Egypt Plays Strong, But Chile Out Duels Them

The Pharaohs of Egypt made quite the trek (7,950 Miles) Friday night to play Chile at the Estadio Nacional in Santiago, Chile in a FIFa World Cup preparation match. In the 12Th Minute, Ahmed Fathy would test the faulty back line of Chile as he finds a wide open Mohamed Salah who makes a break towards goal and he easily beats Bravo to put the Pharaohs up 1 to 0 early. In the 16TH Minute, Chile would make another mistake and Fathy would make them pay again with his precision passing this time finding Khaled Kamar who chips the ball over the charging Bravo's head for the second goal of the game. You had to think that Chile boss Jorge Sampaoli was a little worried at how his backline was playing in the game. It would take long for Chile though to cut the lead to one as Barcelona man Alexis Sánchez who was cutting up the defense found Marcelo Díaz who roundhouse kicks the ball into the back of the net to make the game 2 to 1. From that point on in the second half, it was non stop action from both teams as they both created chances on goal but like the incredible save Sherif Ekramy made denying Sanchez, it's how the rest of the half went.

In the second half, the chances started to favor Chile as the team were trying their hardest to create chances throughout the game and in the 60TH minute they would get it. Eduardo Vargas would score his first of two goals in the game when he scored a goal similar to the first Egypt scored. He played the backline well enough that he was able to beat the offsides trap and he made them pay as Sanchez find him wide open and he buried the ball past the goalkeeper for the equalizer. They would ultimately get the go ahead goal from vargas in the 78TH minute to secure the lead and the win. It was a scary result for Chile, but I am sure the team is going to get the talking to from their skipper before their next friendly. My player of the game award goes to Alexis Sánchez who may not have scored goal, but his assists brought the team back into the match. For Egypt, this was a decent result that the Pharaohs can build off of for the future because it's a shame a team of this caliber is not in the FIFA World Cup.