CAIRO: Egypt striker Mohamed Zidan is expected to continue from where he left off at the 2008 Nations Cup in Ghana, where he helped his country to a record sixth triumph.

Zidan scored twice and assisted on several more including the championship-winning goal by Mohamed Aboutrika after he forced the very experienced Cameroon defender Rigobert Song to make a mistake.

Ghana 2008 was the Borussia Dortmund striker s debut appearance at the tournament after a misunderstanding with national team coach, Hassan Shehata, denied him a place in the squad at the 2006 edition played on home soil.

However, despite his undeniable skills, Zidan is often not far away from trouble. He was again overlooked by Shehata for two crucial qualifiers after he stayed away from a friendly against Guinea in August.

All has now been forgiven and the 28-year-old has yet another chance to prove his class as he did at Ghana 2008 as well as at last year s FIFA Confederations Cup in South Africa with some well struck goals. -AFP