After an extremely disappointing first half and falling behind by a goal, the Pharaohs were able to turn the tide and score two goals in the second half to end the game in a precious 2-1 win.

Since the African cup of nations, Egypt didn't play any game except against Argentina in Cairo stadium. The Pharaohs got back to action on Sunday night as they faced the strongest side in the group in a tough home encounter.

Victory didn't come easy but it actually came after some painful moments as the Egyptian side had to come back from being behind by a goal in the first half to win the game in the end by two goals to one.

Democratic Republic of Congo certainly do have the quality to cause problems for Egypt as they possess the speedy and talented forwards Shabani Nonda and Lua Lua. However, it was the anticlimactic performance from Egypt in the first half that gave the Egyptian side troubles.

Egypt missed some of the key players who lift the ACN cup a few months ago. The absence of Zidan, Abotreka, Moawad, Ahmed Fathi, Shady Mohamed and Mohamed Shawky had negative effects on the team harmony and resulted in many missed passes.

Egypt started with their regular 3-5-2 formation with Hany Said as sweeper, Wael Gomaa and Fathalla as centre backs. On the other side, Mohammadi and Ahmed Samir Farag played the role of the full backs in place of Moawad and the injured Fathi.

In midfield, Hossam Ghaly played instead of Mohamed Shawky. Ahmed Hassan played the role of the playmaker instead of Abotreka while Abr Rabo remained in his regular role as defensive midfielder.

In attack, Zaki and Moteb played upfront but they looked islolated most of the time because of the absence of a real playmaker in the first half.

Egypt did create chances in the first half. However, the chances didn't reflect the amount of possession that the Egyptian side had. This was mainly due to the lack of off the ball movement from the players, lack of harmony, and absence of Abotreka as playermaker.