Quote Originally Posted by Khalid80
I don't think that Ismail played in the last African Championships in 2007 but he did in 2005. His presence on the Egyptian NT is very important since he is one of the best players and leaders of the team. I remember that Egypt were upset by Cape Verde for the 3rd place position in the African Championships which would have given them the chance to play in the pre-Olympics in Athens this year.
in 2005 egypt didn't play in the african nations cup...it was in algeria...this tournanmet qualifies 3 team to japan in 2006...senegal, angola and nigeria are the one who qualified...i remember i was very sad bc egypt didn't participate...they withdrew bc half their player were injured