World Cup 2006 Qualifiers: Egypt vs Benin

World Cup 2006 Qualifiers: Egypt vs Benin

Date: 4-9-2005
Wrote: EP's webmaster

First Half:

6th min. A cross from the right wing beat the keeper and fell to Emad Moteb who tried to bury it home on the volley but it went to where the keeper was standing.

8th min. Through pass was made behind the Egyptian defense, Abdel Wahed El Sayed rushed out quickly and saved it at the feet of the oncoming striker.

10th min. Corner kick for Egypt. El Saka headed it just wide.

11th min. GOAL FOR EGYPT! Amr Zaki advanced with the ball and powered a shot from outside the area, the keeper parried it and it fell to Moteb who struck it low but the keeper blocked it agains and it fell to Zaki who buried it home this time. 1-0 for Egypt.

16th min. ZAKI DOUBLED EGYPT'S LEAD! Tarek El Sayed did a terrific job to evade a defender from the left wing and crossed it into the area to find Zaki who sent it into the far corner with a bicycle kick. 2-0 for Egypt.

20th min. Powerful shot from the edge of Egypt's area went just wide.

35th min. Mido laid the ball superbly to the oncoming Tarek El Sayed from the left wing, he advanced with the ball and tried to chip it home from a very narrow angle but he missed the target.

39th min. Amr Zaki tried a shot from way out but he missed the target.

44th min. Benin's no. 18 raced with the ball past Fathi and advanced into the box, he then tried to bury the ball into the bottom corner but his shot went just wide.

45th min. End of the first half

Second half:

58th min. GOAL FOR BENIN! No. 17 Stefani scored from a superbly taken freekick. He played the ball into the top corner from 25 yards.

62nd min. Moteb crossed the ball into the area from the right wing and it was met by a Poor header from Zaki.

64th min. Emad Moteb laid the ball superbly to Zaki who fired a shot at goal but it went over.

71st min. MIDO SCORED THE 3RD FOR EGYPT! Hossam Ghaly crossed the ball low from the right wing to Mido in the area, he hit the ball low with his left and the keeper got a hand to it but he couldn't keep it out. 3-1 for Egypt.

74th min. Ahmed Hassan shot the ball low in front of GOAL TO find Moteb who couldn't bury it from close range.

83rd min. AMR ZAKI SEALED HIS HAT-TRICK! He met the great cross from the right wing with a diving header and the keeper had no chance. 4-1 for Egypt.

89th min. Osama Hosny and Moteb refused to score! One of the best Egyptian attacks ended with a low pass to Osama Hosny(who replaced Mido in the 77th minute) and the latter hit it directly but the keeper managed to block it, the ball fell to Moteb this time and he sent it oddly over the bar.

90th min. Full time. Egypt 4-1 Benin

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