CAIRO: Petrojet head coach Mokhtar Mokhtar expressed his delight at his team s performance in their 3-1 win over Harras Hodoud, despite his men s “recurring defensive lapses.
It was an impressive display, and it s an undeniable proof that our pre-match training camp paid dividends, he told FilGoal.com.
But that doesn t necessarily mean that we made no mistakes.
There were recurring defensive lapses that could have cost us dearly, but we were lucky. unlike our opponents.
I told Eric Bekoe and Walid Soliman to make use of the airy spaces behind Hodoud s rearguard, and that strategy resulted in the first and third goal.
We also depended on the counter attacks, and this was another reason why we won.
Petrojet international players will have a three-day rest, before joining Egypt s training camp which is held in preparation for next month s crunch World Cup qualifier with Algeria.
