Watch these 3 goals from Al-Ahli vs. Al-Entaj Al-Harbi (second club I almost don't know it), a very high class wonderful goals.
When Egypt won last African cup, most of its players were from the Egyptian league, unlike other African nations whose most players were in Europe. From one part other African players were less serious in the competition, and from another part, (and more important) Egyptian league became a league to give a lot of respect in the region.
This does not answer, however, how Egypt failed to qualify to World Cup three times in a row. The only answer is "in Egypt, everything is possible"
egypt is close country they still live in 80s: they still use 3 5 2. no sucssesful players in europe (expt zidan). defensive teams.
ReplyDeletewith shehata they are succsesful in cups (take 2 weeks) but not in qualfaires wich take years.
whats NEW is shehata use 4 4 2 last two maches and fail.
dear yorke
ReplyDeletethanks a lot for the visit
i respect but disagree and not sure if you saw the games. egypt had great attack with strong defence, very balanced team
in 2010 african cup egypt scored 15 goals including a famous four against algeria
in 2008 egypt scored another 15 goals including a famous four against cameroon and another famous four against ivory coast
they ate all the big fishes in african cups
they failed due to loss of focus on easy games