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Arab Tournament: Egypt vs Qatar (5-0)

Date: 29-7-2005
Wrote: EP's webmaster

 





The Egyptian team couldn't control the midfield area in he first 15 minutes. On the other side, Qatar closed the gaps and looked in a better shape than the Egyptian national team.

Gradually with time, Egypt started to have better control over the midfield area but couldn't create any chances till the 23rd minute when Abo Treka sent a low shot with his left from outside the box but it missed the target by inches.

In the 29th minute, Abo Treka chipped the ball to the onside Moteb who couldn't keep the ball under control in front of goal and wasted the real chance.

In the 34th minute, Ahmed Eid Abdel Malek fired a rising shot from the ege of the area but the goalkeepr of Qtar's NT managed to parry it away for a corner. The Qatar team replied with a volley shot five minutes later but it went centimeters over.

In the 43rd minute, one of Qatar's defenders almost put the ball into his own net when he waqs challenged by Emad Moted and had to send the ball to the goalkeeper. However, his pass wasn't accurate enough and missed the target by inches.


With the start of the 2nd half, the chances remained very few as both Egypt and Qatar couldn't get any clear chances.

However, in the 59th minute, Egypt took the lead after a fine srtiker from Abo Treka. The goal came through a quick pass to Emad Moteb behind the defense. The latter controlled the ball well and laid it to the oncoming Abo Treka who fired a shot directly into the back of the net.

In the 66th minute, the Pharaohs managed to double their lead thanks to a brilliant assist from Emad Moteb who put Osama Hosny face to face with the keeper and Hosny made no mistake as he sent the ball into the back of the net through the goalkeeper's legs.

In the 70th minute, Emad Moteb shined again as he sent a terrific through poass to Osama Hosny who faced the keeper and tried to place the ball beyond him but the ball came off his body and fell to Amr Zaki who made no mistake and scored directly with noi hesitation to make it 3-0 for Egypt.

In the 84th inute, Abo Treka made use of a naive defensive error as he intercepted a pass, rounded the keeper and scored.

In the 88th minute, Osama Hosny powered a header at goal, a defender tried to clear the ball off the line but it fell to Amr Zaki who tapped it in with ease to make it 5-0 for Egypt.

In the 90th minute, the referee blew the final whistle. Egypt will play the final match against UAE on Sunday.

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