Carlos Queiroz vows to improve Egypt scoring ability ahead of Afcon knockout stage
Egypt head coach Carlos Queiroz sent a message to the national team fans, promising them to work on scoring more goals.
The Pharaohs qualified to the round of 16 after finishing second in their group with six points, three behind group leaders Nigeria.
Despite winning against Guinea-Bissau and Sudan, the Pharaohs have been subject to a lot of criticism due to their unconvincing performances.
One of the major criticisms is Egypt’s lack of productivity, as most chances created are wasted, resulting in only two goals scored in the tournament so far.
Despite having top-tier forwards such as Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah, Vfb Stuttgart’s Omar Marmoush, and Galatasaray’s Mostafa Mohamed, Egypt failed to score against Nigeria, while only scoring once in Guinea-Bissau and Sudan victories.
Speaking on the topic to BBC, Queiroz promised that he will be working with the players to improve finishing.
“Look I promise you starting from tomorrow they are going to be doing finishing exercises from the morning until the afternoon,” Queiroz said.
“Despite all the pressure they come back (from losing to Nigeria in their opening game). They play strong, they play good football.
“They just need to score more goals. To only play good football is not enough – we need to build up more goals and with that be more relaxed in the game.
“We complicate our lives because in a game like this (against Sudan) the profile of the game is ‘kick the ball forward, kick the ball forward.
“We always have intention to score and it only takes one small mistake, one rebound, and something can happen. If we score three goals, as we should have in the first half, at least then the game was finished.”
