National Team Friendly

National stadium
Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Mustafa Marwan kicked off to start the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Epigonoi Honjas in the 3rd minute of play forced Egypt's goalkeeper Hany Moamen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 3rd minute, Epigonoi Honjas left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Cyprus fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. Makis Antoniadis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 6th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hany Moamen having to interfere. Hektor Fitrakis could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 10th minute of the match, but Hany Moamen made a huge save. When Giorgos Robinho came up free with the goalie in the 12th minute, the Cyprus 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 Giorgos Robinho couldn't finish the play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Hektor Fitrakis got free with Hany Moamen in the 22nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Giorgos Robinho in the 25th minute of play forced Egypt's goalkeeper Hany Moamen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Giorgos Robinho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 29th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 31st match minute, Egypt was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Seddeq Basem to maneuver through the defense. 34 minutes into the match, Egypt's goal looked a bit too open when Giorgos Robinho came free, but Hany Moamen reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Giorgos Robinho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 35th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Giorgos Robinho in the 35th minute of play forced Egypt's goalkeeper Hany Moamen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A hard shot 41 in the game by Hektor Fitrakis from a close distance when the talented Hany Moamen managed to make a qualified save. Egypt's players were relieved. After having played for 44 minutes, Hektor Fitrakis managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Cyprus's supporters crossed their fingers, but Hektor Fitrakis was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 44th match minute, Egypt was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mustafa Marwan to maneuver through the defense. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Giorgos Robinho to make the kick off. 53 minutes into the match, Cyprus's Giorgos Robinho sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Hany Moamen narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 56 minutes into the game, Gary Neville threw the ball into play from the sideline. Egypt's Nader Shehta quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hektor Fitrakis in the 56th minute of play forced Egypt's goalkeeper Hany Moamen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Giorgos Robinho's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Hany Moamen was relentless in the 58th minute of the game. Giorgos Robinho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 60th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Hany Moamen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Giorgos Robinho in the 60th minute of the match. Hany Moamen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Giorgos Robinho in the 64th minute of the match. Cyprus's Giorgos Robinho got a good chance for a goal in the 64th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Hany Moamen came out of the goal in the 72nd minute to try and stop a shot by Cyprus's Giorgos Robinho. But to his dismay, Giorgos Robinho quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hektor Fitrakis in the 78th minute of play forced Egypt's goalkeeper Hany Moamen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nader Shehta kicked well hit freekick during the 81st minute of the match. Hany Moamen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Aiakos Vardakas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 89th minute Aiakos Vardakas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hany Moamen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Traian Delas made in the 91st minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Charis Banos. After having played for 95 minutes, Mustafa Marwan managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Egypt's supporters crossed their fingers, but Mustafa Marwan was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal.