Egyptian star Ahmed Hassan came second after Standard
Liege's player Defour in the Belgian Golden Shoe award.
In a big ceremony, the Egyptian was named as second
best player in Belgium for the previous season.
Egyptian star Ahmed Hassan didn't win
the Golden Shoe award for the season 2007 but he came
second after Standard Liege's Defour.
Winners announced in a big ceremony
In a huge festival, the award was announced
after each nominated player was introduced in a detailed
movie.
Hassan was no exception as the Belgian
TV sent a team to Egypt to make a short film on the
Egyptian. The film included interviews with some of
Cairo citizens. Some of them recognized Hassan but no
one was able to remember the name of the club which
he plays for.
The interviewer then met with former Club
Brugge goalkeeper Nader El Sayed and spoke with him
regarding Hassan. Nader told the interviewer that Hassan
improved alot and he was amazed to see him scoring alot
of goals in Turkey.
The interviewer didn't forget to make
a visit to Zamalek training and to meet with Dutch coach
Ruud Krol who was the first to spot Hassan and call
him up for the Egyptian U23 team.
Later, the interviewer met with Hassan
in Wadi Degla club in which Hassan was playing football
with his sons. The Egyptian spoke about his return to
Egypt after long years of playing outside the country
and that he took this decision for the sake of his sons
and family.
After this short film on Hassan in Egypt, the Egyptian was
asked either he wants to continue the interview in English
or French, Hassan laughed and said: it will be difficult and
repeated that in French too so the interviewer asked him in
Arabic, if you had to choose to win this award or the African
cup, which one would you choose? Hassan replied with a big
smile: both and everyone laughed. The interviewer added: Are
you nervous? Hassan replied: No.
Despite the many people who voted for Hassan (213 votes),
Defour won the trophy as he collected 312 votes.
The Egyptian did look sad for a second when the trophy went
to Defour, but he quickly congratulated the winner.
Hassan looked sad after the results were announced
Hassan congratulating the winner: Defour
The winner Defour
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