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- The young Pharaohs defeated Algeria 3-1 in the all-African semifinal to reach Saturday’s showdown with the hosts
Egypt defeated Algeria 3-1 on Wednesday night to reach the final of the 2022 Arab Cup U-20, where they will face hosts Saudi Arabia on Saturday at Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium in Abha.
The young Pharaohs took a two-goal lead into the break thanks to strikes by Salahaldin Basha after 10 minutes and Abdelrahman Rashdan five minutes from half-time.
Algeria pulled one back on 69 minutes through Lahlou Akhrib, but Egypt confirmed progress to the final with goal from Mohammed Ibrahim seven minutes later.
Earlier in the day Saudi Arabia had reached the final after comfortably beating Palestine 5-0.