Sports Minister to attend Egypt’s match in Tunisia

CAIRO – 11 June 2017: Minister of State for Youth and Sports Khaled Abdel Aziz will fly to Tunisia to attend the game between the Egyptian national football team and Tunisia at Rades Stadium on Monday, June 12.

The match begins at midnight Cairo time.

Egypt, Swaziland, Niger and Tunisia are all competing in group J in the African Cup of Nation Qualifiers.

Niger and Swaziland stand in the 1st and 2nd positions consecutively in group J. The Egyptian national team must win against Tunisia in order to reserve a seat in the African Cup of Nations, which will be hosted by Cameroon in 2019.

Tunisia defeated Egypt in four of the last five games. In January 2017, Egypt beat Tunisia 1-0 in a friendly match before the start of the African Cup of Nations.