Egypt will play England next as they bid to win this silverware
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Egypt were held to a 0-0 draw by Colombia in a high-intensity match at the World Youth Championship on Saturday.
Before a near capacity 12,000 crowd at the Al-Nasr
Stadium in Dubai, both teams had several scoring opportunities but failed to find the back of the net.
Egypt had their goalkeeper and captain Sherif Ekramy to thank for keeping the Colombians at bay.
Ekramy's opposite number Hector Landazuri also had an inspirational game.
Colombian striker Edixon Perea sliced open the Egyptian
defense at least four times, but either blasted his goal
scoring attempt into Ekramy's giant frame or over the bar.
The second half got off to an equally fast-paced start,
with the Colombian side doing most of the attacking.
Perea's strike partner Erwin Carrillo missed a golden
opportunity in the 55th minute, blasting to the right of
the goal from close range.
Ekramy pulled off a fine diving save in the 86th minute, pushing away a low drive from Colombian midfielder Jaime Castrillon.
Egypt next play England in Dubai on Tuesday.
Teams:
Egypt: Sherif Ekramy, Hosni Abd Rabo, Mohamed El Zayat,
Morsy Abdel Latif, Ahmed Said (Metwaly Reda, 71st), Ahmed
Assem (Karim Zekry, 58th), Mohamed Abdel Wahab, Ahmed Samir
(Islam Shokry 33rd), Ahmed Fathi, Hany Said Ahmed, Emad
Motab.
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