Don't be a sore loser and stop whining. This is a­ sport. Whether you win or lose, you accept it and shake­ hands with your opponent. Egypt won the game although­ they were outplayed by the Italians, which makes it­ even worse for the Italians themselves. The Egyptians­ gave Brazil a hard time and they came back and scored­ against Italy. Holding the African title for 6 times (2­ of these were 06 and 08) is something and honestly the­ Egyptian wanted to win more. Whoever says it's not­ an embarrassment for Italy to lose today just cuz­ it's the confederations cup is only trying to make­ him or herself feel better. Bottom line, both team were­ playing today to win but the ball smiled for who wanted­ it more. Brazil and Egypt to the Semis. Brazil and­ Spain to the Final and then anything can happen from­ over there. Haddari should be the man of the match. He­ deserves the Golden Gloves. Kudos for my Egyptian­ friends from an English fan here in Liverpool

Comment 66, stop all these stories of yours. This is­ not friendly match, it is a FIFA organised competition­ and you Italians were beaten blue black by the­ Egyptians. Kindly accept it that Football is coming to­ Africa and FIFA should incerase the number of African­ countries participation in worl cup and reduce that of­ Europe since they don't longer know how to play­ football. In fact, Africa should have at least seven­ representatives.

I wouldn't be too discouraged. Stuff like that­ happens. Mind you we are the world champs. However,­ this isn't the world cup. If it was the world cup,­ then that would be an embarassment. Other than that.­ There's still hope. Though brazil beat us in a­ friendly earlier this year, I think that we could still­ take them. Take for example when we lost to wales in in­ 2002 during the 2004 euro qualifiers and when we lost­ to slovenia in 2004 during the 2006 world cup­ qualifiers. We had tough opposition ahead of us and we­ pulled through. I think that we could do the same­ against brazil. we already know their playing style­ (especially since half of them play in serie a).

Since Egypt beat Italia FIFA should declare Egypt has­ the world number one footballing nation and champion of­ the world. I want to see Egypt and South
Africa in the­ final as a dress reharssal of 2010 World Cup.

As an Italian I was embarassed and deeply irritated at­ the way Lippi put the team out tonight. No wingers, so­ you'd assume the full backs would push up right ?­ Wrong, Grosso rarely showed up while Zambrotta just­ focused on defending, the team had no width and the­ players were obviously lost , not knowing what to do.­ Quagliarella, for all his huge talent, kept running­ against a defensive wall, Rossi was not touching the­ ball and Iaquinta did the usually running. If only­ Italy was not so concerned with not conceding first­ they might actually achieve something. I am sick and­ tired of having to struggle against inferior teams,­ having to come back from behind, it doesn't always­ work, and you don't always win on penalties either.­ I should have known from the friendly against New­ Zealand (4-3) that
something was wrong. No soul, no­ heart and wrong players. Why was Cassano left home ?­ Foggia ?

Ciao Italia!!! Chumpions!! Italian football is dead.

all soocer loving africans have heard this sound at the­ nations cup,its african and as most racist people will­ want it banned, had it been a polish way it would be­ acceptable.we as africans from across the entire­ racially dynamic continent dont find it offensive and­ pop come the superior brits we can not share our way so­ why not creat a little in africa to host the wc.we are­ african from cape to cairo thats our sound accept it ts­ just one world cup out how many on our continent let us­ celebrate in our way not you dictate how we d this

Egypt should go on to win the world cup now what with­ it being in Africa and all. I suspect they will play­ Ivory Coast in the final. England and South Africa will­ be the other semi finalists.

I don't know which match some of you were watching­ but Egypt definitelty were not defensive. They have­ almost the same percentage of possession and number of­ shots on goal as the Italians. Had they been more­ sharper in the third end of the field they could even­ have scored more. Kudos for Egypt and it's back to­ the drawing board for the Italians because it's­ Brazil next.

Italians are in denial!

THE PHARAOHS ARE COMING
I LOVE THIS TEAM
i am very­ proud with my national team which win this amazing­ match against the world cup champions
we are all in­ egypt respect the italian team sure this team is one of­ the biggest teams in the whole world but we won this­ game because this players generation here in egypt and­ all egyptians sharing the dream with reaching the world­ cup 2010 finals and that means we have to play against­ the best teams in the world
I HOPE WE REACH OUR­ DREAM
congratulations for all egyptian in the whole­ world

whether you scums like it or not, Egypt showed what­ football is all about today - winning! Whoever win a­ game is the champion, so why you lil scums bickering?­ Italy tried but they should thank God that Egypt didnt­ capitalize on their weaknesses. I cant wait to see­ Egypt in the final, because USA team is a walkover and­ Italy will lose to Brazil in style. I cant believe­ Italy won World Cup because they were nowhere before­ African Champs...lmao!!!!

Come SA '10, World will­ rest in Africa!

is this the current world champ - or chump - that being­ shot down by Egypt..? Egypt is a real shocking­ Africa..!

guys don't be so mad it's all over and Egypt­ won the Game good luck for them I would like to tell­ number 40 for how long u r an Italy fan. if u do that a­ long time so u don't have the right to talk like­ that becauce Italy who r the team who play get 1 goal­ than all back, that about Italy I don't want to­ talk about BRASIL game u c I write BRASIL in big­ because they r big as I think as the most football fan­ they r the biggist football team in the world much­ bigger than Italy in every part of the game from player­ to world cup, I mean 5 stars is too much to be on yr­ shirt. so if Egypt played as u said can you tell me­ where the 3 goals come from don't tell a bad jock­ and say all of them where an own golas by the big team­ this is the only way they can get them if they played­ all time on the back side of the ....... you know what­ I mean. by the way I looking forward for the world cup­ in SA and I'm sure the winner won't be Italy or­ any EU so shut the @#$% and watch. if it cup of nothing­ why the hell you r here writing some @#$% on this page­ if its nothing than please don't write any thing­ here.by the I'm not BRASIL fan and I heat them as­ much as they heat my team but I'll say the true and­ the fact untill now they r the biggist team in the­ world,

Africans will soon rule Europe anyway due to mass­ immigration and higher birth rates, so soon it will­ just be Africans playing Africans.

Whitey will be a­ tiny minority, a curiosity to be looked at in zoos and­ museums etc.!

i am proud of my egyptian team

Africa's world cup will stay in Africa come­ 2010.The world will be stunned. You aint see nothing­ yet

DID U SEE PLAYER NOT SO FAMOUS OR WITH EXAGGERATED­ PRICES WINNING TEAM WITH BILLION OF $ SO THAT FOOTBALL­ IS NOT GAME FOR REPUTATION BUT GAME FOR STRUGGLE
EGYPT­ IS THE WINNER

Italy have lost in the past to, Ireland, Wales, Korea,­ Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary and now Egypt, but who cares­ they always bounce back, they make life hard for them­ selves we all know that. Italy will always have great­ players its a shame they don't know when to use­ them. They have good managers but they are never around­ for the national side till Lippi was used as living­ proof.