Squad Announced for the South Africa Game!

May 27th, 2011 | by: Hany |

Hassan Shehata has announced the squad for the upcoming game against South Africa on the 5th of June to be held in Cairo stadium.

Treka misses out due to injury

Well, since we have no chance whatsoever of qualifying top of the group now, not everybody is eagerly awaiting this clash. The focus and the spotlights have been shifted to the Egyptian Premier League instead as this season Zamalek and Al-Ahly are tied at the top on 46 points apiece with Ismaily closely following in third place with 42 points.

Needless to say we desperately need to win this match to stand any chance of finishing second in the group and qualifying to the AFCON as a one of the 2 second bests in the 12 groups. Another thing worth mentioning is that this match is Hassan Shehata’s last chance to redeem himself or he will be slaughtered by the media who already cannot stand him for taking Mubarak’s side during the revolution.

Notable Inclusions:

Doudy el-Gabbas

Doudy el-Gabbas: His fine form for his club Lierse in Belgium has earned him a surprise call-up for the crucial clash.

Ahmed Hassan: The irrepressible captain is back and boy do we miss him. The life and soul of the Egyptian team now has the chance to add to his near-record 175 caps. Well Done!

Abdullah el Saeed: Finally getting the call-up he deserves. Arguably Egypt’s finest playmaker.

Hany Saeed (Al-Masry): This is not the same Hany Saeed of the past decade, it’s a new one bearing the same name. Solid Center back and has been impressive for Al-Masry this season.

Amr el-Souleya: Taken lots of bashing on here for the past 3534 times he’s been picked and still offered nothing to prove that he’s earned his call-up (aside from his awful shooting).

Notable exclusions:

Hossam Ashour: !

Walid Solaiman: Another casualty of Shehata’s short sightedness.

The 23-man squad for the game:

Goalkeepers:

Essam el Hadary (El Merrikh, Sudan), Abdelwahed el Sayed (Zamalek), Ahmed el-Shenawy (Al-Masry)

Defenders:

Wael Gomaa, Ahmed Fathy, Sayed Moawad (Al-Ahly), Mahmoud Fathallah (Zamalek), Mohamed Naguib (Ittihad el Shorta), Ahmed Samir Farag (Ismaily), Hany Saeed (Al-Masry), Ahmed el Muhammadi (Sunderland, England)

Midfielders:

Hossam Ghaly (Al-Ahly), Ibrahim Salah, Shikabala (Zamalek), Hosni Abdrabo, Amr el-Souleya, Abdullah el Saeed (Ismaily)

Forwards:

Ahmed Abdelzaher (ENPPI), Ahmed Ali (Al-Hilal, KSA) Mohamed Nagy “Gedo” (Al-Ahly), Mohamed Zidan (Dortmund, Germany), Doudy el-Gabbas (Lierse, Belgium)

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Comments

By Dareen | May 27th, 2011 at 1:16 pm

Who still watches Egyptian soccer?

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By Hany | May 27th, 2011 at 2:58 pm

Well no-one’s interested in the national team tbh. Everyone’s immersed in the Premier League which, albeit with terrible refereeing, is really enjoyable this season. Zamalek are breaking down under the pressure and Al-Ahly are slowly but surely regaining that top spot. Ismaily are also lurking so it’s shaping up to be a good one.

By Dareen | May 28th, 2011 at 11:38 am

I honestly believe that none of them deserve to win the league amist the shameful stand they had during the revolution but my heart will always be with Zamalek

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By lebecheDZ | June 1st, 2011 at 11:21 am

Wats going on guys.. hey i had a question, my egyptian buddy told me that in protest of the players stand during the revolution, that people are boycotting the NT games..is that true? if so… do they play in an empty stadium, or do people still show up?

p.s. im rooting for you guys to beat south africa(and win out), then we’ll hopefully see you in the ACN!

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By Hany | June 1st, 2011 at 12:12 pm

lebecheDZ thanks for the comment, the revolution has had a good effect on our relationships and that is something we are proud of. I don’t think that the piece of information is true. The people here in Egypt have turned against Shehata only but nobody is going to boycott the national team because of him, I can’t deny though that ALOT of people want us to lose against South Africa so that Shehata’s leaves the national team. Good luck against Morocco my friend.

By Kazi | June 3rd, 2011 at 12:00 pm

Hey Hany, just wanted to say good luck to Egypt for your upcoming match against South Africa. Hoping that you guys make it to the final tournament insha Allah. It will be weaker without you.

By Hany | June 3rd, 2011 at 1:59 pm

Kazi, thanks man, a gentleman as always. Good Luck against Morocco my friend, looking forward to the game.

By hicham | June 3rd, 2011 at 4:32 pm

hany, kazi, bahaa, nazim et al, hope all of you are well. just dropping by to see how’s the blog doing.

hany, algeria u23 beat zambia today and amir saayoud was stellar! he was at least behind two goals!

ok. good luck to all for the upcoming games.

By Hany | June 3rd, 2011 at 5:41 pm

Haha hicham we are going to give him the Egyptian nationality and force him to play for Egypt He’s excellent Masha2allah.

Hope you are doing good man.

By can I get a ViVa La Egypt. YES WE CAN! | June 4th, 2011 at 9:21 am

Egypt will kick in to 3rd gear 2morrow ~INCHALLAH
yalla!!! 3-0 Egypt

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By eeegggyyypppttt | June 4th, 2011 at 9:35 am

zidan and shika should start with hosni as mid field alnog side with A. Hassan Elmo and Moawad as LW AND RW the back with Wael Gomaa, Ahmed Fathy and Fathallah……who should be the second striker with zidan??! as shika can play the mid field as well

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By Billal | June 4th, 2011 at 4:22 pm

—-Elhadry—–
—-gomma—ghaly—-fathalla—-
moawad—hosni—-hassan—elmohamady—
———-shikabala————–
—–Zidan——–Hamdi———-

what do you guys think of my starting line up???

By adam al masry | June 5th, 2011 at 8:50 am

can anyone tell me what time this match is on in UK time?

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