Epic Win: Egypt Wins Over Zambia 1-0

CONGRATULATIONS PHARAOHS!

In a match that saw incredible fierceness on part of the Zambian team, Egypt managed to score the goal that earned us a three point lead, tying the Egyptian team with Algeria in the 2010 South Africa World Cup Qualifiers. The match saw immense and stubborn performance on part of Zambia met by several defensive mistakes on the Egyptian side and a horrible (but expected) first half for the Egyptians. With a fascinating performance from Essam ElHadary (the Egyptian goalkeeper), Egypt managed to pull its act and, after a few advancements to the Zambian goal, managed to score the match's only goal from outside the penalty area with an outstanding and professional shot by Hosny Abd Rabbou (the international Ahly Dubai player).

In exactly an hour from the time I'm writing this, Algeria will face Rwanda in Algeria. If Rwanda somehow manages to pull its act and somehow win or at least tie this match, this will put Egypt in an extremely good position as the Egyptian team will simply have to win their next match against Algeria (on the 14th of November in the Cairo Stadium) with any score and no particular goal difference. A win of 1 and 2 from Algeria is also a recoverable result. More than that, I don't like to think of!

All the best to everyone (but specifically to Rwanda and our national team)!

Good News Update: Mohammed Zidan (the German-league-playing pro and hero of the African Cup of Nations 2008 and Confederations Cup 2009) may join us for the Algeria match and (almost definitely) Emad Moteab (of the Egyptian Ahly) too. With these two extremely talented forwards available, I think we have a pretty good chance provided today's outcome is a positive one.

Unfortunately yesterday's goal is not uploaded yet on YouTube! But when it is, I'll make sure I'll properly edit this post to include it. As Ray Hudson may have put it, 'that was one symphony of a goal'.

Yours truly after the win =D