Despite Egypt's total domination in the game, victory came on late through the substitute Mohamed Fadl who headed the ball home to grant Egypt a narrow 1-0 win which is enough for the Pharaohs to advance to Ghana 2008.

Egypt met the expectations and qualified to the African Cup of Nations. However, the performance left alot to be desired as the Pharaohs struggled to find the winning goal against the weak Botswana.

A draw would be enough for the Pharaohs to qualify but the fans expected a big margin win over Botswana. However, the game was only easy on paper as the Egyptians lacked sharpness in front of goal and on the other hand, the guests almost scored from a counter attacking move in the 2nd half.

Shehata started with Moteb, Zaki and Zidan at front in an attacking 4-3-3 formation. The Pharaohs had most of ball possession and created many chances but quality of finishing wasn't at best. On the other side, Botwana were content to defend and rely on their speedy forwards to score from counter attacks.

An early goal would have made the job easy for Egypt but the homeside couldn't convert and the team appeared to be in a serious need of better full backs to allow more wide play.