Egypt faced Uruguay in an international friendly match. The game ended in a 0-2 defeat despite the numerous chances that the Pharoahs had. On the other side, Uruguay were much more effective in scoring and added their 2nd through El Saka who scored in his own net.

2nd loss for the Pharaohs since their ACN win

The Egyptian national team missed many players in their encounter with Uruguay which is the 2nd friendly after the ACN2006. Because of this, the Pharaohs couldn't take advantage of their dominance in the first half and the game ended in a loss.

Egypt had to play the game wihtout all Ahly players, also Ghaly and Mido weren't called in order to let them resume preseason preparations with their teams. In addition to this, some players were unavailable due to injuries including Mohamed Zidan.

In addition to this, some players were called back to the national team like Abo Mosallam, Amir Azmy and Hani Said while others were introduced for the first time like Sherif Ekkramy and others.

Despite the many changes in the Egyptian squad, Egypt totally dominated the first 45 minutes and created some real goal scoring oppertunities. Amr Zaki had two close headers at goal but they went jude wide and the goalkeeper of Uruguay blocked a close range attempt from Ahmed Hassan which could result in a real goal.