AFCON 2010: Egypt hit 7th record

  1. Posted on Monday 1 February 2010 - 12:45
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    Kent Mensah, AfricaNews editor in Accra, Ghana Photo: Eurosport
    African Cup of Nations defending champions Egypt retained the trophy for the third time in a row in a 1-0 win over Ghana at the Estadio 11 Novembro in Luanda, Angola on Sunday. A late goal from substitute Mohamed Nagy Gedo made the northern Africans seven-time champions.
    Egypt 2010 AFCON Champions
    The young-sided Black Stars held the Pharaohs throughout the game and exhibited a lot of discipline contrary to their previous matches to the admiration of their fans. There were few chances as the Ghanaians played a lot of defensive strategy to frustrate the Hassan Shehata charges.

    It was a game full of history for the Pharaohs team haul as Ahmed Hassan and Essam El-Hadary picked up record fourth winners' medals, coach Hassan Shehata and skipper Hassan became the first to win three in a row and Gedo became the first tournament top-scorer to solely feature from the bench.

    The result retained Egypt’s unbeaten record to an incredible 19 matches.
    Although Ghanaian fans are disappointed they said it was a gallant defeat for their depleted side.

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  1. Posted on Sunday 31 January 2010 20:21
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    Sanday Chongo Kabange
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    I had a strong feeling it would end up like this. Tough luck to the young stars. They have a great future if they are retained. They proved their worth when they scooped the Under 20 World Cup in Egypt.

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