[4] Man of the Match: Amr El Solia (Egypt) Assistant referees: Rafael Foltyn (Germany) Christian Gittelmann (Argentina) Fourth official: Andrés Matonte (Uruguay) Video assistant referee: Christian Dingert (Germany) Assistant video assistant referees: Kevin Blom (Netherlands) Tomasz Listkiewicz (Poland) Rafael Traci (Brazil) Despite Algeria dominating play, Lebanon brought the first half to a goalless draw thanks to their defending, most notably through their goalkeeper Mostafa Matar and defender Alexander Michel Melki.
The second half initially proceeded in a similar fashion to the first, until Youcef Belaïli was brought down in the box by Hussein El Dor; Yacine Brahimi converted the subsequent penalty in the 69th minute.
Following a missed chance by Baghdad Bounedjah one-on-one against the goalkeeper, Algeria doubled their lead in added time after Tayeb Meziani scored from a counter attack.
Both Lebanon and Sudan came close to scoring in the 70th and 75th minute respectively, with Fadel Antar and Mohamed Ering having their close-range shots saved.
Lebanon gained the lead the same minute, with Abu Eshrein punching the subsequent free kick cross into his own net.