Fayoum SC took their revenge on Telephonat Beni Suef

Telephonat Beni Suef - Fayoum SC 1-2 (0-1)

Ahmed Wael 50' penalty - Alaa El-Din Metwally 41', Mahmoud Kamal "Schmeichel" 73'.

Saturday, 11 December 2021, 2:30 pm local time (12:30 pm UTC), Alassiouty Sports Resort, Fayoum, Egypt, the 10th round of the Egyptian Second Division.

Just a couple of weeks after they met in the third preliminary round of the Egypt Cup, Telephonat Beni Suef and Fayoum SC faced each other once again, this time in the league. The cup match ended in a 0-0 draw, but Telephonat eventually won at penalties and qualified for the first round proper of the Egypt Cup. Given their situation in the league, one may guess that they would have preferred to win the league game, but Fayoum SC took their revenge for the result in the cup match and buried Telephonat even more in the relegation positions. 

Fayoum also had the advantage of playing at home, as much as Telephonat, because both teams use the Alassiouty Sports Resort Stadium for their home matches. Therefore, there were no real "visitors" in this game. However, the referee seemed to know which the hosts were, because he gave quite easily a penalty for Telephonat but refused a much clearer penalty for Fayoum in the second half.

Nevertheless, even against the referees' decisions, Fayoum won in the end, and they did deserve to win taking into account the way the match was played. In the first half, they dominated and controlled most of the game, and had several big chances to take the lead, by means of Alaa El-Din Metwally (15') and Ahmed Mohamed Roni (22'). Eventually, they scored: Mohamad Adel executed a corner from the right, Alaa El-Din Metwally headed the ball into the crossbar, but then the ball came back to him and this time he pushed the ball in: 0-1 (41').

Alaa El-Din Metwally (Fayoum SC) scored the first goal of the match. Source: Fayoum SC Facebook page

Telephonat Beni Suef started very well the second half, decided to turn the game in their favour. Their pressure bore fruit almost immediately: a cross from the right inside the box, on the opposite side, reached the winger, who tried to control the ball, but was blocked by Ahmed Saleh and the goalkeeper Islam Emad Risha (48'). The referee considered it a foul and awarded a penalty, which was executed by Ahmed Wael: 1-1 (50').

This was the end of Telephonat pressure, because immediately after the equalizer Fayoum took over the control of the game once again. Their attack was strengthened when Abdel Moati Mohamed was sent in, as the secondary forward behind Alaa El-Din Metwally. Fayoum had several attempts at goal, and pushed forward especially on the flanks, where Mostafa Sal and Ahmed Saleh were very active. In one occasion Ahmed Saleh was quite clearly fouled inside the box, but the referee decided that nothing happened (68'). Nevertheless, just a few minutes afterward, Fayoum took the lead once again, after another set piece. Mohamed Adel executed a free kick from midfield, passing to Islam El Sayed Lamouna to the right, who sent the ball into the box, where Abdel Moati Mohamed headed towards Mahmoud Kamal "Schmeichel", all alone at the edge of the 6-yard box, who even had the time to control the ball before shooting right in: 1-2 (73').

This time, Fayoum took all the necessary precautions to preserve their lead until the end, made some defensive changes, and even had more chances to score than their opponents in the remaining minutes.

Telephonat: Mohamed Gamal - Ahmed Nasser, Islam Mostafa, Abdel Rahman Youssef, Mahmoud Samir, Hossam Hassan "Bazooka", Mohamed Ashraf, Ahmed Al-Nahhas (Mohamed Ragab), Fathi Jamal (Hassan Mohamed Hassan), Ahmed Wael, Haitham Jamil. Manager: Karam Jaber.

Fayoum: Islam Emad Risha - Islam El Sayed Lamouna, Hamad Hassan, Mahmoud Kamal "Schmeichel", Mohamad Adel (Ali El- Din Sakhr 86') - Ahmed Saleh, Ahmed Mohamed Mostafa Roni (Abdel Moati Mohamed 65'), Mo Dibo, Mahmoud Abd Elsalam "Gresha", Mostafa Sal - Alaa El-Din Metwally (Hossam Hassan 77'). Manager: Sayed Sobhi.

Referee: Ibrahim Mahjoub.

Yellow cards: Islam Mostafa - Ahmed Mohamed Mostafa Roni, Mahmoud Abd Elsalam "Gresha", and (on the bench) Khaled Mahmoud, administrative director of Fayoum SC.

In the next round, Telephonat will play away at Aluminium, while Fayoum will face Qena at home.

Full results, table and fixtures:

Round 10 (10-12 December 2021)

 

Tamya – Asyut Petroleum 1-2

Telephonat – Fayoum 1-2

Sohag – Media 1-1

El Minya – KIMA Aswan 0-1

Al Madina Al Monawara – Beni Suef 1-2

Qena – Dayrout 0-2

Aswan – Naser Mallawi 4-1

El Badari – Aluminium 0-2

 

Table

 

1	Aswan	10	7	2	1	16-7	23	Promotion to the Premier League
2	KIMA Aswan	10	6	4	0	15-9	22
3	El Minya	10	5	3	2	13-6	18
4	Asyut Petroleum	10	4	5	1	14-6	17
5	Aluminium	10	4	4	2	14-8	16
6	Dayrout	10	4	4	2	10-7	16
7	Fayoum	10	4	4	2	10-10	16
8	Beni Suef	10	3	6	1	14-12	15
9	Al Madina Al Monawara	10	3	3	4	13-11	12
10	Tamya	10	3	2	5	8-10	11
11	Naser Mallawi	10	3	2	5	10-15	11
12	Sohag	10	1	5	4	6-9	8
13	El Badari	10	2	2	6	9-20	8	Relegation to the Third Division
14	Telephonat	10	1	4	5	7-12	7	Relegation to the Third Division
15	Qena	10	1	3	6	10-17	6	Relegation to the Third Division
16	Media	10	1	3	6	4-14	6	Relegation to the Third Division

 

In case that two or more teams are equal on points, the main ranking criteria are the results of the head-to-head matches.

 

Round 11 (18 December 2021)

 

Aluminium – Telephonat

Sohag – Al Madina Al Monawara

Asyut Petroleum – Beni Suef

Naser Mallawi – Tamya

Dayrout – Aswan

Media – El Minya

Fayoum – Qena

KIMA Aswan – El Badari