The Egyptian club achieved a remarkable victory over the Tunisian Esperance with a clean goal, in a friendly experience that took place on Sunday evening in the capital, Tunisia, and witnessed a defensive and offensive brilliance from the Port Said team led by Nabil Al -Kouki.
Details of the friendly match between Al -Masry and Al -Tarji
The first team of the Egyptian club fought a strong confrontation against its Tunisian counterpart, Esperance at Hassan Belkhakha Stadium, as part of the two teams’ preparations for the new season. The match, which was run by Tunisian international referee Naim Hosni, ended with Al -Masry’s victory with a goal without a response.
Salah Mohsen scored the only goal of the meeting in the tenth minute of the second half, after a careful pass from the Algerian Munther Tammin, which was exploited by the Egyptian striker and was alone with goalkeeper Aman Allah Mamish, to put the ball with a quiet touch inside the net.
How was the two teams ’performance during the first half?
The first half witnessed a balance in the acquisition, and if the preference was relatively filed for the benefit of Al -Masry, which posed a clear danger to the Esperance goal. The Tunisian goalkeeper sponsored a powerful shot from Munther Tamemin, and the player himself led a counterattack that Mohamed Amin Toghai, the heart of the Esperance defense.
Despite Esperance attempts, the most dangerous of which was a shot from Jacques Diarra, which hit the right post of goalkeeper Mahmoud Hamdi, but the result remained the same until the end of the first half whistle in a negative tie.
Salah Mohsen’s goal ignites the second half
At the beginning of the second half, Al -Masry seemed more organized and quickly succeeded in translating his preference with the goal of Salah Mohsen. Then Esperance tried to adjust the result, and he had a dangerous opportunity from a fixed ball carried out by the substitute Youssef Al -Blaili, but goalkeeper Mahmoud Hamdi brilliantly tackled it.
The tension on the field increased over time, as Esperance players resorted to roughness, while the referee was satisfied with waving the yellow cards for the Egyptian players. The last minutes witnessed an argument after Mohamed Amin Toghai assaulted one of the Egyptian players, to end the match with the victory of the Port Said team.
The formation of the Egyptian in the friendly meeting
Al -Masry started the meeting with a formation that included: Mahmoud Hamdi in the goalkeeper, in front of him the quadruple of defense Karim Al -Iraqi, Baher Al -Muhammadi, Muhammad Hashem, and Amr Saadawi. In the midfield, Al -Kouki relied on Muhammad Makhlouf and Ahmed Ali Amer as a defensive pivot, behind an offensive trio consisting of Abdul Rahim Degmum, Mahmoud Hamada, and Mundhir Tamemin, while Salah Mohsen led the attack.
During the second half, the coach, Nabil Al -Kouki, made several changes, as Mido Jaber, Mustafa Abu Al -Khair, Karim Bambo, Khaled Sobhi, Hossam Hassan, Hassan Ali, Ahmed Eid, and Ahmed Ayman Mansour joined, to give the opportunity to the largest number of players.
