France, Jan. 11 -- Egypt took the lead in the fourth minute at the Stade Adrar.

Cote d'Ivoire captain Franck Kessie lost the ball in midfield after a poor touch and Odilon Kossounou fell over instead of cutting out Emam Ashour's pass for Omar Marmoush who exploited the blunders to slot home past the Ivorian goalkeeper Yahia Fofana.

Ramy Rabia doubled the advantage just after the half hour mark and though an Ahmed Fotouh own-goal halved the deficit in the 40th minute,Salah restored the two-goal cushion just after the restart.

"We just fight for our country," said the 33-year-old. "And hopefully we will go through after the next game as well."

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