After Salah, another player misses Egypt's match against South Sudan

- Ibrahim Hassan, director of Egypt's first football team, announced on Sunday that it was decided to remove the player Mohamed Abdel Moneim from the list of the team traveling, at noon on Sunday, to South Sudan. Ibrahim Hassan explained in Statements conveyed by the Egyptian Football Association website through its official account on the "X" platform, previously on Twitter, that this is due to"the player's prior conduct of the cruciate ligament operation, and medical warnings against playing on the South Sudan match ground made of artificial grass (tartan), based on the medical report of the French club Nice. ”

The delegation of the Egyptian team leaves, at noon on Sunday, heading to South Sudan to face its team, on Tuesday, within the matches of the second round of the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers. In another post, he announced The Egyptian Football Association joins Osama Faisal, the player of Al-Ahli Bank Club, to the current Egypt national team camp, provided that he goes through training with the team, and travels with the mission to South Sudan.

The Egyptian Football Association announced, through its accounts on social media platforms, Saturday, the release of Mohamed Salah from the "Pharaohs" match and South Sudan. The Football Association of Egypt explained that the reason for the relief Salah returns to the pitch "Tartan", which will host the match on September 29, as part of the second round of qualifying for the 2027 African Cup of Nations.

The Egyptian Federation revealed that Mohamed Salah agreed with the technical staff at the beginning of the international break period, not to play this match, as coach Hossam Hassan prefers to "preserve the player." The ageing star shared 34 years in the Pharaohs game and Angola, last Friday, which ended in a negative draw.