We needed a match of reference like this one. Tonight was a mix of everything the coach expects from us. It bodes well for the future.

What has changed is our state of mind. We had not seen this for a long time.

This victory, to win today, will bring peace in my country and that was most important.

Before the tournament, everyone agreed we had a lot of talented players. Now we are a team. We are prepared to battle not only a very tough Egypt, but the fans as well.

This will be a totally different game. We respect the Egyptians, but we have an extremely talented squad ourselves.

To know much and taste nothing-of what use is that?