Young Pharaohs got more clinical in the second half and managed to convert their ball possession into goals. After a 1-1 draw in the first half, The Young Egyptians managed to score three times through Arafat (two goals) and the star man Mohamed Talaat who went off injured a few minutes before the final whistle.

After the end of the opening Ceremony of Fifa U-20 World Cup, the Egyptian U-20 team faced its Trinidad and Tobago counterpart in the opening match of the tournament.

The game took place at Borg El Arab stadium in front of 80 thousand supporters from Egypt led by the Egyptian president Hosny Mubarak.

The Egyptian youngsters needed just a few minutes to dominate the game. In the opening minutes, Trinidad and Tobago had a threat from a freekick which was denied by the Egyptian keeper Lotfy Rather than that, the Egyptians dominated the game but they lacked the final touch.

It was obvious that the team has bags of talent but such talent was wasted due to the lack of cooperation between the players.

Afroto and Arafat tried shooting from anywhere while the star man Mohamed Talaat wasted a few chances.

It took the Egyptian team 30 minutes to break the deadlock against hopeless Trinidad and Tobago team. The goal came from pure genius individual effort by Afroto who scored in Lionel Messi's fashion by taking the ball past a few players before slotting it home.

Just a couple of minutes after the goal, Mohamed Talaat powered a header at goal but it was denied by the guests goalkeeper.

In the 36th minute, Trinidad and Tobago managed to score the equalizer after taking advantage of the Egyptian sloppy defending.

After the equalizer, the Egyptian team confidence started to drop and the score remained 1-1 till hal time.

With the start of the second half, Trinidad and Tobago's keeper made a great reflex save to deny a header from the Egyptian team. Egypt won a corner kick and the ball bounced back to Arafat at the edge of the box, the latter sent a shot into the crossbar but it rattled the crossbar and bounced back to hit the back of a Trinidad defender and go in.