National Team Friendly

National Stadium
Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) Khaled Shehta started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 3rd minute, Djamel Daham got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Salah Kouri charged in rather forcefully in the 9th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Salah Kouri the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 9 played minutes U21 MZ Country got a freekick which was hit by Salah Kouri. Ezz Amr received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 12th minute. Abderaouf Bencherif tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Souad Haddadj had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 14th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Through an outstanding action, after 17 minutes, Samy El-hadary successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. In the 18th match minute, U21 Egypt was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ameen Bahy to maneuver through the defense. Djamel Daham sent away a hard shot on goal in the 19th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 23rd minute, Robert Bendjedid reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Samy El-hadary. The goal made the score 1-0. In the 25th minute, Ameen Bahy hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Samy El-hadary made a fantastic save in the 26th minute, when Khalida Timsit sent off a good shot on target. Abderaouf Bencherif made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Khaled Shehta in the 27th minute of play. Abderaouf Bencherif made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ezz Amr in the 30th minute of play. Souad Haddadj could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 32nd minute of the match, but Samy El-hadary made a huge save. Samy El-hadary was a little too slow when Djamel Daham got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 33rd minute. The score was now 2-0. In the 35th minute Ezz Amr shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Abderaouf Bencherif saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Samy El-hadary made a fantastic save in the 38th minute, when Robert Bendjedid sent off a good shot on target. Hakeem Basel hit a great freekick 40 minutes into the match. Khalida Timsit took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 41st minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Samy El-hadary. U21 Egypt's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Hisham Mustafa hit a great freekick 42 minutes into the match. In the 48th minute Djamel Daham shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Samy El-hadary saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Djamel Daham to make the kick off. Thanks to some nice moves Khaled Shehta could shoot a difficult shot in the 56th minute, which Abderaouf Bencherif however easily saved by the left post. Samy El-hadary stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Djamel Daham's shot from short distance in the 58th minute. The supporters of U21 MZ Country booed when U21 Egypt was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 59 match minutes in a wonderful position. Khaled Shehta didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ahmed Sameh sent away a hard shot on goal in the 63rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Khaled Shehta could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 64th minute of the match, but Abderaouf Bencherif made a huge save. The supporters of U21 Egypt booed when U21 MZ Country was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 65 match minutes in a wonderful position. Salah Kouri didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Djamel Daham came up free with the goalie in the 67th minute, the U21 MZ Country fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Djamel Daham couldn't finish the play. In the 70th minute, Djamel Daham made a precise shot to the right of Samy El-hadary. U21 Egypt's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-0. If Ahmed Sameh had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 72nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. U21 MZ Country's Ismael Larbes was substituted for Souad Haddadj. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ismael Larbes in the 76th minute of play forced U21 Egypt's goalkeeper Samy El-hadary to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 80th minute Robert Bendjedid shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Samy El-hadary saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Samy El-hadary made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ismael Larbes in the 85th minute of play. In the 87th minute Robert Bendjedid shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Samy El-hadary saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Samy El-hadary didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ismael Larbes went, in the 91st minute, to the upper right corner, 4-0 was the resulting score. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. U21 MZ Country had won after a very even match.