African Cup of Nations kicks off

[Shahin K]

congrats Pharaoh! I thought Egypt played a decent game but their defence was rather weak against a weakened Cote D'ivoir..

[IRANHKG]

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2006非洲杯四分之一决赛=African Cup Quarter finals
2006非洲杯半决赛=Semifinals
2006非洲杯三四名决赛=3rd Place match
2006非洲杯决赛=Final

[Arashi_Washi]

Wow,

Eqypt is killing it, GREAT Result agasint the Ivory coast man 3-1 is massive

[Pharaoh]

Thanks guys. I'm definitely pleased with the result, especially considering we were missing a few starters, and played almost the whole match without Mido.

It's funny... Ivory Coast easily played their best match of the tournament so far, despite missing a few players. And they needed to play well as they were looking to do anything to avoid Cameroon in the quarterfinals; the Lions have flat out owned them over the years. Every team in Africa tries to pack the defense and counter attack against us. Thankfully, that wasn't enough for the Elephants. They sure as hell are scary, pacey bunch on the counter though.

Our defense did look suspect at times. Speed and strength the likes of Ivory Coast's will do that to you though! They don't quite have the touch however IMO.

6 goals for, 1 against, and winning a tough Group A... I shouldn't complain.

The biggest question mark is whether or not we can remain consistant, especially with the depth of this year's Nations Cup. I'm really excited about our chances though.

Insha Allah

[Shekar]

Egypt should be in worldcup instead of togo or angola

[Sumerian]

Egypt should be in worldcup instead of togo or angola

I wish Egypt & Cameroon were there instead of Togo & Angola...they're much better.

Congrats to Egypt on finishing first in their group.

[Shekar]

Yes. They are better. But in worldcup they will doing better and Angola will defeat Portugal

[50Toman]

congrats to egypt!

Btw. Did you see that Hossam hassan was dissapointed at the end when he missed his chance and his team mate scored?? A bit selfish.

[Shahin K]

congrats to egypt!

Btw. Did you see that Hossam hassan was dissapointed at the end when he missed his chance and his team mate scored?? A bit selfish.

yes I know! very unprofessional!

[Pharaoh]

Definitely saw that. That's very typical of him by the way. People were in an uproar when he was even chosen on the team. He's done a ton for Egypt (probably through motivation to do well for himself) but MAN is he selfish. People are still wondering why he came into the match and not Amr Zaki when Mido picked up the injury. Hossam did have a decent match though.. but hopefully his services will not be needed again.

We could use Mohammed Zidan right now.. he scored yesterday for his German club.

[Shahin K]

Definitely saw that. That's very typical of him by the way. People were in an uproar when he was even chosen on the team. He's done a ton for Egypt (probably through motivation to do well for himself) but MAN is he selfish. People are still wondering why he came into the match and not Amr Zaki when Mido picked up the injury. Hossam did have a decent match though.. but hopefully his services will not be needed again.

We could use Mohammed Zidan right now.. he scored yesterday for his German club.

you know what is funny, when Egypt was playing Marocco, Zidan was playing Bayern at the same moment! why didn't he play in the African Cup? kinda lame.

[Pharaoh]

you know what is funny, when Egypt was playing Marocco, Zidan was playing Bayern at the same moment! why didn't he play in the African Cup? kinda lame.

The guy just has such a poor attitude. He and the Egyptian FA got off on the wrong foot and things haven't changed since. He basically wants them to kiss his you know what to play for the national team, and that's just not going to happen.

He also said something that wreeks of jealousy recently. Something to the affect of, "They go and visit Mido and watch his performances in England.. why don't they visit me"?

[Pharaoh]

EGY vs. MAR

[Pharaoh]

EGY vs. LIB

[Pharaoh]

Egypt vs. Cote d'Ivoire