Egypt are in the driving seat in the group and simply outclassed Cameroon in every aspect of the game. The Pharaohs won by four goals to two after outplaying Cameroon. Mohamed Zidan ran the show by scoring two classy goals for Egypt while Hosny opened the score from the spot in the first half. In the 2nd half, Eto'o clawed a goal back from a header but Hosny scored from a powerful strike. In the dying moments of the game, the referee awarded Cameroon a penalty kick from which Eto'o scored the 2nd goal.

Man of the match Mohamed Zidan

The Pharaohs were able to tame the Lions of Cameroon after achieving a resounding 4-2 win and a stellar all round performance.

The classy performance will put Egypt favorites to advance to the quarter finals. On the other hand, Cameroon didn't live up to expectations in the match and got simply outplayed by Egypt.

Egyptians did eclipse Cameroon who looked in a very bad shape but much of the credit go to Hassan Shehata and all the Egyptian players who closed the gaps in defense, put Cameroon under pressure from the start and used counter attacks superbly to take the lead by two goals to nil in the first 20 minutes of the game.

Egypt started with pressure from the start and players looked eager to go forward. Shawky tested Kameni with a powerful low shot but the Cameroonian keeper was able to hold onto it.

Zidan also had a golden chance in the first minute of the game when Shawky laid the ball superbly to him with one touch and the HSV forward advanced into the box but he lost possession and the chance went begging.

Zidan receives treatment after a minor facial injury

Minutes later, Hosny Abd Rabo received the ball in the left side of the area after a cross by Zidan from the right wing and tried to cross in front of goal but the ball came off the arm of a Cameroonian defender and the referee pointed to the spot. Abd Rabo scored from the spot but the referee asked for the penalty kick to be retaken and Hosni scored from the spot once again to give Egypt the early lead.

Cameroon tried to push forward and get back into the game fast but Zidan managed to cap a great fast counter attacking move in the 17th minute to double Egypt's lead. The goal came after a speedy run by Zizou who played a one-two with Moteb, advanced into the box and scored in the bottom corner to make the score 2-0.

Egypt continued to dominate and Cameroon couldn't do anything because of the physical presence of Shawky and Abd Rabo in the middle and the tight marking on Iddressou and Eto'o.

Solid display by Shawky

In the stoppage time of the first half, Zidan showed his class with a great strike which is arguably the best goal in Ghana 2008 so far. The Egyptian controlled the ball on his chest and powered a shot with his left into the roof of the net from the edge of the box to make the score 3-0 and let Cameroon have a mountain to climb in the second half.