Defending African Cup of Nations champion Egypt came from 0-1 down to open the defence of their title with a 3-1 victory of Nigeria earlier today. Hoffenheim striker Chinedu Obasi put the Super Eagles up in the 12th minute. Emad Moteab, Ahmed Hassan and Mohamed Nagui responded for the Pharaohs in the 34th, 54th and [.

As the African Cup of Nations 2010 reaches the semi finals stage I thought we might revive an interesting feature that we ran for the 2008 tournament in Ghana on Just Football, namely Goalwatch. Its an oldie but a goodie, in which we tracked every goalscorer as well as the domestic league they play in, in order to bring you a list of the leagues that contribute most to African Cup of Nations success.

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Wayne Rooney, revenge for Egypt and Manchester United fans all feature in the good, the bad and the ugly section of the podcast. Vocabulary support can be found for the words in bold at the foot of the post.

Last night's match between Nigeria's Super Eagles and the Pharaohs of Egypt proved to be a walk in the park for the North Africans. Egypt beat, sorry Humbled Nigeria 3-1 to make it their first win over the West Africans in over 45 years!

The last time Egypt beat Nigeria in this competition was back in 1963 that is way before most nations participating at this tournament had gotten their independence!

Entertaining game, this, featuring two of the best teams on show in Angola. Chinedu Obasi put Nigeria in front after 12 minutes, but Egypt equalised when a goalkeeping error let Emad Moteab poke the ball into an empty net. A deflected Ahmed Hassan shot put the holders ahead, before a fine long-range strike from sub Gedo Nagy completed the comeback.

Well we all know how the competition started but the tournament kicked off in earnest on Sunday evening with the host nation Angola entertaining Mali. Hopes were high after all the political wrangling that engulfed the weekend, football could return to the forefront. What no-one expected was a series of breathless games and major shocks that have turned the Cup Of Nations on its head.

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I'm not going to insult your intelligence by explaining what a big game this Cameroon vs Egypt Africa(n) Cup of Nations quarterfinal is. Replay of the 2008 final (which holders Egypt won 1-0), Samuel Eto'o, etcetera, etcetera. Instead let's focus on the form of two teams who will be planning on winning not just this game, but the whole thing.

Team captain Ahmed Hassan led the way with a brace as Egypt defeated Cameroon 3-1 after extra-time in quarter-finals of the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations in Angola earlier today. The Pharaohs will now meet archrivals rivals Algeria in the semi-finals of the competition on Thurday. Les Fennecs booked a spot at FIFA World Cup 2010 [.

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For the seventh time, French legend Zinedine Zidane and Brazilian icon Ronaldo put together their annual star-studded exhibition/fundraiser, the Match Against Poverty, which took place Monday in front of more than 51,000 spectators at the Estadio da Luz (not to be confused with RBNY draft pick Austin da Luz) in Lisbon, Portugal.

Muy buenos partidos se disputaron el día de hoy en los cuartos de final de la Copa Africana de Naciones.

El primer partido, Egipto vs Camerún, estuvo lleno de emociones y mucha adrenalina. Los "leones indomables" de Camerún empezaban ganando el partido mediante un desafortunado autogol del capitán de la selección de los "faraones", Ahmed Hassan.

By Ollie Irish

Egypt would almost certainly have beaten Cameroon in their ACN quarter-final without the help of an officiating f**k-up, but Ahmed Hassan's free-kick, which made the score 3-1 to the holders, was NOT a goal, clearly:

Terrible decision imagine the fallout if the score had been 1-1 at the time.

African Cup of Nations now marred by lack of goal-line technology The 2010 African Cup of Nations was never destined to go down as one of the great tournaments of all-time, but a dodgy phantom goal in a quarter-final match was the last thing it needed. Egypt were leading Cameroon 2-1 in extra time when Ahmed [.

Muy buenos partidos se disputaron el día de hoy en los cuartos de final de la Copa Africana de Naciones.

El primer partido, Egipto vs Camerún, estuvo lleno de emociones y mucha adrenalina. Los "leones indomables" de Camerún empezaban ganando el partido mediante un desafortunado autogol del capitán de la selección de los "faraones", Ahmed Hassan.