Post-Match Analysis of Egyptian Football Team

Your assessment of the match, please, Captain Hossam?

It was within reach, you were very close.

The Egyptian players gave a historic performance.

What is your assessment of the match?

Thank God, we were better, but football is still…

I mean, I see it as" not fair" to the boys, in English and Arabic,

what's happening isn't" fair".

I mean, we had a penalty denied, a goal disallowed.

I don't know why the goal was disallowed, and then…

We could have been three- one, it turned into two- two.

The penalty where he was pulled inside the 18, pulling the guy…

Hamdi.

I don't know, maybe it has become about marketing.

I mean, maybe they want to make the World Cup…

They want to have the previous World Cup champion there.

They want to have Messi there. But we did our best.

I thank my players very much,

and to the Egyptian fans and the Egyptian people…

and the Arab and African people, I tell them…

Many times you can work hard and do your best, but at the same time, other factors

entirely are very difficult. I tell them we...

I wished we could have made you happier than this,

and I'm the type of person who doesn't like losing.

And when it's an unfair loss like today, I...

I tell them," Don't be upset,

we really wanted to make you happier than this, and thank God for everything."

But football has things other than what happens on the pitch, there are things

other than... There are things that happen other than the tactics and the

match itself. Even if we are playing against the world champion, at the same time,

there is support from all sides for the world champion.

Marketing support, or whatever it is.

Captain, but as a coach, as a manager, the plan and preparation for this match,

if you could give us the main points and the tactical plan for entering

this match? We play...

as I said in the press conference before the match, we have a style, and I was...

I mean, thank God, I was confident in the work we were doing with my players

and the team's development.

And I was working to impose my own style,

and that is what happened and what was done in all the matches.

We dealt with all the teams by imposing our own style.

And we are playing, of course, against professional players, but at the same time…

What I am happy about is that my players executed the plan most of the time and

worked really well.

But there are external factors, as I told you, that can affect the result.

And at the same time,

even if the goals came from mistakes, but at the same time…

The big mistake is when you don't get your rights from the decision- makers,

who are the factors— the other factors I was telling you about.

So I say that I am happy that my players played the tournament at the highest level.

And this was a great honor for us, for Egyptian football, for Arab football,

and for African football.

And I say to all the fans who watched us and who love and support the

Egyptian national team, Whether in the Arab world, Africa, or my

country, Egypt. I tell them I was...

I mean, I'm sorry that I wished to go as far as possible. But I...

don't be upset,

but all of this was done in a short time, that we built...

We built a team,

a national team that honors Egyptian, Arab, and African football.

Yesterday, you spoke about the Egyptian football project,

regardless of today's result.

Do you consider today, also regardless of the result,

to be a continuation of this Egyptian football project?

God willing, of course, my ambition never stops.

And the ambition of Egyptian football, of course, must...

certainly must not stop,

because Egyptian football is very important for Africa and the Arab world.

But thank God, today I saw...

we want to continue, Against all national teams,

we didn't care who we were playing or who their players were.

We want to continue because we have entered the depth of global football,

and we fear no one, as I said yesterday.

I said the match would be difficult for them and for us, but at the same time,

it became harder for them. We...

I am very happy with my players

and happy with what we did, but I'm not happy with the factors that occurred.

But development will come, and we won't stop at this goal,

we still have many big goals ahead

so that the Egyptian national team can face any team in the world.

With intelligence, hard work, preparation, and diligence, and with the great

support of the administration, coaching staff, and players.

And this is my last question,

what was your message to your Egyptian players

after the match? I told them thank you, you worked hard in the

tournament and did your best,

and I am very pleased with you, even if some mistakes happened. But I am very,

very pleased with the effort they put in. Pleased that I...

the players, most of the players are all from the Egyptian local league,

while all the players in the other national teams, as you can see,

are all professionals in Europe.

And they live in a European atmosphere, yet we, with...

Of course, with Salah, Omar, and Haitham, with local players...

We were able to face anyone, and we will face anyone.

And we will fight for Egyptian football to have a strong and influential

presence globally.

But I just hope there is' fairness'.

I mean, I hope, as I said, FIFA's slogan is' Fair Play' and' Respect',

but I see that...

We were wronged in the first match against Belgium, we had a penalty,

And in the end, today is the same thing, with fatal and critical mistakes.

But I say that I am happy with my team, and at the same time,

I say to our fans... They have every right to be proud

that they have a team that plays respectable football and isn't afraid of anyone.

And at the same time,

I know that their ambition and mine are greater than this,

for us to go even further.

But it is God's will, and what He wills,

He does, and praise be to God for everything.