Croatia draws with Egypt 1-1 30 minutes into the Egyptian Capital Cup final

After 30 minutes, the Croatia national team succeeded in scoring the equalizer against the national team, in the match that brought together the two teams in the final of the Egyptian Capital Cup at Misr Stadium.

The Egyptian national team took the lead over the Croatia national team with a goal by Ramy Rabia in the 6th minute, and Nikola Vlasic scored the equalizing goal in the 21st minute of the match.

The match began with a debate between the two teams, and in the 6th minute the goal came after Trezeguet fired a missile after executing a free kick, and goalkeeper Nedijko Labrovic blocked it brilliantly, before Mohamed Hamdi followed up and sent a ground cross, which Rami Rabia met with a shot into the net, announcing the first goal.

In the 16th minute, Abu Jabal succeeded in blocking a dangerous header from the Croatian players, and the ball returned to the Egyptian national team players in a counterattack, which Mostafa Mohamed succeeded in exploiting and shot a ball that hit the crossbar.

In the 19th minute, Mohamed Abdel Moneim, through a naive mistake, caused a dangerous attack by the Croatian players, but the defense succeeded in stopping it.

In the 21st minute, the Croatian national team scored the equalizing goal through Nikola Vlasic, and the goal came after Nikola Vlasic shot a left ball from the edge of the penalty area, which hit the crossbar and settled inside Abu Jabal’s net.

The formation of the Egyptian national team was as follows:

Goalkeeper: Muhammad Abu Jabal.
Defense line: Mohamed Hani, Ramy Rabia, Mohamed Abdel Moneim, Mohamed Hamdy.
Midfield: Marwan Attia, Mohamed Magdy Afsha, Akram Tawfiq.
Offensive line: Mustafa Mohamed, Mahmoud Hassan Trezeguet, Omar Marmoush.

The formation of the Croatia national team was as follows: Laparov, Josip Stantic, Marin, Gvardiol, Lovro Maier, Luka Modric, Marcelo Brozovic, Nikola Valcic, Bruno Petkovic, Marko Pjaca, Vida.

The organizing committee of the Egyptian Capital Cup was notified of the match regulations, whereby the two teams will refer to penalty kicks directly in the event of a tie in the match, and each team will also have the right to make 6 substitutions in each match.

The “Pharaohs” team was able to advance to the final of the Egyptian Capital Cup after defeating its New Zealand counterpart with a score of (1-0), in the first match under the leadership of its new coach, Hossam Hassan, and in the absence of its first star, Mohamed Salah, the English Liverpool club striker.