What did the Egyptian football legends say about the defeat from Ethiopia?

"No idea!"

The Egyptian football legends attacked their country after the poor performance that caused the catastrophic defeat against Ethiopia by two clean goals, Thursday, in the 2023 African Nations qualifiers, describing what happened as a “farce”, despairing at the modest technical level that the players appeared on and it almost resulted in a heavy loss without sympathy. Al-Qaim and the cancellation of the “mouse” video technology for a third goal, and goalkeeper Muhammad Abu Jabal for achieving goals, especially in the first half of the match.

The following are the highlights of what the Egyptian football stars said about the match, the players and the technical staff led by the new national coach, Ehab Galal.

Schubert: I know what the Ethiopian goalkeeper looks like!

Ahmed Schubert, the former goalkeeper and the former Egyptian national team, attacked the Pharaohs, and said on his official page on the social networking site “Facebook”: “I feel that we are playing Brazil, not Ethiopia.. A strange need. The whole team is out of form and focus.. Ethiopia!".

Ibrahim Saeed: The coach "has no idea"!

Former Egypt national team defender Ibrahim Saeed wrote on his Twitter account: "The coach who chooses Ayman Ashraf and Mahmoud Alaa and they are considered among the worst defenders and players in Egypt currently and play alongside each other. I have no idea and I will not trust him. We are literally in a nightmare, this match is revealed." Everything, the Egyptian national team is greater than the players and the technical staff.”

Wael Jumaa: Everyone bears the responsibility for the farce 

Former Egypt national team defender Wael Gomaa said during the match analysis studio via “BN Sports”, “We should not say “Hard for you” to the team, but rather to the viewers who wasted their time watching today’s match.”

He added, "I think that the Egyptian national team has a better performance than this. I cannot believe that these players reached the final of the African Nations Cup, and reached the final stage of qualifying for the World Cup."

He continued, "Carlos Queiroz did a good job in a short period, and was able to build the strength of the national team. It is true that he played in a defensive manner, but at the international level we were facing major teams with 28 professional players in their lists, now we are losing from Ethiopia."

He concluded, "This cannot be the performance of the Egyptian team. We did not see an offensive position except in the second half and as a reaction to the Ethiopian attack. Everything was wrong today. Everyone bears the responsibility for the farce."

Haitham Farouk: If I were in Ihab Jalal's place, I would have submitted my resignation

Former Zamalek international player Haitham Farouk said: "I cannot say that the absences are behind this poor performance from the Egyptian national team. I hold the players and the technical staff responsible for the loss. Everyone bears the responsibility for this farce."

He continued, "It is true that Ihab Jalal did not play any friendly matches, but he must be held accountable because he put the line-up and made changes. Imagine that we are happy because we did not receive goals in the second half. I do not believe that we played the African final and reached the final stage of the World Cup qualifiers, Then we lost today from Ethiopia, what will the Malawi team do to us on this same stadium?”

He concluded, "If I were Ihab Jalal, I would have resigned after this loss."

Al-Mohammadi: A coach who has no history, capabilities or qualifications

The former captain of the Egyptian national team, Ahmed El-Mohammadi, said that the Egyptian Football Association bears full responsibility because he is behind the appointment of Ihab Galal as coach of the team, to succeed Portuguese Carlos Queiroz.

Al-Mohammadi added, through his official account on Twitter, "How can a coach who has no history, capabilities or qualifications be appointed as the technical director of the largest team in Africa? We are facing Brazil, not Ethiopia."

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