The Egypt team left Cairo airport on Tuesday for Malawi to face Ethiopia next Thursday, in the second round of qualifying for the 2023 African Cup of Nations.
And the Egyptian Football Association announced, in a statement posted on its official website on “Facebook”, that the defender of the “Pharaohs” team, Yasser Ibrahim, had been exposed to a bad cold that prevented him from traveling with the team’s mission in Malawi will face the Ethiopian team on June 9, despite Corona’s negative smear on the player.
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The same source indicated that the coaching staff of the Egyptian team led by Ihab Galal, in coordination with the medical staff led by Mohamed Abu El-Ela, has decided to complete the rehabilitation of player Mohamed Abdel Moneim in Cairo.
The Egyptian team will miss the efforts of other players, such as Mohamed Salah, Mohamed Elneny and Ahmed Hegazy, and the possible loss of Mahmoud Trezeguet.
The Egyptian Football Association also said, in a separate statement, that the results of medical swab samples for Corona virus, conducted by the Egypt team in preparation for the match against Ethiopia, were negative for all team members.
The Egyptian team began their qualifying campaign for the African Cup of Nations “Ivory Coast 2023”, with a difficult victory against its Guinean visitors with a single goal, scored by its player Mohamed Mustafa in dead time with only three minutes left. of the original time of the match facing them on Sunday, at the Cairo International stadium, and occupying second place in the Group D classification, with a goal difference behind Malawi.
Source: agencies
Source: Arabic RT
