Egypt crushes Sudan at World Cup qualifier
(Agencies)
Updated: 2005-06-06 11:09

The Egyptian men's national football team, dubbed as "Egyptian Pharaohs", eased to a convincing 6-1 winover Sudan on Sunday, narrowing gap with group leader Cote d'Ivoire.

Sunday's home victory, which came after a similar win over Libya in March, helped Egypt stay among the top competitors for a berth at the 2006 Germany World Cup finals in the Group C of the African zone qualification.

Abdel Ali scored for the home side just eight minutes after thematch kicked off. Teammate Amr Zaki made it two at the 28th minutebefore Ali scored his double on 31 minutes to help Egypt take a 3-0 lead at the end of the first half.

The Egyptian team, which has come under immense pressure after a staggering start at the qualifiers, kept pressure against the Sudanese in the second half. The Sudanese struggled, but failed tomake a comeback.

Egypt continued their goal-scoring spree as Zaki scored again at the 50th minute. Thirteen minutes later, Tarek El Saeed once again sent the home fans into jubilation with a good shot. Ahmed Eid completed the scoring for the home side at the 71st minute.

Haytham Tambal scored the only goal for the Sudanese at the 81st minute.

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