0-0: Historic draw for Dominican Republic before facing Spain

The Dominican Republic began writing its history in the soccer competition of the Olympic Games on Wednesday with a goalless draw against Egypt, a result that seemed like a triumph for what it means for the sport of a country with little tradition. of soccer it likes, especially baseball.

In the Dominican team trained by the Spanish Ibai Gómez, former player of the Athletic Club of Bilbao, the burden of inexperience or the nerves of representing his country for the first time in the Olympic Games football competition did not weigh him down and he faced the match with determination, convinced that victory is not an impossible mission.

Egypt, surprised

The Egyptian team, in theory superior, had a bad time in the first minutes of the rivalry, perhaps surprised by the start of its rival, who opted for high pressure to tie the African team.

Omar Fayed, in the 2nd minute, he saved a goal on the goal line and Peter Frederick, player trained at Real Madrid and recently signed by Getafe after his time at Valencia, has given the Brazilian team some scares Rogerio Micale.

The ‘brains’ and captain of the Egyptian team, Mohamed Elneny, The Arsenal midfielder until the end of last season, did not appear in action and his team paid for it with more suffering than they expected.

Elneny, in the post

It was not until the last minutes of the first action when the Egyptians took over the game and they were about to score in the actions of Ibrahim Adel, Osama Faisal and Elneny, who signed a shot from a distance to the base of the right post of the goal Valdez in the 43rd minute.

A chopped header from Zizo that goes over the crossbar of the goal Valdez Shortly after starting the second period, he encouraged the Dominican Republic, who had a performance after the break with some energy.

Peter Federico, leader

Reversed to attack right, with Peter Federico As the main protagonists, the Dominicans once again leveled the balance and even the imbalance in their favor. Getafe’s new forward came close to scoring a great goal from a free kick in the 70th minuteHamza Alaawith a stop of many carats.

to Lucas, a minute later, he also gave a good scare to the Egyptians, who were never able to control a match whose final stretch, full of changes and interruptions due to fouls, had more emotion than quality and a happy ending for the Dominicans, who will face Spain next Saturday.