It has been a wonderful finale for twenty days of exciting football, the curtain came down when the Pharaohs tames the lions to clinch their six titles in a flying colors, the Egyptian lost non of their matches in this tournament and defeated the like of Cameron and Ivory Coast with four goals each, it has been the best ever for them.
Keeping the defeat in their opening game versus Egypt, Cameroon approached the finals with very little inclination to attack fielding a five man midfield and leaving Samuel Eto’o up front as the sole target man. The match was relatively poor and did not leave up to expectation for the most prestigious African competition, which draw the attention of star hunter worldwide.
The negative approach of the indomitable Lions helps the Egyptian to dominate and have the upper hand throughout the ninety minutes, and attack with all their might until Mohamed Aboutraika scored the game's only goal in the 77th minute to propel Egypt to victory.
In the end Cameroon had nothing in the box of tricks to trouble Egypt and as the whistle went Egypt celebrated history with their sixth African Nations championship.
The Egyptians won the continental trophy in 1957, 1959, 1986, 1998, 2006 and 2008 while Cameroon celebrated victory in 1984, 1988, 2000 and 2002.
The number of goals scored is the highest ever since the inception of this competition. Samuel Eto’o is the top scorer with five goals.
