England vs. Egypt: Score and Recap for FIFA U-20 World Cup Match

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Published: June 29, 2013

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Both England and Egypt had a chance to move on to the round of 16 at the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Turkey, but each needed to win convincingly to do so. 

It was Egypt's young stars who would take home the Group E victory on Saturday afternoon, 2-0, but that final tally was not enough to send the Egyptians into the knockout stage of the tournament. 

Football Accumulator had the tweet as England disappointingly leaves the U-20 World Cup without even making it out of the group stage:



England was the country that needed the 2-0 victory to move on to the next stage regardless of how the Iraq-Chile match played out in the other part of the action on Saturday. Egypt, on the other hand, needed a plus-three in the scoring department to move on ahead of Ghana. 

It wasn't to be, and both sides will be going home despite Egypt's late attempt to make things interesting in Turkey on Saturday. 

Mamhoud Trezeguet broke through for the Egyptians in the 78th minute to start to the scoring for his side, and Ahmed Hassan broke through in extra time in the second half to cap the scoring and send England home on a sour note. 



The two sides played a scoreless draw in the first half, but England was clearly the aggressor. 

The Three Lions had numerous chances to score throughout, but missed several marks in the early going that might have flipped the score in their favor by the end of the match. The FA on Twitter noted at the half that England needed to break through quickly to advance:



Just Football also had some halftime thoughts:



Larnell Cole had a strong match for England and helped create chances for his side again in the second half, but England once again could not break through when the opportunity knocked. 

One such opportunity in the 67th hit the post, and England missed a beautiful chanc...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - International Football

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