Egyptian soccer received some much-needed good news this afternoon as manager Bob Bradley led The Pharaohs to a 5-0 victory against Kenya, Bradley's first victory in charge of Egypt.
Monday's match was the first game against a senior international side since the tragic death of 74 fans in Port Said earlier this month. A moment of silence was observed ahead of kickoff.
Both sides were missing several European and domestic players which allowed Mohamed Salah to make an impressive debut for his national side. The Arab Contractors striker scored a goal and drew a penalty. The other goals were courtesy of Ahmed Hassan, Ahmed Eid Abdel-Malek, Ahmed Khairi and Ahmed Abdel-Zaher. Kenya failed to offer much in the way of offense.
This is the first of three games Egypt will play in Doha in preparation for World Cup qualifying. They face off against Niger on Wednesday and Congo on March 2.
Hope to see Bob in 2014 advancing out of the group stage.
Go Bob!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Congrats to Bob!!
Looks like Dero(#22) is Egyptian now.
Thought the same thing myself.
In Bob I Trust!
AHMAD SCORED 4!
But in all seriousness….congrats to Egypt, I’ll be cheering hard for them to advance, Coach Bradley deserves it for representing the U.S. so well.
Me too.
good job bob!
Bob is so good that he managed FIFA to allow DeRosario to switch national teams to join him.
Expected this result. Kenya’s pretty lousy. The tougher tests should come later this week againtst Congo & Niger. Can’t wait to watch highlights from this match later today.
DFEZ… I mean CAP HIM!!!!
Yeah Kenya is quite a minnow when it comes to football. Same with the other East African nations. Now if Egypt can beat Ghana or Cameroon or Ivory Coast 5-0 than they’re going to the WC.
DeRo?
This was against the Kenya U-23 Side. link to starafrica.com
Good to see Bob continue to represent the USA well overseas. The guy really is a class act.
haha thought the same thing.
To bad Treka retired
Bob must be a Republican. Okay, nevermind, that made no sense.
As did I!
Good for Bob!!!
Good for BB.
I hope he finds success for Eygpt.
Klinnsman would’ve won 10-0 with beautiful, attacking soccer.
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Will Alexi and Twellman use this result as a hammer if Klinsmann doesn’t get a result? I believe they hate Klinsmann more than Zimmerman does.
Thanks Sunil. That made me LOL. Keep up the great work out there in Chicago. Hopefully we’ll nudge our ranking up to #32 thanks to your guidance!
An interview of Bob Bradleyu by the PU daily paper.It includes interviews from people who have know Bob for Decades. Ithink it is good and pretty accurately captures his demeanor.
link to dailyprincetonian.com
I think he’ll be a hero if he makes it TO the group stage, since Egypt hasn’t been to the WC since 1990.
me too!