Egypt shocked Italy 1-0 yesterday as the World Champions cracked under pressure to leave their Confederations Cup fate in limbo.
Egypt shocked Italy 1-0 yesterday as the World Champions cracked under pressure to leave their Confederations Cup fate in limbo.
Mohamed Homos was the Egyptian hero with his 40th minute header enough to hand them a famous victory in
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front of 51,000 fans, but they also had goalkeeper Essam al-Hadary to thank for pulling off some fine saves.
"We are honoured because this was a victory against the world champions," Egypt deputy coach Shawky Gharib said.
"We played a tactical match and our concentration levels were very high. We played better than them and this will go down as part of Egyptian history."
Italy coach Marcello Lippiu00a0 was disappointed. "We had a good beginning in which we created opportunities. But we were not very aggressive. We didn't take the initiative.," Lippi said.
In the day's first match, Brazil beat USA 3-0.
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