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Egypt on course to
defend title
Kumasi, Jan. 26, Ghanadot/GNA - The Pharoahs of Egypt
continued their winning spree at the ongoing Ghana 2008
soccer tournament when they inflicted 3-0 defeat on Sudan in
their second "Group C" match played at the Baba Yara Sports
Stadium on Saturday night.
With this win, the Egyptians now have six points to their
credit to lead the group after beating Cameroon 4-2 in the
opening match.
The Sudanese, who were out to impress and to at least raise
their image after going down 0-3 to Zambia in their first
match, put up a splendid performance but the experienced
Egyptians took the lead in the 28th minute through a
spot-kick taken by Hosny Abdel Motaleb, who was fouled by
goalkeeper Mahgoub Abdallah.
The Pharoahs continued to pile up pressure on the Sudanese
but could not find the net to end the first half.
Sudan brought in Ali Idris Saifeldin for Ahmed Gibril
Alaeldin on resumption but it was still the Egyptians, who
continued to mount pressure with good inter-positional
passes while Sudan also made efforts to break the attacking
machinery of the Egyptians.
Sudan took over in the 52nd minute but poor finishing denied
them the equalizer when Abdallah Badreldin shot off target.
Egypt substituted Mohamed Abou Traika for Mohamed Abdallah
Zidan in the 56th minute while Sudan also replaced Emad
Abdelnaby Ibrahim for Amarri Abdel Hameed in the 60th
minute.
With the going uncomfortable for the Egyptians, they
introduced delay tactics to absorb the intensive pressure
from the Sudanese. They could bring the ball to the vital
area of the Egyptians but lacked the ability to plant the
ball into the net.
Egypt, however, made it 2-0 in the 77th minute when
substitute Abou Traika hit the back of the net with a shot
when he connected home a cross from Hasan Zaky Mansour.
Traika was on target again to seal the doom of the Sudanese
in the 82nd minute in a two-man move with Said Abdel Wahed.
Motaleb Abdel and Ahmed Fathy Moneim Ibrahim, both of Egypt,
were elected MTN man-of-the-match and Samsung fair-play
player, respectively.
GNA
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