Posted March 15, 2024 00:48
· last edited March 15, 2024 01:18
I see no hope of us getting a result against Egypt in Cairo - though the atmosphere will be amazing. Egyptian crowds are pretty raucous! Last time a NZ side played in Egypt from memory would have been our first ever appearance in the FIFA u-17 World Cup way back in 1997 where we got shellacked by Spain 13-0 and ended up GF: 0 GA: 22 We've made so much progress since then at all levels, that thankfully we'll probably never see those sorts of results again.....
The All Whites have played Egypt twice in friendlies before - all in one week in 1999 in Mexico. They were preparing for the FIFA Confederations Cup. A draw (Harry Ngata scored) and a narrow loss: 10 July 1999 | Club Necaxa Training Ground, Mexico City | Egypt | 1–1 | New Zealand | Friendly | Ngata |
I see no hope of us getting a result against Egypt in Cairo - though the atmosphere will be amazing. Egyptian crowds are pretty raucous! Last time a NZ side played in Egypt from memory would have been our first ever appearance in the FIFA u-17 World Cup way back in 1997 where we got shellacked by Spain 13-0 and ended up GF: 0 GA: 22 We've made so much progress since then at all levels, that thankfully we'll probably never see those sorts of results again.....
The All Whites have played Egypt twice in friendlies before - all in one week in 1999 in Mexico. They were preparing for the FIFA Confederations Cup. A draw (Harry Ngata scored) and a narrow loss: 10 July 1999 | Club Necaxa Training Ground, Mexico City | Egypt | 1–1 | New Zealand | Friendly | Ngata |
I see no hope of us getting a result against Egypt in Cairo - though the atmosphere will be amazing. Egyptian crowds are pretty raucous! Last time a NZ side played in Egypt from memory would have been our first ever appearance in the FIFA u-17 World Cup way back in 1997 where we got shellacked by Spain 13-0 and ended up GF: 0 GA: 22 We've made so much progress since then at all levels, that thankfully we'll probably never see those sorts of results again.....
I see no hope of us getting a result against Egypt in Cairo - though the atmosphere will be amazing. Egyptian crowds are pretty raucous! Last time a NZ side played in Egypt from memory would have been our first ever appearance in the FIFA u-17 World Cup way back in 1997 where we got shellacked by Spain 13-0 and ended up GF: 0 GA: 22 We've made so much progress since then at all levels, that thankfully we'll probably never see those sorts of results again.....
The All Whites have played Egypt twice in friendlies before - all in one week in 1999. They were preparing for the FIFA Confederations Cup. A draw (Harry Ngata scored) and a narrow loss: 10 July 1999 | Club Necaxa Training Ground, Mexico City | Egypt | 1–1 | Friendly | Ngata | 15 July 1999 | Las Chivas Ground, Guadalajara | Egypt | 0–1 | Friendly
Unknown editoredited March 15, 2024 00:51
The tournament has now been switched to Cairo after an organizational fiasco left all four countries participating up in arms over breaches of contracts. I see no hope of us getting a result against Egypt in Cairo - though the atmosphere will be amazing. Egyptian crowds are pretty raucous! Last time a NZ side played in Egypt from memory would have been our first ever appearance in the FIFA u-17 World Cup way back in 1997 where we got shellacked by Spain 13-0 and ended up GF: 0 GA: 22
The All Whites have played Egypt twice in friendlies before - all in one week in 1999. They were preparing for the FIFA Confederations Cup. A draw (Harry Ngata scored) and a narrow loss: 10 July 1999 | Club Necaxa Training Ground, Mexico City | Egypt | 1–1 | Friendly | Ngata | 15 July 1999 | Las Chivas Ground, Guadalajara | Egypt | 0–1 | Friendly
