Egypt survived a scare to claim a 2-2 draw away to Angola and become the fourth side to win their group in the African World Cup qualifiers and progress to March's playoffs that will decide the continent's five teams at the World Cup in Qatar next year. African champions Algeria kept their destiny in their own hands with a 4-0 drubbing of minnows Djibouti in Group A. The victory leaves Algeria two points ahead of second-placed Burkina Faso, with the two teams set to clash in a winner-takes-all final qualifier in Blida on Tuesday, where the north Africans will advance if they avoid defeat. Burkina Faso could only manage a 1-1 draw with Niger in neutral Marrakech, with the latter ahead after 11 minutes through a Youssef Oumarou penalty. Guinea played out a 0-0 draw with Guinea-Bissau in their dead rubber clash in Conakry in the other match in the group.

Source: The North Africa Journal November 12, 2021 23:23 UTC