Mission accomplished

that was a typical derby, the tension was very high but egypt was able to get the job done and in style. today egypt won 3-0 to secure there place in the second round. this match had what is more than the 3 goals. it was like a battle with everything this word means.

it looks like every time it rains in Cairo, egypt will win. in Cameroon’s match day , it rained and egypt won. and today we had thunder and heavy rain and egypt won. so let’s keep hoping that it continue raining until the final.

into the match, Sudan took the match very physically. they couldn’t catch up with egypt technically or strategically. they knew that egypt is too powerful for them so they took the shortcut, if you can’t get the ball kill the player.!!

hassan shehata started with the same formation of cameroon’s match in order to give the players the confidence and trust.

first half
unexpectedly, Sudan started the game with attack, they pressured Egyptian players from the midfield. and when egypt had the ball, they went all to defense or in other words to tackle anything they see.the game started with a couple of dangerous chances for Sudan but the soon egypt started to respond and had some chances but the strikers failed to convert it into goals. and as the pressure increases at egypt to score a goal. hosni gets a penalty, he scored first but then again the ref orders to retake it. eventually, hosni scores the first goal and his third in the tournament.there was nothing else to mention in this half.

second half
egypt started this half with extreme pressure to secure there second goal. but when sudan’s defense finds a player in a dangerous situation it doesn’t mind if he break him. that’s why each and every attack was stopped violently. egypt deserved more than one penalty in this half but their 12th “the ref” player didn’t want to do so.and in the middle of the half hassan shehata made 2 key substitutions, he dropped in ahmed hassan and abu trika. after his entrance, abu trika was able to control better our midfield. in one of the attacks, he passes a through ball to amr zaki who waited until he came back to him and gave the ball to him in front of goal to score the second for egypt. the third goal came from a through ball from hosni abd raboh which abu trika took to maneuver the keeper and score Egypt’s third.

match results:
1- we can’t judge Egypt’s performance from this match because sudan isn’t a football team to play against. they spoiled the game with there extra violence and the high tension they showed in the game. i believe that egypt will do better than that against Zambia and in the second round.
2- midfield phenomenon continue to prevail . all Egypt’s 7 goals were scored by midfielders. it is a positive thing but it also increase concerns about the efficiency of strikers.
3-”mazda’s” statement crashed in the road, just like mboma’s.
4- shehata should start using some substitutes from the next match.
5-amr zaki must focus more in playing rather than other things.

wait for match goals and more interesting pictures.