Defense performance from Hossam Hassan hinders Egypt’s qualification to the 2026 World Cup

Egypt has excessively resolving its qualification early to the 2026 World Cup finals with its negative tie with Burkina Faso on Tuesday in Ouagadogo in the first group of the African qualifiers.
The Egyptian team raised its score to 20 points compared to 15 for Burkina Faso two rounds before the end of the qualifiers.
The Egyptian team needed to beat Burkina Faso to ensure qualification officially, but it was satisfied with one point and he needs to win or get two points in its last two matches against Djibouti outside its stadium and with Guinea -Bissau at home next month to ensure qualification officially.
The first qualifies from each group in the African qualifiers directly to the World Cup, while the 4 best teams occupy the second position in the nine groups, an attachment that the winner qualifies to participate in the annex of the continents, which includes 6 teams from which two qualify for the finals.
Hossam Hassan, the coach of the Pharaohs, pushed a defensive formation with five players in the back line, with the presence of the Liverpool duo, Manchester City Mohamed Salah and Omar Marmoush in leading the attack.
The first chances of Egypt came in the third minute when Mahmoud Hassan “Trezeguet” passed and hit a strong ball that passed near the post. After that, Omar Marmoush came out injured after a strong intervention from one of Burkina Faso’s defenders to enter Osama Faisal in his place in the 9th minute.
Edmond Tabsuba almost put Burkina Faso at the front of a header after a direct free kick in the 21st minute, but the ball passed next to the right post.
The play was limited to the middle of the field amid great caution from the two teams, ending the first half with a negative tie.
Trezeguet again tried to threaten Burkina Faso’s goal with a powerful shot from the left side of the penalty area, the goalkeeper firmly tackled in the 53rd minute. Then in the 67th minute, Trezige sent a cross around Mohamed Salah with his head inside the net, but the referee canceled the goal due to infiltration.
The most dangerous attempts by Burkina Faso in the 80th minute came from a direct free kick from the left side, from which the ball arrived at Omar Dango’s head inside the penalty area, but his attempt to the crossbar was slightly.
In the 85th minute, Hossam Hassan pushed the trio Mustafa Mohamed, Muhannad Lasheen, Ahmed Sayed “Zizou” instead of Trezeguet, Ahmed Nabil “Coca” and Osama Faisal. Then he pushed Hossam Abdel -Majid in the fifth minute of stoppage time to end the match with a negative tie.
The Egyptian team seeks to qualify for the finals for the fourth time in its history after the years 1934, 1990 and 2018.