On Friday, November 18, a friendly match between the national teams of Egypt and Belgium will take place at the Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium in Kuwait City (Kuwait) from 17:00.
Egypt is one of the important participants of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar and missed out on qualification after a decisive “double” with Senegal, 1-0 at home, 0-1 and 1-3 on penalties away.
Qatar’s exit from the race for the 2022 World Cup comes less than two months after Egypt lost the Africa Cup of Nations final, also to Senegal, 0-0 after 90 and 120 minutes of play respectively, and 2-4 on penalty kicks.
After these failures, Carlos Queiroz was succeeded by another Portuguese, Rui Vitoria, as coach of the Pharaohs, a national team with stars such as Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), Mohamed Elneny (Arsenal) and Mahmoud Hasan. Trezeguet” (“Trabzonspor”).
In their last two games played in September, Egypt beat Niger and Liberia 3-0, each time at home, in preliminary African Cup of Nations matches.
Belgium will play one friendly match before their 2022 World Cup debut in Qatar against Egypt, as they also face African side Morocco in their World Cup group (the other opponents are Canada and Croatia).
Belgium are on a 17-match friendly unbeaten run, with the Red Devils’ last friendly defeat coming on 1 September 2016 against Spain 0-2 at Stade King Baudouin in Brussels.
The Belgians qualified for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar without emotion after winning a qualifying group that also included Wales, the Czech Republic, Estonia and Belarus.
On the other hand, in the Nations League, Belgium finished 2nd in a group won by the Netherlands in League A and failed to reach the semi-finals of the competition.
Roberto Martinez, the Spanish coach of Belgium, has huge stars in his squad for the trip to the Persian Gulf, including Kevin de Bruyne, Romelu Lukaku, Youri Tielemans, Yannick Carrasco, Thibaut Courtois and Eden Hazard, but it is possible that some of them will be in the friendly match with Egypt managed to play very little.
Belgium’s last matches were in September against Wales, 2-1 (a), and the Netherlands, 0-1 (d), both in the Nations League.
Superbet offers odds of 1.30 on prediction 2: Belgium to win the friendly match with Egypt.
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