Zidan came on late in HSV 1-0 away defeat
in the first leg match in UEFA cup against Leverkusen.
Zidan had a positive impact despite the little time
he spent on the pitch.
In a close encounter, Leverkusen managed
to win by a single goal against Mohamed Zidan's HSV.
The only goal of the game came via the Greek striker
Gekas who headed home from a corner kick to give his
side the advantage before facing HSV in the Nord Bank
Arena next week in the 2nd leg.
HSV played with their regular 4-3-3 formation
with Van der Vaart as support man, Trochoveski on the
right wing and Olic on the left while Guerrero played
the role of the lone striker.
Mohamed Zidan was on bench and only came
on to replace Guerrero who was unhappy with his substitution.
Zidan got the ball like three or four
times, but he did extremely well everytime he got the
ball. The Egyptian also had a chance to score but a
delayed pass from Kompany resulted in him getting into
an offside position.
The match was pretty even and the chances were slim. However,
Gekas looked dangerous in more than occasion and kept trying
in the 2nd half till he scored from a powerful header.
The result means HSV will have to win by two
goals to nil in order to advance to the next round. While
the job is not impossible, they will have to guard against
conceding any goal as away goals could mean their exit in
case of a draw.
