History Made, Ethiopia crush Egypt

In what would go down as a very famous victory the Ethiopian national team crushed Egypt to top ” Group D” in AFCON qualifiers at the Bingu national stadium in Malawi.

Coach Wubetu Abate made two changes from the side defeated by Malawi, Gatoch Panom and Shimeles Bekele were starters replacing Mesud Mohammed and Surafel Dangachew.

From the onset, Ethiopia started very brightly by enjoying a greater share of the ball and then as the game went on they started to move the ball in the offensive third very quickly to create scoring chances.

Gatoch Panom’s long range effort in the 16th minute was the first real effort on goal and in the 21st minute Dawa Hotesa eventually opened the scoring, Abubeker Nasser made a marvelous run with the ball from out to in the right corridor to set up Dawa Hotesa to slot home the opening goal.

The attacking spree from the Ethiopian side continued once they got infront, especially the team was brave enough to press high and create high turnovers to dismantle the stumbling Egyptian defense as well as finding runners behind Egypt’s backline creating havoc.

The right sided offense was spectacular in the first half as so many head scratching goal scoring chances were launched from there especially the 24th minute chance from Abubeker Nasser that came off the upright was very incredible.

In the 40th minute, Shimeles Bekele doubled Ethiopia’s lead after Amanuel G/Micheal put him through a delicious pass.

In what was a very comprehensive first half display from “The Walias” they dominated the game in every aspect, as they created a total of nine attempts with four of them hitting the target while Egypt couldn’t register any attempt in the first half were forced to make three changes in quick succession to change the complexion of the game.

After the restart, Egypt seem to grow into the game but Wubet Abate’s men were very disciplined and aggressive off the ball in winning the ball high and also creating quick offensive transition situations to capitalize on the space left by the Egyptians.

“The Walias” excellent game management was on display in the second half as they set the tempo by their wish frustrating the Egyptians and did so to finish the game with 2-0 winners.

In the other fixture, Guinea beat Malawi courtesy to a late goal from Naby Keïta making the group very interesting as all teams in the group collect 3 points from two games with Ethiopia leading the way with a better goal difference.

Ethiopian Premier League

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Round 1
20 Sep 2024 00:00
CBE
-
-
BUN
20 Sep 2024 16:00
MEKELE
0
1
HOS
20 Sep 2024 19:00
AMK
1
2
DIR
21 Sep 2024 16:00
WOL
-
-
MEC
Forfit
21 Sep 2024 19:00
WAU
0
1
BDR
22 Sep 2024 16:00
ELCETRIC
2
3
WOD
22 Sep 2024 19:00
KDG
1
2
FSK
23 Sep 2024 16:00
ADA
2
3
SHIRE
23 Sep 2024 19:00
SID
0
1
HAW
Round 2
25 Sep 2024 16:00
EIC
0
0
AMK
25 Sep 2024 19:00
WOL
-
-
CBE
Forfit
26 Sep 2024 16:00
FSK
1
1
MEKELE
26 Sep 2024 19:00
BUN
0
0
ELCETRIC
27 Sep 2024 09:30
HAW
1
1
SHIRE
27 Sep 2024 16:00
KDG
2
1
WAU
27 Sep 2024 19:00
BDR
0
1
ADA
28 Sep 2024 16:00
MEC
1
2
SID
28 Sep 2024 19:00
DIR
4
1
WOD
Round 3
30 Sep 2024 16:00
KDG
0
1
MEKELE
30 Sep 2024 19:00
EIC
0
0
ELCETRIC
1 Oct 2024 09:30
WOL
-
-
ADA
1 Oct 2024 16:00
FSK
0
0
SHIRE
1 Oct 2024 19:00
BDR
2
0
HOS
2 Oct 2024 16:00
BUN
3
1
HAW
2 Oct 2024 19:00
MEC
3
1
WOD
3 Oct 2024 16:00
CBE
3
1
AMK
3 Oct 2024 19:00
WAU
0
1
SID
Round 4
19 Oct 2024 16:00
HOS
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-
HAW
19 Oct 2024 19:00
SID
-
-
EIC
20 Oct 2024 09:30
MEKELE
-
-
MEC
20 Oct 2024 16:00
SHIRE
-
-
DIR
20 Oct 2024 19:00
CBE
-
-
KDG
21 Oct 2024 16:00
AMK
-
-
WOL
21 Oct 2024 19:00
ADA
-
-
FSK
22 Oct 2024 16:00
ELCETRIC
-
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BDR
22 Oct 2024 19:00
WOD
-
-
BUN
Round 5
24 Oct 2024 16:00
MEKELE
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DIR
24 Oct 2024 19:00
CBE
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FSK
25 Oct 2024 16:00
WAU
-
-
MEC
25 Oct 2024 19:00
ADA
-
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HAW
26 Oct 2024 09:30
AMK
-
-
BDR
26 Oct 2024 16:00
KDG
-
-
EIC
26 Oct 2024 19:00
SID
-
-
BUN
27 Oct 2024 16:00
ELCETRIC
-
-
HOS
27 Oct 2024 21:09
WOD
-
-
SHIRE
Round 6
29 Oct 2024 16:00
EIC
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WAU
29 Oct 2024 19:00
FSK
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AMK
30 Oct 2024 09:30
WOL
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KDG
30 Oct 2024 16:00
BDR
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SID
30 Oct 2024 19:00
BUN
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MEKELE
31 Oct 2024 16:00
MEC
-
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CBE
31 Oct 2024 19:00
HOS
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WOD
1 Nov 2024 16:00
DIR
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ADA
1 Nov 2024 19:00
HAW
-
-
ELCETRIC
Round 7
3 Nov 2024 16:00
WOL
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SID
3 Nov 2024 19:00
KDG
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AMK
4 Nov 2024 16:00
MEC
-
-
ADA
4 Nov 2024 19:00
EIC
-
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MEKELE
5 Nov 2024 09:30
BDR
-
-
WOD
5 Nov 2024 16:00
FSK
-
-
ELCETRIC
5 Nov 2024 19:00
DIR
-
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HOS
6 Nov 2024 16:00
BUN
-
-
SHIRE
6 Nov 2024 19:00
WAU
-
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CBE
Round 8
23 Nov 2024 16:00
ADA
-
-
EIC
23 Nov 2024 19:00
AMK
-
-
WAU
24 Nov 2024 16:00
SID
-
-
KDG
24 Nov 2024 19:00
MEKELE
-
-
WOL
25 Nov 2024 09:30
HAW
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DIR
25 Nov 2024 16:00
ELCETRIC
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MEC
26 Nov 2024 09:30
HOS
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BUN
26 Nov 2024 16:00
WOD
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FSK
26 Nov 2024 19:00
SHIRE
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BDR
Round 9
28 Nov 2024 16:00
CBE
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EIC
28 Nov 2024 19:00
WAU
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WOL
29 Nov 2024 16:00
SID
-
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FSK
29 Nov 2024 19:00
AMK
-
-
MEC
30 Nov 2024 09:30
ELCETRIC
-
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DIR
30 Nov 2024 16:00
ADA
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BUN
30 Nov 2024 19:00
MEKELE
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BDR
1 Dec 2024 16:00
WOD
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HAW
1 Dec 2024 19:00
SHIRE
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HOS
Round 10
3 Dec 2024 16:00
DIR
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SID
3 Dec 2024 19:00
MEC
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KDG
4 Dec 2024 16:00
BUN
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AMK
4 Dec 2024 19:00
BDR
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CBE
5 Dec 2024 09:30
SHIRE
-
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ELCETRIC
5 Dec 2024 16:00
EIC
-
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WOL
5 Dec 2024 19:00
FSK
-
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WAU
6 Dec 2024 16:00
HAW
-
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MEKELE
6 Dec 2024 19:00
HOS
-
-
ADA
Round 11
8 Dec 2024 16:00
BDR
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KDG
8 Dec 2024 19:00
DIR
-
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CBE
9 Dec 2024 09:30
FSK
-
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WOL
9 Dec 2024 16:00
HAW
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AMK
9 Dec 2024 19:00
HOS
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SID
10 Dec 2024 16:00
WOD
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ADA
10 Dec 2024 19:00
BUN
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WAU
11 Dec 2024 16:00
MEC
-
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EIC
11 Dec 2024 19:00
SHIRE
-
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MEKELE
Round 12
13 Dec 2024 16:00
AMK
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SID
13 Dec 2024 19:00
FSK
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HAW
14 Dec 2024 16:00
WAU
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ADA
14 Dec 2024 19:00
KDG
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ELCETRIC
15 Dec 2024 09:30
MEC
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HOS
15 Dec 2024 16:00
WOL
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WOD
15 Dec 2024 19:00
CBE
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MEKELE
16 Dec 2024 16:00
BDR
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DIR
16 Dec 2024 19:00
EIC
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SHIRE
Round 13
18 Dec 2024 16:00
ELCETRIC
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WOL
18 Dec 2024 19:00
ADA
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KDG
19 Dec 2024 16:00
MEKELE
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WAU
19 Dec 2024 19:00
SID
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CBE
20 Dec 2024 16:00
SHIRE
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MEC
20 Dec 2024 19:00
HOS
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FSK
21 Dec 2024 09:30
WOD
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EIC
21 Dec 2024 16:00
HAW
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BDR
21 Dec 2024 19:00
DIR
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BUN

Standing Table

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Club
P
W
D
L
Pt
1
2
2
0
0
6
2
3
2
0
1
6
3
3
2
0
1
6
4
3
1
2
0
5
5
3
1
2
0
5
6
2
1
1
0
4
7
3
1
1
1
4
8
3
1
1
1
4
9
1
1
0
0
3
10
2
1
0
1
3
11
2
1
0
1
3
12
3
1
0
2
3
13
2
1
0
1
3
14
3
1
0
2
3
15
2
0
2
0
2
16
3
0
2
1
2
17
3
0
1
2
1
18
0
0
0
0
0
19
3
0
0
3
0

Top scorers chart

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Player
Played
Goals
1
Diredawa Ketema
2
3
2
Diredawa Ketema
2
3
3
2
2
4
Ethiopia Nigd Bank
1
2
5
Mekele 70 Enderta
3
2
6
Bahir Dar Ketema
3
2
7
Fasil Kenema
3
2
8
Kidus Giorgis
3
2
9
Hawassa Ketema
3
1
10
Adama Ketema
2
1

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