The hosts kicked off the 2009 Under 20 World Cup in grand style dispatching Trinidad 4-1 behind a pair of goals from Hussam Arafat. A huge crowd of 84,000 which included FIFA President Joseph Blatter and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak saw an entertaining match in which Egypt started nervously and were lucky to not be behind early on.
The hosts settled down though and the loud home crowd pushed them forward. Afroto notched the opening goal giving Egypt the lead in the 30th minute as he beat two Trinidad defenders and fired the ball through the keepers legs. Trinidad would not go quietly though as Jean Rochford answered just minutes later to even the score. Rochford slotted home after wonderful work by Jake Thomson.
The second half was all Egypt though as Hussam Arafat and Mohamed Talaat scored in the opening 15 minutes to give Egypt a comfortable 3-1 lead with only 30 minutes left to play. The fourth goal would come in injury time as Arafat would get his second goal of the match.
Tomorrow shows the other Group A match of Paraguay-Italy as well as Group B Nigeria-Venezuela and Spain-Tahita.
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