The Pharaohs managed to overcome a major hurdle on the way to World Cup by defeating Rwanda away from home by a single goal. Fasting, Absence of all main four strikers and injury of Abotreka & El Sayed Hamdy all contributed to the difficulty of this particular match but Ahmed Hassan's experience granted the Pharaohs a precious goal in the 2nd half.

The Pharaohs managed to overcome a major hurdle on the way to South Africa 2010 by defeating Rwanda away from home.

Victory didn't come easy as expected. This is mainly due to the difficult conditions of the game startng from fasting to the mainly injuries that struck key players.

The national team talisman Mohamed Abotreka has been ruled out due to injury just a few hours before the game and this forced Shehata to start with Ahmed Hassan as a play maker. Ahmed Raouf and El Sayed Hamdy started at front due to the absence of the four main strikers, Meteb, Zidan, Zaki and Mido for varying reasons.

Lack of experienced forward within the national team was very obvious as Raouf in particular didn't show enough danger on target till he was substituted. On the other hand, El Sayed Hamdy was in a bettere shape but he suffered an injury and was replaced by another inexperienced forward, Dodo El Gabbas from the Belgian second division side Lierse.

The Egyptian team struggled to create chances in the first half. Fathy's crossing from the right wing wasn't accurate enough while Ahmed Hassan couldn't play the role of Abotreka quite well.

In the 2nd half, Shehata made a much needed move by bringing Barakat on. He helped the team to go forward more and started attacks better. In addition to this, Eid Abdel Malik also brought life to Egyptian attacks.