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As expected, the tournament hosts Egypt started the Africa Cup of Nations tournament with a 3-0 victory against the absolute underdog of the tournament, Libya.
Egypt 3 - 0 Libya 17` [1 - 0] Mido 22` [2 - 0] Mohamed Abou Terika 77` [3 - 0] Ahmed Hassan
The hosts, who started the first championship match more actively, took the lead in just 20 minutes when the team leader Mido scored a header after a corner kick. Just five minutes later, Mohamed Abou Terika doubled the score with an excellent penalty kick from about 20 meters, which the Libyan goalkeeper did not even react to.
Although later Libyan footballers overcame their initial nerves and had several chances to reduce the score, in the 77th minute Ahmed Hassan added a point to the match - after Mido, the author of the first goal, failed to score a penalty from 11 meters, he was the first to rush to the goalkeeper's rebounded ball and sent it into the goal.
On Saturday, the next matches of Group A between Morocco and Ivory Coast will take place, as well as matches from Group B where Cameroon will face Angola and Togo will play against DR Congo. Matches from Groups C and D will take place on Sunday and Monday respectively.
