Comments on: Know your opponent: Brazil

By: Mostafa

Mostafa — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:14:42 +0000

Hopefully the loses won’t be as bad as everyone thinks so…. but shehata still doesn’t want mido to play……So in cases where we lose to algeria we could always blame the coach knowing the egyptian media we will blame someone.

By: Rachid

Rachid — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:50:51 +0000

Alex, you put it best by “delusions of grandeur”. It’s important not to underestimate any opponent, and when losing, to give your opponent credit. That’s really what stays after the dust settles. I hope from all my heart Egypt does well against the USA (even though I’m American also) because such win will boost its confidence against Rwanda and may prove to be a turning point in Egypt’s campaign for the 2010 WC finals. The games against Brazil and Italy, however, I think the Egyptian side is going to play like a one-legged man in a butt-kicking contest. To lose by the narrowest of margins should be the realistic goal. Good luck!

By: MoMONEY

MoMONEY — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:25:26 +0000

Umm Alex if you read carefully I said thats what would make me happy. I dont think we are better by any means. And I said I was worried about the US game…

Should be interesting at the least

By: omar

omar — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:55:48 +0000

oh and plz if ur gnna come and gloat about ur stupid win algerians plz dont and if u wnt i can make u guys an algerian blog to drool over ur awesomely magnficently great triumph over the great nation of egypt
ahahah

By: omar

omar — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:54:04 +0000

i hope we get owned by all three teams esp the united states so tht we can learn to respect our opponents no matter how much they suck…but i hop e we lsoe to italy and brasil so tht when we see rawanda we romp them and then the momentum builds up and we win the rest of our qualifer games which wud be walk in the parks compared to these upcomin games…but does anyone honestly believe tht we can win against any of them…i think we will underestimate the US cuz we think they rnt good at soccer whcih they rnt but the got speed endurance and strnght three underrated things in futbol

By: Dareen

Dareen — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:40:32 +0000

Argentina just lost 2-0 to Ecuador who aren’t even that good in soccer and in March they lost 6-1 to Bolivia. So its not the end of the world that Egypt lost its match againist Algeria

By: Tamim

Tamim — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:45:29 +0000

mo: i believe we can.

alex: i will close the blog or change it to algeria world cup blog so you can feel well…..typical algerian, instead of wishing us good luck in the tournament, you come and talk about the match you won and how should we behave and should we write about as if it was the world cup final!!! and who said anything about measuring up with brazil and italy, this is a preview for the brazilian team, i didn’t even mention egypt!!!…..man, get a life!!

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:06:42 +0000

Typically Egyptian, escaping the somber reality of being clobbered by Algeria by having delusions of grandeur, thinking that they can measure up to Brazil and Italy. You guys never learn…

By: MoMONEY

MoMONEY — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:29:50 +0000

If we can put up a fight vs Brazil, give Italy a scare, and fight to the death vs USA then I will be happy. We are better as underdogs and we suck as favorites. Could see us being overconfident for USA game… Should be interesting. Just want to make the Cup so badly…