Egypt head coach Hector Cuper has started off his time with the North African nation on a winning note.
The Pharaohs of Egypt cruised past Equatorial Guinea 2-0 in an international friendly at the Petro Sport Stadium in Cairo on Thursday.
Goals from Basem Morsi and Mahmoud Trezeguet made sure Cuper got off to a winning start as Egypt's manager.
Without the duo of Ahmed Fathi and Ahmed El-Shennawy, Egypt's Argentine coach went for an attacking style of 4-4-2 with captain Emad Meteb and Mohamed Salah playing as the two men upfront.
The Egyptians were business-like from the start despite playing behind closed doors, until goalkeeper Sherif Ekramy was forced to produce an unorthodox save.
The Pharaohs should have opened the scoring in the 32nd minute through Trezeguet after a superb through ball from Salah but he blazed over.
Four minutes later, Ahmed Elmohamady had his goal chalked off for offside.
It was all Cuper's men in the last 10 minutes of the first half and Meteb came close to scoring the opener but missed.
The Pharaohs failed to score in the first 45 minutes despite dominating for long spells.
Cuper altered his team in the second half with Morsi taking up an attacking role after replacing Elmohamady while Salah played as a wide man.
The Egyptians continued to press for that opening goal with Saleh Gomaa and Salah getting close.
The North Africans left it late as Morsi broke the deadlock in the 85th minute just about 60 seconds after Javier Balboa failed to head Equatorial Guinea in front from a rare chance.
At the death when it looked like the game would be decided by Morsi's goal, Trezeguet conjured up an incredible individual finish to give Cuper's men a 2-0 win.
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