The semi-final schedule for the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations is complete, with the four teams remaining all former champions while two of the coaches left – Ghana’s Claude Le Roy and Hassan Shehata of Egypt are previous winners at the tournament with the latter looking for a second successive title after guiding the Pharaohs to the trophy in 2006.

Someone is yet to match Egypt's five Nations Cup titles, three of which were won on home soil. And that can only come from either Ghana or Cameroon.

Ghana would be up against Cameroon at the Ohene Djan Stadium in the semi-finals on Thursday and both nations are looking to match Egypt's five titles, though one would certainly miss the plot.

Coaches of the two sides have worked at opposite ends in the past and clearly understand the cultures very well.

Claude Le Roy coached Cameroon to their second Nations Cup title success in 1988 while the 70-year-old Otto Pfister failed to taste glory when he led Black Stars to the finals of the tournament in 1992 before bowing out on penalties to Ivory Coast.

Ghana, host of the Nations Cup for the first time in 30 years have fans are banking of the Black Stars to win the titles the side won at home in 1963 and 1978.

And Claude Le Roy would sorely miss captain John Mensah as Ghana comes up against the Cameroonians who have several experienced campaigners including the goals record-breaker Samuel Eto’o. But Le Roy has a dedicated squad backed by a large home crowd to stop the lions from roaring.