Surprises in Egypt’s World Cup squad

The list included the presence of two English Premier League stars Mohamed Salah Omar Marmoush, in addition to joining Barcelona’s young Spanish striker Hamza Abdel Karim and Enppi striker Aktay Abdullah for the first time, while Nantes’ French striker was not included. Mustafa Muhammad And Zamalek player Nasser Mansi.

The series witnessed the merger Nabil Imad “Dunga”, the Saudi star player, and two Pyramids Mustafa Abdel Raouf “Zico” and Karim Hafez, who did not attend the Pharaohs camp last March.

Ibrahim Hassan, who is the head of the Egyptian national team, told Agence France-Presse that: “27 players have been included, and one player has not been named after the friendly match in Russia. The rest will be in the final list to go to the World Cup. If one of the players is injured, God forbid, he will be replaced by one of the players whose names were sent in the original list.”

Ibrahim revealed that the team’s camp will begin on Thursday at the National Teams Center on 6 October City, while the European champions will join them at the end of their group matches on Sunday evening.

He explained, “The internal camp ends with a friendly match against Russia at the Misr Stadium in the New Administrative Capital on May 28, and the delegation leaves Cairo 48 hours later for America in Ohio.

The Pharaohs play in Group Seven, which includes Belgium, Iran and New Zealand.

They begin their campaign on June 15 against Belgium in Seattle, before facing New Zealand in Vancouver, Canada, on June 22, before returning to Seattle to face Iran on the 27th.

And they fought The Egyptian national team Two friendly matches last March, when they beat Saudi Arabia in Jeddah 4-0 before a 0-0 draw with European champions Spain. Barcelona.

Below is the list of the Egyptian national team:

-Goalkeeper: Mohamed El-Shenawy (Al-Ahly), Mustafa Schubert (Al-Ahly), Mahdi Suleiman (Zamalek), Mohamed Alaa (El Gouna).

Defense line: Mohamed Hani (Al-Ahly), Tariq Alaa (Z), Hamdi Fathi (Al-Wakra, Qatar), Rami Rabia (Al Ain UAE), Mohamed Abdel Moneim (Nice, France), Yasser Ibrahim (Al-Ahly), Hossam Abdel Majeed and Ahmed Fattouh (Zamalek), Karim Hafez (Pyramids).

– Midfield: Marwan Attia, Ahmed Sayed “Zizou” and Imam Ashour (Al-Ahly), Mustafa Abdel Raouf “Zico” and Muhannad Lashin (Pyramids), Nabil Imad “Dunga” (Saudi Star), Mahmoud Saber (Z).

– Forward line: Mohamed Salah (Liverpool, England), Mahmoud Hassan.Trezeguet(Al-Ahly), Haitham Hassan (Real Oviedo, Spain), A forgotten life (Manchester City, England), Ibrahim Adel (Norsjæland, Denmark), Aktay Abdullah (Enppi), Hamza Abdel Karim (Barcelona, ​​​Spain).