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Tuesday, August 21, 2007 @ 3:31 PM Game 45:  Egypt (EGY) vs Brazil (BRA) on 8/21/2007 By Greg Mescall    677 Views    Rating: Final Score: Brazil 9  Egypt 7 Officials: Williams, Flahive Delegates: Bestit Scoring: Brazil:  9 Egypt:  7 Player Goals Saves Player Goals Saves Da Gama 2 Yehia 1 Santos 2 Hazemi 2 Crivella 1 Moharram 1 Carrulo 1 Abbas 3 Viero 3 Hassan 2 Antonelli 9 Sadek 5 It was a tough loss to take for Egypt as they were downed by brazil 9-7 in Group A action. The loss drops Egypt to 2-2 while Brazil rises to 2-2. Egypt held a 6-2 lead at one point in the game before allowing a furious comeback from the Brazilians. Things started smoothly for Egypt leading 3-1 after the first quarter and up 5-2 at halftime. In the third quarter Brazil made their move outscoring Egypt 4-1 to tie the game up at 6. In the fourth quarter Brazil leveled the final blow scoring three more times to pull away winners at 9-7.   Flash Quotes: Country: Brazil:  "I am very happy because we started losing 6-2 and we comeback, the recovery was good. Of course (we have momentum) we come back with a result and now we have to come back to beat Mexico to finish third in the group, we are already in the top 16, this is good" -- Joao Felipe, Attacker Egypt:  "We are fighting through some injuries and we are disappointed we lost. We hope to regroup and play our best game tomorrow because today was not our best effort." -- Ahmed Moharem, Captain

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