(Agencies)
Updated: 2008-02-11 14:39

Egypt's Omar Gamal (L), Ibrahim Said (C) and Emad Moteab (R) celebrate after their victory over Cameroon in their African Nations Cup soccer final match in Accra February 10, 2008. [Agencies]

Eto'o marked

Shortly after the break, Kameni made a flying save to deny Egypt midfielder Hosni Abd Rabou, who was named the player of the tournament, diving to palm away a powerful drive.

Cameroon sought to catch Egypt on the counter-attack but rarely found top scorer Samuel Eto'o, whose best effort came 10 minutes before halftime when a burst of pace saw him shrug of his marker but he then shot across the face of goal.

After conceding the goal, Cameroon pushed forward and twice forced Egypt goalkeeper Essam Al Hadari to parry away the ball.

Song almost made up for his error when he headed narrowly over the top just seconds from the end.

"We don't like to lose, especially in the final but the positive thing is that at least we made the final. Many people did not think we would make it, but we fought our way," said Cameroon defender Geremi.

It was only the second time that Cameroon have been beaten in six final appearances - both times by Egypt.

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