Egypt qualifies for 2018 football World Cup

[newcastle]

Congratulations!!



Egypt celebrates qualifying for the World Cup.....after a wait of 28 years.



Something to take their minds of other problems.

Even El Presidente managed a smile.

[Dusak]

I wondered what all the shouting, fireworks and cheering was about last night. Just thought they had heard about my visa.

[newcastle]

Maybe we should run a caption competition on that photo of Sisi.



"No Mr Dusak. I expect you to die!"

[Winged Isis]

Mubrook Misr!

Something to help push back the daily problems and worries for a while, insha' allah.

My husband could hardly speak he was so excited. It has been hard, but he managed magnificently, to cope with bottom-of-the-league Australia qualifying in past years, and not highly experienced Egypt. It will be interesting if we qualify too (tomorrow night we must beat Syria or have a 0-0 draw). Even more so if we play each other. Should make for some interesting phone calls.

[carrie]

Divorce is on the cards. I can see it coming, Aussies beat Egypt to stop then getting through to the semi's. Not really interested in football so didn't realise it was the "big" match till I went out yesterday the coffee shops had men standing in the road so they could watch the TV every thing seemed to have come to a halt. Knew Egypt had won when I heard this deafening roar.

[newcastle]

Sisi rewards each player of football team LE1.5 mn for qualifying for World Cup

http://www.egyptindependent.com/sisi-re ... world-cup/

The funny thing is....I expect even the poorest Egyptian will applaud this "generosity".

You couldn't make it up

[Dusak]

[quote="newcastle"]Maybe we should run a caption competition on that photo of Sisi.



''You think you are safe, that that new castle in the sky of yours is bullet proof? You fool, it was built by Egyptians.'' I give you this.''

[Dusak]

[quote="newcastle"]Maybe we should run a caption competition on that photo of Sisi.



''You think you are safe, that that new castle in the sky of yours is bullet proof? You fool, it was built by Egyptians.'' I give you this.''

[carrie]

Who said I'm a smug self satisfied b*****d?

[newcastle]

"Oh, indeed you must excuse me, Master Copperfield! I am greatly obliged, and I should like it of all things, I assure you; but I am far too umble. There are people enough to tread upon me in my lowly state, without my doing outrage to their feelings by possessing learning. Learning ain't for me. A person like myself had better not aspire. If he is to get on in life, he must get on umbly, Master Copperfield!'"

[Dusak]

[quote="newcastle"]Maybe we should run a caption competition on that photo of Sisi.




''At last, I've caught that f****** fly. Now who was it that called me a tub of ointment?''

[Winged Isis]

Australia qualifies!!! 2-1
There are three certainties in life: Death, taxes and captain Tim Cahill, No. 4, and 37 years old.
Commiserations to Syria. I know they needed the morale boost even more than Egypt.

[Winged Isis]

Drat, why do they make it so complicated? We still have to play once more.

[Zooropa]

Drat, why do they make it so complicated? We still have to play once more.

Australia, and the middle East for that matter are unfairly treated in the qualification system.

Its not as complicated in most other regional groups.

But as its Fifa that's involved it should not be surprising.

Obviously when Qatar were bribing Fifa to host the 2022 world cup they didnt ask for a fairer system fo the countries in their region.

Opportunity missed there methinks.