Confederations Cup 2009 ? Egyptian National Team

The Egyptian national soccer team, also known as The Pharaohs, is the reigning African Cup of Nations champions. They have held this title since 2006. They have always been found to be underdogs in these champions as compared to other African nations that boast of having premier players playing in major leagues abroad. In fact, if you analyze the national team properly, it is made up of players who mostly play in the local leagues and mainly come from either El Zamalek or Al-Ahly. This is one of the first African national soccer teams that do not believe in big names that rule major leagues in Europe. They have a unique style of play where seems everyone can read each others mind and they all work together towards the same purpose which is to win. This is why they are 6 time African Cup of nations champions.

This was displayed very well at the MTN African Cup of Nations of 2008 held in Ghana where in the finals; they were up against a very promising Cameroonian side. A blunder by the very experienced Rigobert Song led Egypt to raise the cup with a 1-0 win over the indomitable lions of Cameroon. In fact, these 2 teams had been drawn in the same group and Egypt had handed them a 4-2 defeat during the group matches. Egypt then went on to beat Sudan 3-0 and then drew with Zambia. In the quarter finals, Egypt was able to defeat Angola 2-1 and then went on to defeat the great Ivorians by 4-1. In short, their style of play that Egypt has does not depend on how good the quality of a player is.

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