Recent content by Andrew_97

That's quite harsh for many reasons. 1. El-Abd was only called for Egypt last season (according to most here as I recall, he was a "rock" in defense). He was 4th or 5th CB in the Egypt pecking order then. 2. The Guinea game where he was responsible for the 2 goals we conceded, we didn't need...

He didn't play. The third friendly in Sudan is cancelled, but there might be one more friendly in Alexandria instead before our June 1 WC qualifier.

Game supposedly kicked off but there are some broadcasting problems from Sudan :S Hopefully resolved quickly.

Lineup announced. Al-Abd is one of 8 substitutes. 5 players didn't make the eighteen.

Haha, monster is used positively in Arabic slang, like in the sense of a big tough guy (in a good way).

That's not the right time. Game starts at 20.30 Sudan time, so 17.30 GMT . Lineups will be known 15-20 min. before kickoff.

No I don't think Bradley likes long balls, but anyway it was just two times El-Abd did that as far as I remember and he was under slight pressure (but could still have passed). He mostly plays centre back for Brighton right? Cause I heard something about right back or left back...

Hello from Egypt Hello there, I'm Egyptian and I came accross this thread while doing a Google search for El-Abd, and I was surprised to see the level of enthusiasm here and how some people are saying they'll start following the Egyptian team! I've actually been following Brighton's results...