National Team Friendly

National Stadium
Spectators: 10301 (Terracing: 7726, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Amgad Maged kicked off to start the match. The supporters of U21 Canada booed when U21 Egypt was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 3 match minutes in a wonderful position. Hamdy Ghali didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 9th minute, Akram Basem ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Tommie Rosen was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. The crowd rose to their feet as U21 Egypt's Amgad Maged slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Tommie Rosen. That made the score 2-0 after 12 minutes of play. Riad Fahmy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ian Skaggs in the 16th minute of play. Riad Fahmy stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Ian Skaggs's shot from short distance in the 16th minute. U21 Canada's Oswaldo Plouffe quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Hamdy Ghali, made in the 18th minute of the game. Ali Sönmez fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 21st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Riad Fahmy having to interfere. Tommie Rosen made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Akram Basem in the 25th minute of play. The corner led U21 Egypt's Hashem Barakat to fire away a dangerous shot which Tommie Rosen despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Riad Fahmy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ian Skaggs in the 28th minute of play. Tommie Rosen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Akram Basem, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to U21 Egypt getting a freekick after 35 minutes play. Karam Zaky hit a great ball. Ian Skaggs struck a weak shot in the 36th minute. Riad Fahmy didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for U21 Canada. When the match clock showed 37 minutes, the score became 2-1 when Ian Skaggs sped through U21 Egypt's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Riad Fahmy. If Ian Skaggs had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 42nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience was convinced that Amgad Maged's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tommie Rosen was relentless in the 45th minute of the game. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

Riad Fahmy stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Ali Sönmez's shot from short distance in the 51st minute. U21 Canada's Tommie Rosen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Amgad Maged in the 55th minute of play. U21 Canada's Ian Skaggs got a good chance for a goal in the 56th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. U21 Egypt's Riad Fahmy played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ali Sönmez in the 59th minute of play. Tommie Rosen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Amgad Maged, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 62 minutes in the game, the ball went up into the seats when U21 Egypt's Amgad Maged fired away a shot that was just a little bit too high. He walked away shaking his head. U21 Egypt made a substitution. Ghanem Hossam replaced Basem El-Saeed. Tommie Rosen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Amgad Maged, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 70 minutes into the match, U21 Canada's goal looked a bit too open when Othman Waheed came free, but Tommie Rosen reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of U21 Canada booed when U21 Egypt was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 71 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kordy Hazem didn't get a good kick on the ball. U21 Canada's Prince Mazuret was substituted for Ian Skaggs. After a rather tough play, U21 Egypt's Kordy Hazem got a free kick in the 72nd minute. In the 78th minute, Karam Zaky 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. When U21 Canada's Ali Sönmez in the 84th minute got a chance for a shot 84th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye U21 Egypt's goalie prevented a goal. Tommie Rosen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Amgad Maged, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A sloppy throw-in by Hamdy Ghali in the 89th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by U21 Canada's Émilien Harris. In the 91st minute, Hassan Mohammed hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Karam Zaky's late challenge caught a U21 Canada's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Karam Zaky helped the player get up and apologised. In the 95th minute, Karam Zaky hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field.