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Four goals for Pharaohs

Egypt made a winning start to their FIFA U-20 World Cup campaign, defeating Trinidad and Tobago 4-1 in Alexandria. Watched by a crowd of over 84,000, which included FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, the hosts' goals were almost as memorable as the opening ceremony, which preceded the match.

In a frenetic first half, it was Trinidad and Tobago who had the better of the opening exchanges. Jean-Luc Rochford's free-kick from the edge of the area was palmed past the post by Aly Lofty as the hosts started nervously. However, as the half wore on, Egypt's confidence grew and their first shot on goal, through Shebab Ahmed acted as a starting point for a prolonged period of pressure.

Mohamed Talaat and Ahmed both had half chances and Hussam Arafat should have done better when he stabbed a close-range effort narrowly wide. With their next attack, Ahmed Magdy spun past Daneil Cyrus and fired a shot which whistled just past the upright. The hosts' dominance was finally rewarded with a goal when in the 27th minute Afroto powered his way past Sean De Silva and Uriah Bentick to fire the ball between the legs of Glenroy Samuel and into the net.
http://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/round=253217/match=300090182/summary.html

And Trezeguet bags the equalizer minutes after coming on as a sub.

Genoa 2- 2 Juve.

Thrilling match.

Anyone watching Genoa vs Juventus?

Hernan Crespo just scored a bullet of a header. Cracking into the top corner. Classic Crespo. What a finish.
The "boy" still got it.
Genoa 2 - 1 Juventus

78 mins on the clock.

Matches for tomorrow. (25-Sept-2009)

Paraguay vs Italy (14:00 GMT)
Nigeria vs Venezuela (16:45 GMT)
Spain vs Tahiti (19:30 GMT)

Enough Adrenaline for the brain tomorrow.

Game over.

Egypt 4- 1 T&T.

Emperoh:
T & T has been very wasteful. . . . . but i think its a product of inexperience
But i think i like the flow of play. . . FBS abeg whats the next match?
I hope AIT will show it ooh!!

Very wasteful.

For Fixtures check the 1st page.

Could have been 3-3 by now. What a waste of chance.

How did he not score that?
That was a golden chance that T&T player just threw away.

GOAL!
Talaat finally gets on the score sheet.

Egypt 3- 1 T&T.

GOAL!

Arafat.

Egypt 2- 1 T&T

Another TOP CLASS save from Samuel.

Half time.

1-1.
The pressure is on Egypt.

First Cyrus cleared. . .then Primus! Where is Drimus? 

follypimpi:
@FBS

Good job u doing here u deserve AKARA.

hahaha. Akara ke?
Really, I'd prefer buns.

What a save from Samuel (T & T goalkeeper. ) TOP CLASS!
He should be on his way to League one and from there to the EPL.


T&T scores (Rochford)! Their first ever goal at this tournament. The guy deserves a national award.

1-1 . Game on!

GOAL!
Egyptian No. 11 jersey Afroto scores the first goal of the tournament.
Hmmm. . .what a name.  

Egypt go close again!!! Fires a shot but goes inches wide. Close. very close.

Still on names. . .There is a fellow by the name Islam Ramadan.  Guess who he plays for? 

Trinidad and Tobago play with 2 defenders . . .Their names: Cyrus & Primus.
These names sef. . .I'm wondering if there are from Galaxy and Tobago? 

Egypt go close twice.

What a bullet from the T&T player. . .powerfully punched away by the Egyptian keeper for a corner kick.

Free kick to T&T and its from a dangerous position.

Egypt go close through Talaat! 50/50 ball.

Frantic start to this match!

And here we go. . .

Egypt vs Trinidad and Tobago.

Hope this helps. . .^^^

[quote author= mreds]All the matches would be on Supersport( DSTV), Aljazeera sports,Abu dhabi sports for FTA users, AIT also said they would pick it (not sure if it's going to be all the matches).

You can join me right here for comprehensive match day analysis.

Watch out 4 talaat 2nyt (Al Ahly - Egypt) as the young pharaohs take on T&T.

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youngies:
FBS thy son of man thouest not a hunter ooo, but duty calls

I am based in Abuja, but about to descend into the jungles of Plateau

Youngies, glad you got the joke . Sorry man but I'm yet to find a Nigerian radio station covering the match. Perhaps Brilla FM?

Can anyone confirm this? Thanks

We are getting closer to the kickoff between Egypt vs Trinidad and Tobago. Should be Thrilling.

[quote author=~Sauron~ link=topic=326927.msg4604398#msg4604398 date=1253810305]Thanx for the links but i ma stay with Eurosport(HD). [/quote]Oh yeah. . .I'm sticking with FIFA HD (or better still myp2p.eu HD) . How about that?    

youngies:
FBS can I follow these matches LIVE on any radio station?

I will be buried deep inside the bush any moment from now

LOL. . .Youngies, what will you be doing in the bush? Are thou a hunter? 

Nigeria is not playing now (our match is tomorrow at 17:45 I think)

If you don't mind, I will search for radio stations for you and post. Where are you based? This will make it easier for me. 

tocdee:
I don't know. . .do we really need these cars to view these matches?I was told a nice telly would do the trick. . .

tocdee you baaaaaaaad! LOL. . . oh NL, what a place to be innit?     

Flying Eagles eager to end hoodoo

When Nigeria's Flying Eagles take on Venezuela in Group B of the FIFA U-20 World Cup Egypt 2009 this Friday, they will be eager to end a hoodoo that stretches back for more than 25 years and that has seen them fail to beat South American opposition in eight finals appearances.

Indeed it is a curious piece of trivia, considering that Nigeria have enjoyed considerable success at the tournament, reaching the final on two occasions and recording one third-place finish. Nevertheless, their record against South American sides makes for uncomfortable reading. Brazil have accounted for three defeats (3-0 at Mexico 1983, 2-0 at USSR 1985 and 4-0 Chile 1987), while the Eagles have also been grounded by Paraguay (2-1 at Nigeria 1999), Argentina (2-1 at Netherlands 2005) and Chile (4-0 at Canada 2007). Their solitary piece of cheer came against Brazil in 2005, when they managed a scoreless draw.

http://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/news/newsid=1106320.html#flying+eagles+eager+hoodoo

Full preview to come tomorrow before the match.