Failure in the African Nations Cup tournament forced changes in the leadership of the Egyptian Football Federation.
On Saturday, the tournament hosts Cairo sensationally lost 0:1 to the team of the Republic of South Africa and failed to advance to the quarterfinals.
It was officially announced that immediately after the match the head coach of the national team, Javier Aguirre, lost his job.
The failure was particularly painful, as the last time the "Pharaohs" did not reach the quarterfinals was back in 2004.
The federation president Hany Abou-Rida also announced his resignation.
