In that moment he become a nation’s hero. In the third minute of injury time, the scores at 2-2, Salah dashed from the right wing and converted with his left foot to secure Egypt’s victory. The country was also in the midst of revolution.īradley’s team – short of serious game time – had just beaten Mozambique, a 2-0 home win behind closed doors in their only competitive game for six months, but the fixture in Conakry was their toughest in African qualifying as they bid to reach Brazil in 2014. “Now you will see how good he is front of goal.”ĭomestic football in Egypt was postponed in the wake of the Port Said massacre when 74 people were killed and over 500 injured after horrific violence following a game between Al-Masry and Al-Ahly. The rest of the team was stood encouraging him. “I spent an hour with him directing the ball from many positions so he could practice shooting and scoring. “The next day we went on the training field. We scored first but Salah miss 15 chances in the first half and 15 chances in the second half. We knew if we won or drew we would go to the World Cup in Colombia. “It had been a very important game against South Africa. I asked him why? He said he missed many chances. “After the game he went to his room, closed the door and cried,” recalls Diaa El Sayed, Egypt’s Under 20 coach at that time. The tournament is also serving as a qualifier for the Under 20 World Cup later that year so the young Egyptians are in the mood to celebrate. It is Johannesburg in 2011 and Egypt’s Under 20 side has just knocked the hosts out of the African Youth Championships.
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