The historic Egyptian Open has once again stepped onto the world stage, reports William McKee

When Miroslav Soukup took his Czech Republic to the finals of the 2007 Under-20 World Cup, it was thought he would do at least as good when he arrived here to coach the young Pharaohs. But in the U20 World Cup which Egypt hosted last month, the would-be future stars were embarrassingly knocked out in Round 16. In an exclusive to Al-Ahram Weekly, and just 72 hours before leaving Egypt, perhaps for good, Soukup explains to Ahmed Abu Ghazala what went wrong