They used to play in specific centers from which they made their fame, before being asked to perform other missions in different areas of the stadium.
From a right back midfielder, from left back to an attacker, and from an attacker to a goalkeeper. Sometimes for urgent reasons and sometimes by orders of the technical director.
FilGoal.com introduces the “Emergency Center” series to highlight players, untrained, in emergency situations. Some of them are brilliant, and some of them realize that the center is not suitable for him.
The guest of the episode is Safan Al Sagheer, the Ismaili goalkeeper, the former Egypt national team and the current Al-Dervish goalkeeper coach.
During the 1988-1989 season, Al-Ismaili played a friendly match against Al-Ittihad Jeddah in Saudi Arabia. Unusually, the name of Little Sufan did not appear in the formation of the match as a goalkeeper, but as a midfielder.
Carl Heinz Field Camp Ismaili technical director at the time had an insight and wanted to apply it.
Little Saffan explained, Field decided and told the scenes of the match for FilGoal.com
“We were friendly against the Jeddah Union. At the time, Field Camp said that the coming years will witness more tasks than the goalkeeper and he must play good football and what is happening now with the participation of the goalkeeper in preparing the attack. Field Camp Can (Early Times)“.
“For the past 90 minutes, I participated as a midfielder near Imad Suleiman and Tariq Al-Sawy, while Ihab Tawfiq was a goalkeeper. You are a superstar of the match“.
“The match ended in a goalless draw. Field Camp praised me and said that the rules will change in the future and the goalkeeper must be a player for the ball“.
“I hadn’t thought of being a midfielder because I had been a goalkeeper for 13 years“.
“Participation as a player was important to me. I understood how players think on the field, how to behave in solos, when to go, when to pause, and how to move in crosses“.
“The reason for this was because I was a soccer player and not a goalkeeper when I was very young. At school and with my friends, I used to play as a player before I went to the Ismaili Club tests, and my ability as a footballer helped me as a goalkeeper.“.
How did you play as a goalkeeper? “I went to the Ismaili exams during the 1979-1980 season, and I am 10 years old, to test as a player, but with fear and awe, because there are big names such as Ali Abu Greisha, Muhammad Morsi and Anous. I did not complete the exams and got off the field.“.
“But I decided not to leave and prove myself“.
“By chance there was a (division) and one of the teams asked for a goalkeeper, to decide to play in this position and it was the first time in my life“.
“I never felt afraid and gave everything. After the end of the match, Ali Abu Greisha and Muhammad Morsi asked me for my birth certificate to join the team. Since that time, I became a goalkeeper until I was promoted to the first team when I was 16 and then played for the Egyptian national team.“.
“In Egypt there are good guards (Laiba Koura). Thabet Al-Batal and Nader Al-Sayed and Mohamed Abdel-Monsef. They are great at building the offensive and also dodging opponents“.
Who is the goalkeeper who can repeat your experience and play as a midfielder? Currently Sherif Ekramy and Mohamed Abdel Monsef“.
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