Egypte

Shenawi

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Shennawi : “I hope to make this dream move to Europe and I promise Hegazi that one day we will meet in the Champions League!”

Despite Egypt losing just 2-0 against five-time world champions Brazil, Bob Bradley’s debut doesn’t herald a national team capable of impressing much in the upcoming period.

Yes it’s true, it’s the first game for the new manager at the helm and it’s unfair to judge him just after one game especially when it comes against a high-profile side like Brazil, but all Egyptians can observe well that the team who put in a stunning performance in the 2009 Confederations Cup famous 4-3 thriller is nowhere to be seen this time around.

Technically, the team lack the audacious attacking approach and free-flowing football that distinguished them under former Egyptian coach Hassan Shehata.

The performance was insipid and Egypt were unable to produce a real threat on goal except through some individual skills from the likes of Shikabala, Ahmed Hassan and Ahmed Elmohamady.

The team seemed to be lacking the desire and spirit to produce a remarkable display in front of a Brazil side that is much weaker than the one they once excelled against.

Of course Bradley would need some time to put his ideas across to his players and get adapted to the new environment in general, however, in the way I see it, the national team won’t be able to redeem itself in the near future and our chances of qualifying for the next World Cup seems unlikely.

It’s not a question of the American’s abilities at all, Bradley was on the brink of clinching the Confederations Cup title from the Selecao after being two goals ahead before finally losing 3-2 during his tenure as the United States boss, but it rather has to do with this generation of players.

It’s the chemistry, or in other words, the ability of Egyptian managers to deal with their players psychologically as there is no language barrier or any other mental hurdle to thwart a boss when containing his players following defeats or raising their morale ahead of big events.

The intimate relationship of ‘father-to-son’ cited by Egyptian players does play a crucial role in any team’s run and that explains why a slew of foreigners before Bradley had failed with the national team and were eventually given the sack despite their undisputed technical attributes.

Unless the players boast the aspiration and will to achieve a feat that was last accomplished 24 years ago by a totally different generation, we should be waiting for another four years to hope for a mere World Cup appearance.

For sure
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