The Al Ahly ace took no part in the crucial Africa Cup of Nations qualifier as he has been suffering from a cruciate ligament injury he picked up in September against Sierra Leone.
Egypt’s failure to win for the fourth time in a row virtually ended their hopes of reaching the Nations Cup – for the first time ever.
While Egyptian fans are unhappy with the players, Hassan has defended his teammates on Filgoal.com.
“It was obvious that the players were nervous and this had an direct impact on the performance," he says.
“They felt under enormous pressure because victory was our only option, but I am sure that there was no carelessness.”
Egypt now need a miracle to qualify as second best runner-up, hoping that all groups’ results go in their favour.
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We continue with our lives in SA as the 4 points from egypt was long overdue, and no hard feelings neh egyptians, uu beat us 1998 in the final, nxa!
keep hating u fool, but Bafana have just booked themselves a ticket to Afcon 2012, u like or u dont, them overrated egyptians bastards aint going, deal with that!! we whipped their ass in the process of qualifying, wat more do u want.. in fact where the hell r u from?
Who cares !!!
Botswana plays more competitive games than you . You failed to qualify for 2010 WC and now it’s Africa nations Cup.
Just stop bringing the uprising because when you were playing for WC 2010 qualifying games there was never an uprising that time.
Just average team , with OR without their 57 yr old player Aboutrika
Next time bring more lasers idiots
Spot-on Fisto - For sure their exta man (lasers) on the field of play did help Pharoahs to past Bafana defenders and Khune