No one has scored more goals than Nîmes in this second round of the European League.
And of the 36 of the Usamist victory against CSKA Moscow (at 29), Tuesday, 14 (including 5 penalties) are the work of Mohammad Sanad. Fourteen goals in a single match for the Egyptian (30 years old) is more than Nîmes Olympique in 9 days of Ligue 2 (12)… It’s pharaonic. The disappointment of 4th place at the Olympics, which had affected him a lot, seems to have been evacuated.
Fourteen goals in a match, is that your record?
Yes, this is a new record. I’m very happy to have done this for the team and for myself, but the most important thing is the victory. Scoring 14 goals is just one more thing.
What analysis do you make of the meeting?
It was a very important match to start the road in the European Cup. We knew it wasn’t going to be easy. The first 15 minutes, it was even complicated. We were able to adapt to their game, we took the game in hand, we managed the pace. And we managed to finish at +7.
It’s a good gap for the comeback, but that doesn’t mean it will be easy. If we managed to beat them by 7 goals, they can do it too. We will have to go there with the same concentration and prepare for a big fight to get the qualification.
For you, Usam had a good match, a very good match or an excellent match against Moscow?
Not a great game. But a very good match, yes, anyway!
The time out in the 17th minute, when you were behind 9-6, did a lot of good …
You shouldn’t stress. We were at – 3, but a match lasts 60 minutes. Moscow is a good team, playing Russian, very academic, simple. They attack for a long time. It was up to us to adapt, to defend for a long time, to keep the pace and focus.
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