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Meet your Egypt U-20 world cup squad

By: Tamim | September 13th, 2009 | No Comments »

11 days from now we will be cheering for them as they represent the future of Egyptian football in a major international tournament held, for their luck, in Egypt which means that they will have more exposure and fame than any other previous team, in case of their success, or a devastating collapse, in case of their failure.

Unfortunately, in the midst of non-stop hype surrounding the local league, player transfers and Egypt world cup qualification campaign, this team has been almost ignored and didn’t get sufficient media coverage; however, when the media did, they only covered their losses in periods of players’ experimentation, so you can call it negative coverage.

The end result is that we know nothing about this team, except its coach, Sokoup, and Mohamed Talaat, Ahly’s forward.

The squad was announced this week but it would have been completely meaningless to post names without even putting their clubs but to my surprise, I found a report in Al Shabab Magazine offering info about the players and their potentials; I should say it was totally accidental because this the first time I read an issue of the magazine since…..since……never!!!! (No I am exaggerating, I read it a couple of times before.)

The point is, I am going to rely on the reporter’s evaluation and present it here to you, I will also post matches’ schedule of our team and our history in this tournament as well as various bits and pieces. Read the rest of this entry »


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By: Tamim | September 5th, 2009 | 39 Comments »

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By: Tamim | September 3rd, 2009 | 15 Comments »

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By: Tamim | August 30th, 2009 | 2 Comments »

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By: Tamim | August 29th, 2009 | 5 Comments »


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By: Tamim | August 25th, 2009 | 15 Comments »


The picture is for a traditional Egyptian dish composed mainly of Zucchini aka “koosa” which is also used in spoken Egyptian Arabic as a synonym for haphazard, spontaneous and stupid decisions.
What does this have to do with the squad selected for Rwanda’s game?…..everything I say; in fact this is the best word ... [read]


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By: Tamim | August 22nd, 2009 | 5 Comments »

Today is the first day of Ramadan in Egypt so, while waiting the long hours before Iftar, I thought of writing this post to share with you Ramadan’s Rituals in Egypt as well as thoughts on the upcoming game against Rwanda. (more…)
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Egypt 3 – Guinea 3: let’s pretend we saw nothing!!!

By: Tamim | August 14th, 2009 | 8 Comments »

First I have to apologize….again….. for not posting a preview of the game but before you say that I am lazy or uninterested or something, you have to know that this was one hell of a busy week for me.
Anyway, we didn’t miss much as the friendly game against guinea with its ... [read]


Squad announced for Guinea’s friendly

By: Tamim | August 9th, 2009 | 7 Comments »

Shehata made some good decisions yesterday as he announced his squad for guinea friendly next Wednesday at Cairo military stadium by bringing back Shikabala for the first time since ages.
He also called some very new faces like Ahmed Kamal from Haras El Hdoud and Sayed Hamdi from Petrojet. (more…)
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