The streets of London were turned red, white and black last night as the city was kept awake until the early hours of Monday morning by ecstatic Egyptians. With no exception, every cafe and restaurant on Edgware Road, West London, was packed to the rafters with expectant Arabs watching the game. Once the whistle was blown, the fans and EP's reporter amongst them flooded the road and brought a taste of Egypt to London.

The fans donning the red shirts of their heroes stopped the capital's famous red buses from passing as they danced in the roads. The density of fans brought the city's police to divert traffic around the famous Arab populated road. Fans took to the roof of Arab restaurants, dancing and drumming whilst those on the ground chanted songs of praise about their country's stars, waved flags and blared patriotic songs from car stereos.

Even those who hadn't watched the game soon became absorbed in the crowd of supporters and Londoners and Arabs of all nationalities joined in hailing Egypt's unprecedented achievement. Camera crews and journalists of the world's press were present to capture the jubilant scenes but not before EP's reporter interviewed some of the fans:

One Egyptian studying in London said: "I can't express how happy I am at the moment and the Egyptian team have pleased all us Egyptians abroad and not to mention the 75 million in Egypt."
Another added: "No one thought it was possible, but we did it. Hopefully after this tournament more and more Egyptians will move to Europe".