Egypt national team player Haitham Hassan revealed the behind-the-scenes of the Pharaohs' wonderful canceled goal against Argentina in the World Cup, and how he dribbled past the Tango defense.
Haitham Hassan
Club: Real Oviedo
Haitham Hassan said via MBC Egypt channel: "At the beginning of the attack, Marwan Attia and Mohamed Hany were defending, and Hossam Hassan asked me to have some defensive tasks, Marwan passed the ball to me and I ran with it and dribbled past the player and went forward without thinking".
He added, "One of the defenders tried to cut the ball from me, but I was able to change my direction while running and passed the ball to Salah, who passed it to Zico in a wonderful way and scored one of the most beautiful goals in the World Cup. It is a wonderful goal, and every time I watch it, I think it is one of the most beautiful goals in the World Cup, and I still don't know why this goal was canceled, and there was no fault on us".
He continued, "It was a wonderful moment for us when we added the second goal, but after the goal was canceled, we felt wronged, and I think if the Argentine national team had scored this goal, the referee would have counted it".
He added, "After conceding the first goal from Argentina, we entered a moment of doubt. We deserved to win because we played a perfect match, and Shobier is a great goalkeeper and performed at a more than wonderful level, but unfortunately you can win against a strong team but you cannot fight the referee and other things".
He stressed, "Exiting the World Cup in that manner is a sad thing for us".
He concluded his statements, "I used to play football when I was young in the neighborhood where I was born with my friends, and I used to dribble past the players, and this matter later turned into a professional job and my playing style developed because I used to play in the street a lot for fun, and now there are those who pay money for us to play football and this contributed to the development of my level".
