{"id":1041494,"date":"2025-11-07T16:15:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T21:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/?p=1041494"},"modified":"2025-11-07T16:15:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T21:15:00","slug":"egypt-hold-firm-to-stay-top-of-group-e-in-doha-at-fifa-u17-world-cup-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/egypt-hold-firm-to-stay-top-of-group-e-in-doha-at-fifa-u17-world-cup-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Egypt hold firm to stay top of Group E in Doha at FIFA U17 World Cup 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Egypt hold firm to stay top of Group E in Doha at FIFA U17 World Cup 2025<\/p>\n<p>Abdelkarim goal earns vital point<\/p>\n<p>Egypt hold firm to stay top of Group E in Doha at FIFA U17 World Cup 2025<\/p>\n<p>Egypt\u2019s U17 national team took significant step toward the Round of 16 at the FIFA U17 World Cup 2025 in Qatar after earning hard fought 1-1 draw with Venezuela on Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>The young Pharaohs fell behind early in the first half when Marcos Metan capitalized on poor marking to turn in cross from close range in the 18th minute giving the South Americans the lead.<\/p>\n<p>After regrouping at halftime, Egypt responded impressively. In 53rd minute Hamza Abdelkarim rose highest to meet precise cross and powered header past the Venezuelan goalkeeper leveling the score and igniting Egyptian hopes of early qualification.<\/p>\n<p>Despite several late chances from both sides, neither team could find winner as the match ended with honors even.<\/p>\n<p>Ten-man Egypt U17 battle to a draw with Venezuela U17 and edge closer to the Round of 32 of the U17 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FIFAWorldCup?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FIFAWorldCup<\/a> \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddec\ud83d\udcaa <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HSS6d7HdNv\">pic.twitter.com\/HSS6d7HdNv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 KingFut.com (@King_Fut) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/King_Fut\/status\/1986822914117861709?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 7, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Group E standings after matchday 2<\/h2>\n<p>Elsewhere in the group, England demolished Haiti 8-1, a result that keeps the standings finely balanced ahead of the final round:<\/p>\n<p>Egypt \u2012 4 pts (+3 GD)Venezuela \u2012 4 (+1 GD)England \u2012 3 (+6 GD)Haiti \u2012 0 (\u201310 GD)<\/p>\n<p>With four point from two match and superior goal difference, Egypt sit top of Group E knowing that even draw in their final fixture could be enough to secure direct qualification to the Round of 16.<\/p>\n<p>The Pharaohs will face England next, in what promises to be a decisive showdown for group supremacy.<\/p>\n<p>\u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/foot-africa.com\/en\/news\/egypt-hold-firm-to-stay-top-of-group-e-in-doha-at-fifa-u17-world-cup-2025-951317\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">https:\/\/foot-africa.com\/en\/news\/egypt-hold-firm-to-stay-top-of-group-e-in-doha-at-fifa-u17-world-cup-2025-951317\/<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Egypt hold firm to stay top of Group E in Doha at FIFA U17 World Cup 2025 Abdelkarim goal earns vital point Egypt hold firm&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1041495,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1041494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1041494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1041494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1041494\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1041495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1041494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1041494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1041494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}