Libreville (AFP) - Egypt coach Hector Cuper was apologetic towards the supporters of his side after the Pharaohs threw away the lead to lose 2-1 to Cameroon in Sunday's Africa Cup of Nations final.
Egypt had taken a first-half lead in Libreville through Mohamed Elneny but Cameroon levelled the scores in the second half when Nicolas Nkoulou headed in and Vincent Aboubakar then scored a dramatic winner with two minutes to go.
The defeat was the latest in a long line of painful final defeats for Cuper in his career -- the Argentine had notably lost two UEFA Champions League finals with Valencia and a Cup Winners' Cup final with Mallorca in the past.
"Congratulations to Cameroon for the victory. They played well," said the veteran Argentine.
"The sadness I have is not because I lost another final, it's because there was so much hope especially among the people in Egypt and I am sorry for the players who put in so much effort.
"We have finished this competition with a defeat but I think they did a great job.
"I'm just sorry that we couldn't give happiness to the people of Egypt because I imagine that there was a lot of expectation among them.
"I've lost another final? I'm not going to say I'm used to it but it's one more for me!"
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