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But what El-Ibrahim did was fantastic. He played only 23 minutes but managed to give such a huge lift !

After the yesterday's training, I felt I would have to write one more overview of the roster.
Game Shapes in our roster are generally similar to those of previous weeks, though they increased at some players but decreased at the others. I feel we need to take care about GS more. However, two really good news made me happier.
One of the most important players of our squad, Bari Yousef Ibn-Osman is fit and will be ready for encounter against Tounes. His GS is low but it definitely won't be problem for the best African SF at the moment.
Second, but not less important news, is the fact that some players are getting better and better in very significant skills. I hope that we will continue this trend for a long time.
When it comes to players who won't be able to play against Tounes, I'll have to mention Rauf Issa who got injured for 1 week and definitely won't play this Monday but he may be ready for the duel against Ghana in 10 days.

I am going to write an introduction of the game against Misr on Monday, stay tuned.

So, today is our fifth match of the African Championship. We are confronting one relatively strong team, Tounes, who is hungry to achieve their first victory in this competition. They usually haven't been lucky in previous games, since they lost them with small difference. On the other side, Misr is waiting for this game in excellent mood, with 4 wins in previous 4 games. We won all of our matches with huge difference, the winner was usually decided in the first half. I have to say that the key of our domination in Africa is defense. We let our opponents score only 74 points per match, which is incredible for this type of game where a match lasts for 48 minutes and fast-paced offense is used.
When it comes to injuries and Game Shapes, Tounes has no injured players but they have some problems with the game shape.
However, Misr has one less important player of the squad injured - Rauf Issa. Managers of Misr players have been more careful with the GS, so the players of Misr have slightly better GS than their rivals in today's game.
These two teams are well-known opponents, they have played 19 matches, with our country winning 12 of them. So, we have to conclude that Tounes traditionally plays well against Misr.
NT manager, Tarikz and captain of Misr, Jibril Abu-Mansour, were asked to express their opinions on this encounter.
Tarikz stated :

"I think we have shown our ambition in the African Cup. We won all of our matches so this one should not be an exception. Our players train 2 times per day, they are truly professionals and they know that they mustn't disappoint home crowd here in Cairo. I would like to invite all Egyptian fans to come and support us today and make it easier for us to achieve another victory."

Abu-Mansour said :

"I respect Tounes, I was born there and I lived in Tunis for 8 years. However, I am professional who plays for Misr now and my only goal is to win today. I assure you that other players feel exactly the same. When it comes to result, I would say that we are probably going to concede more than 74 points but we are going to score more than our opponents."

Everything is ready for the match, come and join us in Cairo at 17.30 to follow one more match of these guys, they deserve it.
We are the best!

Last edited by Tarikz at 10/1/2012 5:36:26 AM

I am glad to say that Misr achieved one more huge victory, this time against Tounes. Ratings are excellent, as always.
We totally destroyed Tounes in rebounds, we were 36 times more in offense, only if we count rebounds. This is the key of our domination in this game.
Rahman Omer El-Ibrahim was our best guy again with 29 points and 16 rebounds. I gave Ibn-Osman chance to enter the match at the very end, he added 2 points and an assist. I am sure he will be much better when his GS rises to 8 or 9.

These are the ratings :

(21023)

I am impressed with our OD rating here.

Hopefully, we will continue playing like this until the end of Championship.

What abou this player in your NT?

Weekly salary: $ 18 249
Role: rotation player
(BuzzerBeta)

DMI: 110700
Age: 21
Height: 7'2" / 218 cm
Potential: perennial allstar
Game Shape: strong
Jump Shot: proficient Jump Range: strong
Outside Def.: respectable Handling: prominent
Driving: prominent Passing: proficient ↑
Inside Shot: sensational Inside Def.: prominent
Rebounding: prolific Shot Blocking: average
Stamina: atrocious Free Throw: strong

Experience: pitiful

Monday, the 8th of October 2012 is one of the crucial dates in this season when it comes to Misr NT. All the African lovers of basketball can't wait 17.30 to watch the clash of two unbeaten teams in African championship - Ghana and Misr.
Both of the teams have played excellent championship so far, thus keeping perfect score. Both teams have won their matches with huge differences so it is natural to expect one tight game, where only a couple of ball possessions can answer the question of winning team.
It is shame that only one of these teams will proceed into the next match without a loss but these matches are the ones where real strength of a team can be deduced.
When it comes to previous meetings, Misr and Ghana have played 7 matches where Misr won 6 of them. However, this doesn't have to mean anything in such meetings.
As usually, Tarikz and Jibril Abu-Mansour were asked to express their opinions about this game.
Tarikz stated :

"Ghana is one very compact team which doesn't have much stars but have excellent team-spirit. Games against such rivals are always tough to play. Anyway, if we mean to be the champions, there mustn't be a rival who could make problems to us. I would like to invite this beautiful home crowd to express their support one more time. One more very important thing is the fact that all the players are fit and may be put into the roster. This is the feeling we didn't have for a long time."

Team captain, Jibril Abu-Mansour wasn't in mood for statements.

Come and join us on chat at 17.30, these guys are able to make you happy.

We are the best!

Congratulations Misr, one more huge victory in AC, this time against Ghana. The game started in very fast pace, defense were not played. In the middle of the first quarter, Misr took full control over game and didn't let Ghana come close. Our best guy was El-Ibrahim again with monstrous rating of 22.0 (never seen this in Africa before). This is what happens when he has GS 9! All the guys played fantastic, my idea to stop guards of Ghana worked perfectly, OD was played very good and that resulted in a huge, 32 point-difference win against Ghana :

(21027)

The next opponent is Nigeria, actual champion and the team with the most trophies in Africa. I will be able to give my view about this competition when we finish that game on Monday evening.

We are the best!

Yes WE Can!

C'mon Misr, we can beat the unbeatables!

So, today is the final match of African Championship first phase, the match where we take on the team with the most trophies in Africa - Nigeria. This is surely our main threat in this competition, so I had some special preparations for this match.
Nigeria comes in this match as a country which played good games so far, they achieved five victories and only one loss in these 6 matches they have played so far.
However, Misr NT played excellent competition, the team achieved all six wins in their six matches with huge difference which means that we will surely remain at the first place after this match, even if we lose. Hopefully, this won't happen. This is the game I was looking forward to mostly, when I became an NT manager.
When it comes to previous meetings, Misr and Nigeria have played 21 matches and Misr won only 8 of them. I hope that we will lift this number to 10 or 11 at the end of this season.
After this match, the first 6 teams go into the second round where all the teams meet each other again, and then semifinals and the finals are played.
I will go back to the match itself now.
It is said that local people are very interested in watching this match and it is speculated that the arena we play in won't have enough seats to accommodate all the visitors.
Misr BB Basketball Association thus decided to organize the fan zone in front of the arena.
Additional psychologists were consulted and they are currently with the players, preparing them for the game.
This is why only manager of the team, Tarikz, appeared before the mass media :

"This is surely the most important game of this phase in the championship. The rival is a team which always gives the best to win in such a game. They are in a good shape, loss against Ghana won't impact them badly because they are mentally very strong. I have gathered the best players possible and only the fit and the ready will play today. I promise that we will make spectators even happier after this game."

We conclude that Misr clearly wants the victory here. We are going to find out the truth after 19.00. Come and join me on chat.

We are the best!

I am glad to inform you that Misr achieved another huge victory in the African Championship. The victim was Nigeria, the team who trailed by 34 points today. This match is definite evidence for me that we have no rival in this championship and I assure you that the title comes into Misr. The thing that surprised me the most today is definitely defense - Nigeria scores average of 114 points per match but they only managed to score 68 points today.
Another thing that amazed me today is the fact that we have such a huge width and variety of quality players. El-Ibrahim was not in so good game shape,didn't play for a long time and he grabbed only 4 rebounds and scored miserable 12 points for him. Even though Rahman played his worst game so far, other players made up for him. I won't distinct any individual, all the players gave a massive lift to this victory.

We are looking forward for the next phase of the tournament, 5 games against Senegal, South Africa, Al Jazair, Ghana and Nigeria.

These are the final standings:

1. Misr
2. Ghana
3. Nigeria
4. Al Jazair
5. Senegal
6. South Africa
7. Tounes
8. Al - Maghrib

Continue watching NT, you definitely won't regret!

I am sorry for not writing an introduction for the game against Al Jazair on last Monday, I had some RL difficulties and haven't had much time for BB. Anyway, our guys played one extra-ordinary match, leaving Al Jazair 33 points behind :

(21640)

We are playing against Senegal on Monday. We are definitely going for win in that match, too. After today's training, I have to say that I am very satisfied with training of some players, 2 extremely important pops occurred today. Game Shapes are, generally, similar to those of the last week. We have less players with proficient GS but have more players with strong GS.

This is very important :

I did some research of our players and I saw that majority of NT and U21 NT are going to be put on the TL on Monday. Their teams are going to become botified. This means that, after this Monday, maximum of 8-9 active teams are going to be active in Misr. This is very disappointing, especially if we consider results of Misr's NTs.
Any Egyptian manager who has money and blank training spots may feel free to buy any Egyptian player who is member or potential member of NT. I hope that some managers are going to continue training these guys.
Those guys surely aren't in NT for nothing, their skills are very valuable for me.


I will write introduction of the next game on Monday. I suppose I will have to say something about this situation, too.

Best regards.