Egypt Quest in CAN - Ghana 2008

Salamo Alikom,
Hello,
Hola,

How are you today?

I thought since my Blog is just about everything, so, sports should have a big chunk of it, and What encourages me is that CAN - Ghana 2008 is currently running and Our National team is doing Fabulous work there ...

Beating Cameron 4-2 was a very nice dream that came true and made my day, we played as we never played before, did everything perfectly just as mentioned in the football text books :):) ...

1st time to press the opponent all the time, 1st time to perform the counterattack and actually score in a split second, 1st time to enjoy watching our team playing, even the substitutions were best in choice and time, and when come to Zidan "ZIZO" it's a whole other story ....




Me and my bother was following ZIZO since a couple of years when he was playing in Denmark and he did a great job there, i actually have all his goals on my PC and i always dreamed of him bringing his talents to our National Team and finally he did and what a terrific job he did !!!!
The 2 Goals are amazing, each is a piece of work and i love the 2nd goal of him and the 3rd of Egypt too much, just before he scores it, the play was starting from ELHADARY - our Goal Keeper - from the spot he scored in "Kayzer Cheevs" couple of years ago and i was saying to myself ==>> YA SALAM IF HE DO IT AGAIN AND SCORES and the play actually ended with a goal when one of Cameron's defenders cleared it to find ZIZO who stopped it by his chest and shot to score .... wow ....

But when we came to Sudan Match the performance level declined, although the 2 Gaols of "Abo Treka" are terrific goals and no one but Treka should have scored like that ...
The 1st goal he got the ball in a difficult situation, Amr Ibn ElHag Zaki - 3ala Ra2y Elkawaleeny - should have scored it but instead he passed it to Treka who was trapped between 3 players though he scored and the 2nd goal of him is actually one of my favorites too and i think it should be taught in Soccer schools, Because what he did is not as every other player would do when he uses only his foot to trick the opponent & overcome him ... NOOOO ... He didn't do that ... He actually used his head !!!! Yes , his Head !!!??? How come???!!!! ....
He was approaching the Goal from the left side and he looked to the right side as if he is going to pass it to a team mate, everyone thought that, even his own team mate who was heading towards the goal from the right side and waiting for the pass, but he didn't , he just scored from his angle -The very very narrow angel- Can u believe it ???!!! It was amazing - THABBET ELGOAL KEEPER BERASOH - What a Goal ???!!!! It was Just another Trick from Abo Treka ALFANAN :):) ...


Just one more player i wanna focus on ... Hosny Abd Rabboh ... He has a heart of Steel, 2 penalty Kicks, one in each match, and in each the referee repeated the kick with no obvious reason and though he scored it 4 times, changed the shoot angle every time, i felt like as if the goal has 4 angles not just Left & Right and his other goal in Cameron was a marvelous Shot too, never saw Egyptian player who shoots and scores like that before, well since Taher Abo Zaid i think !!! ...

Then to another drop in performance against Zambia, although i think it was the best match to Sayed Me3awad with his cross overs especially the one that Amr Zaki Scored - The only good thing that Ibn ElHag Zaki did in this tournament until now - But i think that we are playing according to the strength of the match and until now we achieved our goal to reach the 2nd round on the top of our group and stay in Kumasi, so no one can blame them, just wait and see ...

Actually, I've a good faith in Shehata's Tactics ability - The Coach - and in players ability to overcome any team, we may not be the best team there but this doesn't mean we are incapable of beating the best teams, being the best team in talents you have and the names you carry not an enough reason to win and review Cameron match ...

The next step now to see who is our opponent in 1/4 final ... hope to be Angola, as i don't like playing against Tunisia as they don't play football, they just use every way either ethically correct or incorrect - mostly incorrect - to win the match and they have a very very good luck as from only 2 chances they got in Senegal match they scored and equalized with them ... and if we won in 1/4 final we most probably gonna meet Cote de Voire which i think will be an early final ... but who knows may be it will be Guinea, as i said, Talents & Names are not the only determinants of wining or loosing ... just hoping that we win the cup for the 6th time in our history ISA ...

Kheles ElKalam , Wa Lel 7adeeth Bakeya In Kan Fe EL3omr Bakeya ..... Now, I'd like to leave you with some quality videos ... enjoy your time ....

Best of ZIZO
http://youtube.com/watch?v=iKFG4eIvMFM

Coca Cola adds Collection in support of Egypt ... Gamda Gedan ..
http://youtube.com/watch?v=LAjAZodhuJU&feature=related

And Finally, You can follow the Championship Tabels, results and upcoming matches on the CAF website over here .. http://www.cafonline50.com/


Till we meet again ...
Salam,
Bye,
Adios