If you’ve ever wondered how to guarantee a loss in a football match, Akram Hosny’s character in El Captain has the ultimate playbook for failure!

In his attempt to ensure the corrupt football team, Markaz Shabab Kafr Moanad, loses their next match, Captain Hossam (played by Akram Hosny) pulls out all the stops to make sure they either can’t play at all or suffer a spectacular defeat. And why? To fulfill the first request of the ghost of Captain Ihab Nasr (Omar Sharqi).

Akram Hosny’s Foolproof Tips for Losing a Football Match in El Captain:

• Forget everything you’ve ever learned about football and start fresh—from absolute zero.
• Take a 9-hour break during training. Priorities, people!
• Love what you do, so you can fail at what you love. Inspiring, right?
• Strikers must touch the ball with their hands inside the opponent’s penalty area. Because why not?
• Cheese traps! Leave blocks of Romano cheese in the corners and inside the penalty box—just in case VAR tries to intervene.
• The game plan? 5-6-4 formation—yes, that’s one extra player. Call it Tic-Tac-Tok tactics.
• Pre-match meal? A “bomb” platter of mixed fatty meats. Nothing says peak performance like an overloaded stomach!
• Absolutely no carbs, no water, no bread—because hydration and energy are overrated.
• No set schedules for waking up or training. Structure is for winners!
• And finally, a wild night out before the big game—because exhaustion is key to true failure.

What is El Captain About?

In the series, Akram Hosny plays pilot Hossam Ezz El-Din, whose plane crashes mid-flight. After waking up from a long coma, he starts seeing the spirits of passengers who were on board. To help them find peace, he must fulfill their unfinished missions—whether they make sense or not!

El Captain is a 15-episode series starring Akram Hosny, Aya Samaha, Sawsan Badr, Ahmed Abdel Wahab, Rahma Ahmed Farag, Mimi Gamal, Mohamed Radwan, Sami Maghawry, Ahmed El-Rafei, Omar Sharqi, and Weam Magdy. The show is created by Ayman El-Shayeb, written by Amr El-Daly, directed by Moataz El-Touni, and produced by Karim Abou Zekry.

You can catch new episodes daily at 9:45 PM on Watch It and DMC channels.

So, if you’re looking for a masterclass in how not to play football—or just in need of a hilarious show—El Captain starring Akram Hosny has you covered!