Egyptian anchorman Hany Said made his debut last night with his new side Fiorentina in the Italian Serie B against Triestina. Fiorentina took the lead by a single goal in the first half but the guests managed to end the game in a 1-1 tie as they scored the equalizer in the 76th minute of the game.

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In the serie B day one, Fiorentina managed to get their first point and our young Egyptian played the whole game and even deserved some praise for his gutsy performance throughout the game despite a single mistake.

The game was against Triestina and with the opponents coach Mr. Attilio Tesser commenting on the young Egyptian just hours before the game “Fiorentina managed to get some of the best young players, they are a homogenous group, but have done well in the mix with players like Hany Said who I see as perfect buy and he knows my team very well", all eyes were on the young lad making his official Artemio Franchi“Fiorentina home ground” debut, and he did just fine and opened an account in the fans heart with his solid mastering of the Middlefield and with his very obvious understanding with team captain and veteran Angelo di Livio .

After the game Said was asked for many media interviews about his performance and about his comments on the conceded goal, he said:

"It was a good first game specially for me, but disappointing for the fans getting just one point"," I saw the ball coming at me and I misjudged it so it passed over my head and that helped their offense to capitalize from it".

The Florence squad was as follows:

Cejas, Bacis, Cherubini (46' Ariatti), Ripa, Lucarelli, Said, Di Livio ( 80' Andreotti), Helguera, Manfredini, Graffiedi ( 66'Cossato), Riganò. subs: Ivan, Ariatti, Bismark, Cossato, Scaglia, Maspero, Andreotti.

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