Egypt's under-20 youth national team won against its Jordanian counterpart with two clean goals in the friendly match held between them at one of the pitches of the National Teams Center in 6th of October City.
Mohamed Hamd gave Egypt the lead in the 42nd minute, and the first half ended with a clean goal.
In the second half, Anas Rashdi scored the second goal from a counter-attack in the 55th minute.
With two clean goals.. Egypt defeats Jordan born in 2007 in an international friendly pic.twitter.com/pFbLIXerTo@ONTimeSports
The two teams will meet again next Friday in a second friendly.
Egypt's team is preparing to compete in the North African Championship qualifying for the African Youth Nations Cup.
The top 4 teams in the African Nations Cup qualify for the Youth World Cup.
Egypt will host the North African qualifiers from September 21 to October 6, 2026.
Jordan's team is also preparing for the Asian qualifiers for the Asian Nations Cup.
Shouky Gharib, the technical director of the Football Association, was present at the match in his first appearance.
The youth team played two friendly matches against its Russian counterpart during the June camp.
The team won the first friendly 3-1 before losing the second match 5-2.
Last month, the youth team played two friendly matches against the Oman team and succeeded in winning both, as part of the technical staff's plan to raise the players' technical and physical readiness.
