Let's play a game: pick the results of this week's friendlies

[MoJo23]

it's us against the world on this one

Even though i predicted Sweden to win. I'm rooting for Egypt!

Goooooooooooooooo Egypt! I hope they win!

[Pharaoh]

haha inshalla we'll pull it off but we're gonna have to do it without abu treika

i know man.. sucks. my friends and i were suggesting lineups all day today. im thinking we should play with zidan behind two strikers (in place of treika) instead of as a striker. maybe zaki and mido up front. rabena ysahhil. im watching the game with 2 dudes who are half pali half masri.

[Pharaoh]

Even though i predicted Sweden to win. I'm rooting for Egypt!
Goooooooooooooooo Egypt! I hope they win!

mojo my man. i know how u guys in here feel, i was just teasing about the predictions. most of my bros in here are with egypt im sure.

inshallah kheir

[Pali]

i know man.. sucks. my friends and i were suggesting lineups all day today. im thinking we should play with zidan behind two strikers (in place of treika) instead of as a striker. maybe zaki and mido up front. rabena ysahhil. im watching the game with 2 dudes who are half pali half masri.

yeah thats what i was thinking aswell with ghaly on the right shawky on the left and hassan in the holding position. really? i always thought the pali egyptian mixture was pretty rare haha

[Pharaoh]

yeah thats what i was thinking aswell with ghaly on the right shawky on the left and hassan in the holding position. really? i always thought the pali egyptian mixture was pretty rare haha

haha maybe it is. i know several though. there's also a girl at my school who's half/half and really into kora. i like ur lineup. the question is whether we'll play in a 4-4-2 or stay with 3-5-2 like egypt usually does. here's the lineup im expecting:

---------------hadary--------------

---------gomaa------azmy---------
fat7y---------------------moawwad

---------shawqy----ghaly----------
-abd rabbo-----------------hassan-

-----------zidan-------------------
-------------------mido------------

[Pali]

haha maybe it is. i know several though. there's also a girl at my school who's half/half and really into kora. i like ur lineup. the question is whether we'll play in a 4-4-2 or stay with 3-5-2 like egypt usually does. here's the lineup im expecting:
---------------hadary--------------
---------gomaa------azmy---------
fat7y---------------------moawwad
---------shawqy----ghaly----------
-abd rabbo-----------------hassan-
-----------zidan-------------------
-------------------mido------------

i hope he plays a 4-4-2 you dont think he'll start zaki or mit3ib?

[Pharaoh]

i hope he plays a 4-4-2 you dont think he'll start zaki or mit3ib?

met3eb has been kinda out of form.. and i think he'll start with a big man/small man combo, so i doubt we'll see zaki/mido masalan, unfortunately. i do want him to start one of the local players at striker though, just to keep the euro guys from getting too big of a head. i'd prefer the local guy be zaki.. he's the league's top scorer, so it'd look bad if that doesnt get u a spot in the starting lineup.

[Amin_]

Costa Rica vs. Trinidad & Tobago: Costa Rica

Northern Ireland vs. Wales: Wales

Australia vs. Denmark: draw

Greece vs. Korea Rep.: draw

Cyprus vs. Hungary: Hungary

Bulgaria vs. Latvia: Bulgaria

Nigeria vs. Ghana: Draw

Brazil vs. Portugal: Brazil

Mali vs. Lithuania: Mali

Benin vs. Guinea: Guinea

Malta vs. Austria: Austria

Egypt vs. Sweden: Draw

Georgia vs. Turkey: Turkey

England vs. Spain: Draw

Netherlands vs. Russia: Netherlands

Belgium vs. Czech Rep.: Czech Rep.

Israel vs. Ukraine: Ukraine

Uzbekistan vs. Azerbaijan: Uzbekistan

Morocco vs. Tunisia: Draw

Germany vs. Switzerland: Germany

Croatia vs. Norway: Croatia

France vs. Argentina: France

Algeria vs. Libya: Algeria

Slovenia vs. Estonia: Slovenia

USA vs. Mexico: Mexico

Venezuela vs. Chile: Draw

Poland vs. Slovakia: Poland

Colombia vs. Uruguay: Draw

Italy vs. Romania: Italy

Angola vs. Senegal: Draw

China vs. Kazakhstan: China

Belarus vs. Iran: Iran

Albania vs. Macedonia: Draw

Togo vs. Cameroon: Cameroon

Andorra vs. Armenia: Armenia

Luxembourg vs. Gambia: Gambia

Botswana vs. Namibia: Botswana

Lesotho vs. Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe

Mozambique vs. Swaziland: Mozambique

[Pharaoh]

Hosam Ghaly and PAOK defender Amir Azmy ruled out for Egypt due to injury

In light of that, here's the lineup I'd go with:

------------------Hadary------------------

----------Gomaa----------Fat7allah--------
Fat7y----------------------------Moawwad

-----------Abd Rabbo----Shawqy----------
Hassan---------------------------------Eid

---------------Zidan----------------------
-----------------------Mido---------------

Egypt also has a huge Olympic qualifier vs. Cote d'Ivoire tomorrow. It's gonna be a big day.

[Payne]

[Pharaoh]

inshallah . looks like both teams are missing some guys. but if egypt beat sweden with pretty much its full squad a year or two ago, they should be able to do it this time. egypt is extremely erratic so i don't know what to expect to be honest. one match they're world beaters, the next it's a strange defeat. should be a good game. sweden has some good young players though and they'll be hungrier to prove themselves than soem of the guys missing.

[Shahin K]

lol EVERYBODY thinks Czech Rep. is gonna win? sure belgium sucks ass right now but this is just a friendly in belgium..everything can happen

[Payne]

Am i the only one that belives in Azerbaijan?

Port-Brazil starting in 34 min

the only good player sweden got is the half egyptan half swe goalkeeper that is the first goal keeper now RAMI SHAABAN

[Pharaoh]

Am i the only one that belives in Azerbaijan?

Port-Brazil starting in 34 min

the only good player sweden got is the half egyptan half swe goalkeeper that is the first goal keeper now RAMI SHAABAN

my car has a flat tire and now i'm suddenly stuck on campus and can't get home to watch the brazil game . im glad people are fond of shaaban up there. i believe he's half egyptian half finnish by the way, but raised in sweden.

shahin.. i actually had a hard time picking the beglium/czech match. belgium haven't been their best the past year or two but czech is a BIG time under-achiever.

[Payne]

my car has a flat tire and now i'm suddenly stuck on campus and can't get home to watch the brazil game . im glad people are fond of shaaban up there. i believe he's half egyptian half finnish by the way, but raised in sweden.
shahin.. i actually had a hard time picking the beglium/czech match. belgium haven't been their best the past year or two but czech is a BIG time under-achiever.

'they had a vote on the biggest newspaper site in sweden and shaban got 60% of the votes in the end. So if you ask me he is the best goalkeeper in sweden and he played really well in the wc.

denmark-austraila 2-0 atm