Cameroon 6 points penalty lifted!

Cameroon 6 points penalty lifted!

Date: 21-5-2004
Wrote: EP's reporter Ahmed Abo El Dahab

FIFA have announced today that Cameroon six points penalty will be lifted.

This came just days after the Cameroon Football association has asked MR. Blater the FIFA president to reduce the punishment which came after the Cameroon team refused to change their controversial soccer kits in the last CAN. Cameroon were punched after they played with a one piece kit. The news will be a major boost for Cameroon while it will be a major blow for both Egypt & Ivory Coast. FIFA have also announced that Cameroon will have to pay a fine of $155000 instead.

Cameroon will begin their first match of the group against Benin with high confidence after the
news. It is said that MR Blater himself has asked the FIFA directors to reduce the ban after he felt it was harsh. The news will return the group into its starting point and it looks that the pharaohs will have a lot of work to do in what is called the group of death.

On the other hand Egypt new manager MR. Tardelli has announced 25 players that he will have
for Egypt 1st world cup qualifying match against Sudan. After it was said that Mohamed Zidan will have his 1st call-up, the Midtjylland wonder boy was once more left out of the Egyptian squad with lots of questions been asked about the reason for such decision. It was said that Zidan will be in the squad but coach Tardelli hasn't make his name in the squad list.

Egypt vs Sudan without the very best:

In addition to Zidan who was left out of the selection for undisclosed reasons, Tardelli decided to ban Mido and Ghaly from playing with the National time for the rest of the qualifying phase. Both players didn't join the camp on time and the reasons beyond their absence weren't enough to convince the Italian coach.

EGYPT SQUAD:

Goal Keepers:

Abd El Wahed El Sayed, Mohamed
Abd El Monsef (Zamalek), Essam
El Hadary (Ahly)

Defense:

Mohamed Abd El Wahab (Enppi), Beshir
El Tabei (Zamalek), Ahmed El
Sayed, Wael Goma (Ahly), Mohamed Abd
Allah (Isamily), Islam El
Shater (Ittihad Gada "Saudi Arabia"),
Abd El Zhaer El Saka
(Genclerbirligli "Turkey"), Amr El
Disuki (Ankaragucu "Turkey").

Midfield:

Ahmed Fathy, Hosni Abd Rabo,Mohamed
Homos (Ismaily), Tamer Abd
El Hamed, Tarek El Said,Hazem Emam
(Zamalek), Mohamed Shawkey,
Mohamed Abo Trekka, Hassan Mostafa
(Ahly).

Forward:

Hossam Hassan, Abd El Halim Aly,
Gamal Hamza (Zamalek), Osama
Hosnei (Ahly), Mohamed Mohsen Abo
Gresha (Ismaily).