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Ethiopian women’s football team sink Egypt 4-0

01-30-2012

Ethiopian women’s football team sink Egypt 4-0

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Few expected that the Ethiopian national women’s football team would thrash the Egyptian side 4-0 in the second leg of the African Championship qualifier on Sunday at the Addis Ababa stadium. The victory means Ethiopia advances to the next round with an aggregate 6-4 result. Egypt had a 4-2 win in the first leg a fortnight ago in Cairo.

The Ethiopian side scored the opener in the 36^th minute through Reima Zergaw. The score at the interval remained 1-0. Once again Reima found the net in the early second half (53^rd minute) to extend the lead. The Egyptians had a tactic of delay and wastage of time but once they were down 2-0 they realizing that this score line was enough for the Ethiopian side to go through they begun playing attacking football. That gave an opportunity for the Ethiopians to score the third goal in the 70^th minute through Helen Siefu. Egyptians created some scoring opportunities but their shooting let them down. In the last 5 minutes from the end, the outstanding player of the match Birtukan Gebrekirstos found the net to make the final score 4-0 to compete an impressive come back. The Ethiopians dominated the game with their short passing game and dribbling kills.

The Addis Ababa stadium which was full to capacity appreciated the football as many people had turned to watch the Egyptian side that scored four goals in the first leg. Ethiopians were hoping for a home win but few predicted that the wide 4-0 margin.

National team head coach Abrham Teklehaimanot said that beating the strong Egyptian side with this margin gives strong confidence for the next match. “I didn’t expect that we would win with such a wide margin. When we scored the second goal I told my players to go forward for the third goal. If we tried to play defensive football combined with wastage of time after the second goal it would be to the advantage of Egypt who made the tactical blunder to keep the first leg result with defensive play” the coach said.

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