From winning Vs Italy to losing Vs USA ...!!!

United States has made a surprise when they could reach the semi-finals of the Confederations Cup after beating Egyptian team 3 - zero in the meeting on Sunday 21-6-2009, in the third round of the first round of the championship hosted by South Africa until 28 June.

Management during the match was completely out of order. It was obvious that the Egyptian team is having a nightmare since the kick off, players didn't link well with each other, passing and ball control were all extremely poor and it appeared that Abdel Ghany, Samir Farag and Muhammadi are not doing well. Shehata kept all the players on the field till hal time despite going 1-0 down. the Egyptian team never looked like it will bounce back and equalize and so, Shehata should have made a couple of changes early on to restore balance in the team.

In my opinion,..our national team ended their matches in the Confederations cup in the worst possible way, although joy and pleasure they gave to Egyptians, Africans and the whole Arab world great after the win over Italy and the brave show against Brazil, but the Pharaohs killed the dream of millions by themselves thanks to their careless display and improper selection and tactics !!

I don't know what to say,..but the Pharaohs lead themselves to be defeated, and present USA with a free ticket to the semi finals!!!. The team who defeated world champions turned into a 3rd division side within 48 hours. And with this result, the Pharaohs said goodbye to Confederations cup despite Italy's 0-3 defeat at the hand of Brazil.

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