Egypt's Olympic team, led by Shawki Ghareeb, officially qualified for the semi-finals of the African Under-23 Championship after beating Ghana, 3-2, in the match between the two teams today in Cairo Stadium in the second round of the first round of the championship.

With this result, the Egyptian Olympic team raised its tally to 6 points, in the first place, to qualify officially to the next round, regardless of the outcome of their next match against Cameroon in the third round.

The formation of the Egyptian Olympic team against Ghana as follows: In the goalkeeper: Mohamed Sobhy, the defense: Osama Galal, Mohamed Abdel Salam, Ahmed Ramadan Beckham, Karim Iraqi and Ahmed Aboul Fotouh, and the center: Ammar Hamdy and Akram Tawfiq and Ramadan Sobhi, and the attack: Salah Mohsen and Mustafa Mohamed.

The start of the game saw a relatively superior side of the Egyptian team, and Ramadan Sobhy managed to launch a foray from the left and pass the ball to Salah Mohsen, but the Ghana goalkeeper intervenes to save the situation.

Ghana responded with a similar attack in the 5th minute before being defended by the Pharaohs' defense, before Yaya Moi managed to score the first goal for the Black Stars in the 7th minute of a silk pass inside the penalty area.

The Egyptian team returned to the game quickly, and in the 17th minute Mustafa Mohamed managed to score the equalizer for the Pharaohs from a powerful header, followed by Salah Mohsen with a new opportunity almost scored the second goal, but the ball passed next to the Ghanaian, and Ramadan Sobhi tried to threaten the goal of Ghana national team in more than one attempt but Ghana's defenses succeeded in stopping him, and the referee refused to give him a penalty in the 22nd minute after being blocked in the penalty area.

Egypt missed an opportunity to score the second goal in the 31st minute through the duo Salah Mohsen and Karim Iraqi, after they reached the ball inside the Ghanaian penalty area but they strangely missed the ball in front of the goalkeeper, and Mohamed Sobhy guard Pharaohs saved a powerful shot from Ghana player "Fobi" to maintain the tie in 35 minutes.

The Ghana goalkeeper managed to save his goal from a goal from a rocket shot by Ramadan Sobhi in the 43rd minute to turn it off the field, and the first half ends with a draw for each team.

At the beginning of the second half, Mohamed Abdel Salam caused the shaking of the nets of the Pharaohs in the 47th minute after he made a mistake in returning the ball to his own goalkeeper and the Ghanaian striker scored the second goal.

The Ghana goalkeeper prevented a goal for Mustafa Mohamed in the 54th minute after receiving a cross from Ramadan Sobhi, shot directly in the direction of Ghana's goal, but the hot top brilliantly.

The Senegalese referee canceled a goal for Ramadan Sobhi in the 56th minute with a header for offside, and the team continued its forays against Ghana in constant attempts to equalize.

The coach of the national team Shawki Ghareeb made his first changes to the descent of Abdel Rahman Magdy instead of Salah Mohsen, and in the 75th minute the Ghanaian defender blocked a powerful shot from Karim Iraqi player Egypt to prevent the equalizer.

Shawki Ghareeb pushed the second change for Ahmed Yasser Rayyan at the expense of Ammar Hamdy. In the 82nd minute, Ramadan Sobhi scored the equalizer following a powerful shot by Abdel Rahman Magdy, the Ghana goalkeeper mishandled.

The Egyptian team succeeded in realizing the winning goal in the 88th minute through Ahmed Yasser Rayyan from a corner kick around the player in the Ghanaian net, leading the Pharaohs 3-2