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Hull City's Elmohamady books spot in FA Cup semis
The Egyptian winger becomes the first Egyptian player to reach the FA Cup semis after Hull City defeated Sunderland on Sunday
Reuters Published in Ahram Online on 09 - 03 - 2014

English third-tier club Sheffield United kept alive their FA Cup dream on Sunday when two goals in as many minutes gave them a 2-0 victory over Charlton Athletic and a place in the semi-finals.
They were joined in the last four by Hull City, who overcame a missed penalty by Sone Aluko to trounce Sunderland 3-0 in their all-Premier League quarter-final at the KC Stadium.
Hull's Curtis Davies, David Meyler and Matty Fryatt scored in a nine-minute spell - capitalising on two wretched mistakes by Sunderland midfielder Lee Cattermole - as Steve Bruce's club advanced to the semi-finals for the first time since 1930.
The semi-final draw, made on Sunday, then pitted Hull against Sheffield United at Wembley on April 12 or 13. The other semi will feature Arsenal against either Manchester City or Wigan Athletic, who were playing their quarter-final later on Sunday.
At Bramall Lane, second-half strikes from Ryan Flynn and John Brayford caught second-tier Charlton cold, as the Blades became the first third-tier team since 2001 to reach the competition's last four.
Midfielder Flynn put four-times Cup winners United ahead in the 65th minute, when he sneaked in at the far post to nudge home from an awkward height a left-wing cross from United's man-of-the-match Jose Baxter.
One minute, 42 seconds later the home side doubled their lead. Jamie Murphy's surging run down the left set up defender Brayford, whose low 20-metre effort took a cruel deflection off the visitors' Richard Wood and rolled into the net.
"I'm just delighted for everyone we're going to Wembley," United manager Nigel Clough, who was part of the Nottingham Forest side that lost the 1991 FA Cup final to Tottenham Hotspur, told BT Sport.
"Winning nine games on the spin, and to keep so many clean sheets, we deserve it," Clough added.
The result was a personal triumph for the former England player, who was sacked by Derby County last September.
Charlton - who were aiming to reach the semi-finals for the first time since 1947, when they won the Cup - were left to rue a glaring miss by Callum Harriott when the score was still level.
Marcus Tudgay burst on to a quick free kick and hooked the ball back into the danger area, but with the United keeper out of position and half of the goal at his mercy, Harriott could only sidefoot wide on the stretch.
Meyler celebration
At the KC Stadium, Aluko won a penalty after 33 minutes when he drew a foul by Sebastian Larsson, but the Nigerian striker took the spot-kick himself and his effort was saved low by Sunderland keeper Oscar Ustari.
A game of poor quality was brought to life in the 68th minute when defender Davies rose above John O'Shea to head the opener.
Four minutes later Meyler was too quick and strong for Cattermole, who allowed the midfielder to burst past him at the halfway line, run unchallenged on goal, and slip the ball past Ustari for the second.
Meyler celebrated by running towards the sideline and headbutting the corner flag in an apparent reference to an incident last week when Newcastle United manager Alan Pardew was sent off for aiming a headbutt at the Irishman during a Premier League game.
"It was just a bit of banter," Meyler told ITV Sport. "The lads were cheering me on ... that's why I did it."
Five minutes later Cattermole was again the Sunderland culprit, inexplicably aiming a back-pass towards his keeper but playing the ball straight to Fryatt, who produced a composed finish for number three.
It completed a disappointing week for Sunderland, who lost the League Cup final to Manchester City at Wembley last Sunday, but manager Gus Poyet will turn his full attention now to steering the club away from the Premier League relegation zone.
In the first Cup quarter-final on Saturday, Arsenal beat Everton 4-1 at the Emirates.
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