Attendance: 32,418
Algeria
Egypt
GK23Raïs M'Bolhi (c)
RB3Houcine Benayada
CB19Abdelkader Bedrane
CB12Mohamed Amine Tougai 59'
LB20Ilyes Chetti
CM17Zakaria Draoui 71' 90+1'
CM14Sofiane Bendebka
RW7Tayeb Meziani 75'
AM11Yacine Brahimi
LW10Youcef Belaïli 40'
CF9Baghdad Bounedjah 46'
Substitutions:
FW15Hillal Soudani 90+2' 46'
FW22Zineddine Boutmène 75'
MF6Yacine Titraoui 90+6' 90+1'
Manager:
Madjid Bougherra
GK1Mohamed El Shenawy
RB14Akram Tawfik 18'
CB11Ahmed Hegazi 31'
CB15Mahmoud Hamdy
LB13Ahmed Abou El Fotouh
DM5Hamdy Fathy 39'
CM4Amr El Solia (c) 80' 83'
CM12Ayman Ashraf 9'
RW20Hussein Faisal
LW9Mohamed Sherif 83'
CF10Marwan Hamdy 46'
Substitutions:
MF8Mostafa Fathi 9'
DF2Ahmed Yassin 31'
MF17Mohanad Lasheen 46'
MF3Omar Kamal 83'
MF21Ahmed Sayed 83'
Manager:
Carlos Queiroz

Man of the Match:
Yacine Brahimi (Algeria)

Assistant referees:
Ezequiel Brailovsky (Argentina)
Gabriel Chade (Argentina)
Fourth official:
Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)
Video assistant referee:
Guillermo Cuadra Fernández (Spain)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Juan Soto (Venezuela)
Danilo Manis (Brazil)
Rafael Traci (Brazil)

Lebanon vs Sudan

Lebanon began the first half strong, with Sudanese goalkeeper Ali Abu Eshrein saving a shot from Rabih Ataya and a close-range header from Maher Sabra. Sudan's only attempts didn't threaten Lebanon's goal. Ataya was sent off in the 62nd minute, reducing Lebanon to 10 men. Both Lebanon and Sudan came close to scoring in the 70th and 75th minute respectively, with Fadel Antar and Mohamed Ering having their close-range shots saved. Sudan's Ahmed Wadah received a red in the 76th minute, and both teams headed into the last 14 minutes with 10 men each. Lebanon gained the lead the same minute, with Abu Eshrein punching the subsequent free kick cross into his own net.[6]

Lebanon 1–0 Sudan
 Report
Attendance: 5,991
Referee: Fernando Hernández Gómez (Mexico)
Lebanon
Sudan
GK23Ali Daher
RB17Mohamad Zein Tahan 90+6'
CB12Robert Alexander Melki
CB3Maher Sabra
LB16Hassan Chaitou
CM13George Felix Melki
CM6Mouhammed-Ali Dhaini 58' 73'
AM10Mohamad Haidar (c) 53'
RW20Rabih Ataya 62'
LW8Mahdi Zein 73'
CF9Hilal El-Helwe 53'
Substitutions:
MF14Nader Matar 53'
FW17Fadel Antar 53'
DF2Hussein El Dor 73'
DF22Abbas Assi 73'
MF11Hussein Awada 90+6'
Manager:
Ivan Hašek
GK1Ali Abu Eshrein
RB13Walid Hassan 57'
CB5Ahmed Wadah 76'
CB18Samawal Merghani
CB6Mohamed Ering
LB12Ahmed Bibo
CM14Salah Adel 57'
AM8Mohamed Al Rashed 19'
AM21Walieldin Khedr 46'
CF7Ramadan Agab (c)
CF10Mohamed Abdelrahman 81'
Substitutions:
MF2Abuaagla Abdalla 46' 61'
FW11Muaaz Al-Quoz 57'
MF23Nasr Eldin El Shigail 57'
MF19Dhiya Mahjoub 61'
FW22Al-Jezoli Nouh 81'
Manager:
Hubert Velud

Man of the Match:
George Felix Melki (Lebanon)

Assistant referees:
Micheal Barwegen (Canada)
Karen Díaz (Mexico)
Fourth official:
Matthew Conger (New Zealand)
Video assistant referee:
Adonai Escobedo (Mexico)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Fernando Guerrero Ramirez (Mexico)
Bruno Pires (Brazil)
Tomasz Kwiatkowski (Poland)

Notes
  1. The rankings of April 2021 were used for seeding for the final draw.
  2. This is the first appearance for the Algeria first team at the tournament. The U23 team participated in the 1988 and 1998 editions.
  3. This is the third appearance for the Egypt first team at the tournament. The U23 team participated in the 2012 edition, while the U20 team participated in 1998.

References
  1. "Men's Ranking". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 7 April 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  2. "Men's Ranking". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 19 November 2021. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  3. Soliman, Seif (1 December 2021). "Afsha penalty the difference as Egypt beat Lebanon in Arab Cup". KingFut. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  4. "Egypt narrowly beat Lebanon with a goal in Arab Cup in Qatar". Asume Tech. 1 December 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  5. Newspaper, The Peninsula (4 December 2021). "Algeria secure quarter final spot with win over Lebanon". thepeninsulaqatar.com. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  6. "بالصور: لبنان يهزم السودان في ختام مشوارهما بكأس العرب". كووورة. 7 December 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
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