Confederations Cup - Last-gasp Brazil break Egypt

Eurosport - Tue, 16 Jun 11:16:00 2009

Kaka scored an injury-time penalty as Brazil survived a huge scare to beat Egypt 4-3 in a thrilling Group B clash at the Confederations Cup in Bloemfontein.

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The new Real Madrid star placed the ball low to the right of Essam Al-Hadari after substitute Ahmed Al-Muhammadi deliberately handballed Lucio's shot on the line in the final minute of play.

The 2006 and 2008 African champions had staged a remarkable fightback, scoring twice in two second-half minutes to level the game at 3-3.

Kaka had given Brazil a fifth-minute lead with the first of two goals after Wael Goma'a kicked air while trying to clear.

Mohamed Zidan levelled soon afterwards with a power header from a pin-point Mohamed Aboutreika cross, but Brazil cruised to a 3-1 half-time lead thanks to headed goals from set-pieces by Luis Fabiano and Juan.

But a superb second-half performance from the Pharoahs saw them dominate Brazil both with and without the ball.

The introduction of playmaker Ahmed Eid put Brazil further on the back foot and, after a flowing passing move, Middlesbrough outcast Mohamed Shawky's cracking long-range drive zipped into the bottom left for 3-2 on 53 minutes.

That strike was swiftly followed by an Aboutreika-assisted breakaway goal by Dortmund's Zidan that saw Egypt draw level.

The Ahly star wriggled past two Brazil defenders before sliding a through ball that Zidan raced on to before hammering a left-foot drive past Julio Cesar.

Another sub, Al-Muhamaddi, also impressed wide right as Egypt over-ran Brazil while trying to find a fourth.

However, it was the ENPPI winger's deliberate handball on the goal-line after Lucio met a free-kick that led to a red card and Kaka's 91st-minute winner.

Eid almost grabbed a dramatic late equaliser when his long-range shot was spilled by Cesar, but no-one was on hand to finish and Brazil completed a fortunate win.

The USA face Italy in the second clash of the group this evening.

Reda Maher / Eurosport

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  1. wow!! photo finish game to remember from egypt team ­ when wos the last time you­ score twice in tow mineuts in BRASIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!once­ in life time keep it up and show the world real­ magic of the nile pharoes
    see you next year in world­ cup inshallah

    From MAN, on Wed 17 Jun 8:48PM

  2. it's weird that egypt didn't qualify to for­ world cup !!! they won african cup 2006 and 2008 and­ the play a world class game !!!

    From hmb222000, on Tue 16 Jun 3:07PM

  3. VIVA EGYPT U WERE THE CHAMPIONS.....:))))

    From TeenBaby2k2, on Tue 16 Jun 2:39PM

  4. Egypt shot 2 goals in under a minute. Doing that­ against Brazil deserves to be applauded.

    From Adel, on Tue 16 Jun 12:14PM

  5. I thought the hand ball was intentional. It looked­ like he was trying to block it with his chest at first­ but then realized it was going in and stuck his arm­ out. Definitely worthy of a straight red. But what was­ worse was his play acting afterwards like he got hurt. ­ That was terrible and really low class. And the­ Brazilians, who are diving experts, saw it all the way.­ Still, a fantasic match, one of the best in the past­ couple of years.

    From Mark V, on Tue 16 Jun 9:01AM

  6. kaka nice goal..go brazil

    From Apik, on Tue 16 Jun 9:01AM

  7. Great match - unlucky hand ball which was NOT­ deliberate, he was off balance trying to get to the­ ball and it flew at him. Bad luck and I would have been­ delighted if it had been a drawe. Egypt amazingly­ outclassed the boys from Brazil for much of the 2nd­ half. England better watch out if they come up against­ Egypt.

    From Rob, on Tue 16 Jun 7:16AM

  8. Thanks, be cool...I think you are right here. It was a­ bit of mess with the refs towards the end but I just­ don't want Egypt to have a bad image because of the­ appeal, because the penalty, in the end, was the right­ call. Imagine if did end up a corner kick, then Brazil­ would be appealing which would have been worse. ­ Regardless, I also think it was one of the most­ entertaining international matches I've watched in­ a very long, probably since the last World Cup and I­ was very impressed with Egypt's performance, truly­ world class football.

    From Mark V, on Tue 16 Jun 2:59AM

  9. First of all in responding to Mark V , ..Mark ..Egypt­ made an appeal not because the penalety was not right­ ...but because The first refree judge..first he said­ the ball was a corner kick then the fourth refree told­ him it was a penalety ..as some external person (not­ one of the refrees) saw the play through the monitor­ and told the fourth refree so the fourth refree on his­ behalf told the first refree ...they are sending an­ appeal because you cant just say it was a corner kick­ then says its a penalety and give a red card . ,­ Ofcourse we are not saying that you can cheat as long­ as you wont get caught ...but we are just criticizing­ the first refree hesitation in such a critical­ situation....but I myself Think it was one of the­ greatest matches I have seen in quite a while ....GO­ Pharohs =)

    From be cool, on Tue 16 Jun 2:39AM

  10. What a game and congratulations to Egypt for a well­ played match. I think they have earned the respect of­ pundits and neutrals as THE football power in Africa. ­ But I don't understand the point of Egypt lodging­ an­ appeal when they themselves admit that it was a­­ penalty. And they were very fortunate they didn't­­ get a straight red card. I'm­ affraid that this­ appeal will only tarnish Egypt's­ football image.­ What are they trying to achieve and­ what message are­ they sending with this appeal? That­ cheating is ok as­ long as you don't get caught by­ the proper rules?­ It's an insult to fair play. I wish they­ hadn't appealled because now that's what people­ will be focusing on, including me.

    From Mark V, on Tue 16 Jun 2:23AM

  11. Great game of football by both teams.!!

    From JAIME, on Mon 15 Jun 11:44PM

  12. Well done Egypt,great performance and unlucky!

    From TERRY K, on Mon 15 Jun 10:58PM

  13. egypt desrve wining this game ,while i dont realise­ before this kind of two judgment in this unfair­ changing in decision

    From mohamed, on Mon 15 Jun 10:34PM

  14. kiksps3 ,don't reply Cyclope he doesn't deserve­ to have any attention from us .
    congratulation for­ Brazil for winning and for Egypt for being the better­ today who deserves to win but also hard luck for­ Egypt

    igwe g ,
    Zidan was awarded the man of the match­ today while Kaka were playing too ,and if there was the­ second man in the match he will be Abou trieka

    From ola azmy, on Mon 15 Jun 7:08PM

  15. east or west egypt is the best . next match egypt will­ beat italy and will play brazil in final

    From dareenfan, on Mon 15 Jun 7:01PM

  16. cyclope: get a life you idiod

    From m.shalaby85, on Mon 15 Jun 6:56PM

  17. Agree that Egypt were the better side. They bossed the­ game and impressed. Just unlucky that this game­ didn't go their way. They were worthy of 3 points.

    From Jason A, on Mon 15 Jun 6:49PM

  18. Well since you're having no trouble generalizing so­ will I Cyclope;
    While the arabs would appreciate your­ football related oppinions, they will not tolerate your­ terribly misinformed and abusive impression about their­ non-football related matters.

    Know your role or zip it­ ;)

    From Jason A, on Mon 15 Jun 6:38PM

  19. cyclope your a Fu**** moron.. why did u have to bring­ islam into this. they cut ur hands only if u steal­ idiot.

    From kiksps3, on Mon 15 Jun 6:20PM

  20. the EGYPTIANS gave a beutiful football lesson to the­ brazilians. the Egyptians were the better sides but the­ brazilians were lucky

    From dejilanko2000, on Mon 15 Jun 6:05PM
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