Questionable tactics and selection, underestimating opponents and improper use of professionals in meaningless friendlies are all common features of today's shocking performance vs Sudan.

Egyptian national team failed at all levels in the friendly match versus Sudan. The match ended in an incredible 0-4 defeat. It is true that the match was a friendly and not an official game but it was supposed to give the Egyptian team a confidence boost ahead of the match versus Congo DR in World Cup quals and not to destroy the team morale!

Questionable Tactics:

4-4-2 formation instead of 5-3-2 for no clear reason. Egypt will never implement 4-4-2 tactics in away matches and particularly versus Congo DR. Playing with 4-4-2 tactics proved to be a complete failure of a tactic for the Egyptian team who always excel in 5-3-2 formation.

Questionable Selection:

Ahmed Hassan played a right back instead of Mohammadi who stayed on bench. Mido played in midfield!! It was hard to believe that Mido played the entire half in midfield. Zaki and Meteb played at front, and Abotreka had no clear role. Selection for that match was a joke. In the 2nd half, Shehata took Mido off but it was already late, Also correcting first half selection mistakes came too late as Shehata had to take Abotreka off to bring Ahmed Hassan back to midfield and introduce Mohammadi in the right back position.

Underestimating opponents:

Egyptians played the game with extreme arrogance and underestimation for the opponents. The game is a friendly and everyone agree with that but such careless display from many players is not acceptable by any mean.