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The pioneers of the Egyptian communication platforms and fans launched a sharp attack on the national team players and the technical director, because of what they called the team’s poor performance and exit from the African Cup of Nations without a win, even if it was an orphan. Some tweeters called for the dismissal of the Portuguese national team coach, Rui Vitoria, while others called, via the hashtag #resignation, for the departure of the Football Association. The entire Egyptian Football Association.

The Pharaohs team qualified hard for the round of 16 of the tournament, and had to face the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which scored the first goal, before the Pharaohs equalized from a penalty kick scored by Mustafa Mohamed at the end of the first half.

After the end of legal and extra time for the match in a tie, the two teams resorted to penalty kicks, which ended with Congo winning 8 to 7, after goalkeeper Mohamed Abu Jabal missed the decisive penalty kick for the Pharaohs.

The Pharaohs' coach tried to mitigate the severity of the exit after the match, saying, "This is not the end. We did not expect defeat. Bad luck was the reason for Egypt's loss to the Democratic Republic of the Congo."

Anger and attack

The "Shabakat" program - in the episode (01/29/2024) - followed the wave of attack and discontent launched by tweeters against the performance of the Egyptian team in the African Cup of Nations, while some of them held responsibility for the team's exit to goalkeeper Mohamed Abu Jabal for missing the penalty kick that caused Egypt to leave. Championship.

Activist Samir called for moving beyond what happened and supporting the players, despite their exit from the tournament. He asked, “Why all this anger? This is a game and a loss is possible, and we all know that our team is not at its best.” He noted the importance of raising morale. “We are supposed to comfort the players and motivate them.” We don't hate them in life."

As for the owner of the account, Mohamed El-Gazzar, he held the technical administration fully responsible, describing it as “the worst technical administration you can see in your life, frankly, in the Congolese match against football,” and called for the expulsion of everyone. “In a system that excels at distorting everything that is beautiful, Vitoria’s departure alone is not the solution, but from He brought it before him.”

For his part, activist Ashraf Younis saw that there was “an insistence on repeating mistakes, and even exaggeration in highlighting them,” and demanded “the dismissal of Vitoria and the council forever.”

For his part, tweeter Ahmed Al-Haris held Abu Jabal part of the responsibility, and said, “We are accustomed to Abu Jabal being an impenetrable bulwark, but his performance in this match was very bad and illogical. He was not present in the match.”

It is noteworthy that media reports circulated about an agreement between the management of Al-Ahly Club and the National Bank Club to include goalkeeper Mohamed Abu Jabal for a period of 6 months on loan, in exchange for money only, without any exchange deals. The reason that made some believe that this matter is the reason that... He lost focus in the match.

Source: Al Jazeera