viagramof – Question marks continue over the relationship between Hossam Hassan, the coach of the Egyptian national team
Salah participated with the Egyptian national team in the victory over Mauritania yesterday, Friday, in the third round of the 2025 African Cup of Nations qualifiers, with a score of 2-0, and scored a goal.
The Liverpool star played the match at Cairo Stadium, but will not play the second leg in Mauritania next Tuesday due to the opponent’s stadium’s pitch.
The national team coach agreed to Salah’s request to travel to England and not play the next match because the floor of the Mauritania national team’s stadium is made of artificial turf and he is afraid of injury.
Mohamed Salah – Egypt national team
A crisis previously occurred between Hassan and Salah at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, as the player suffered an injury against Ghana, and the Football Association said that he would miss only two matches, but he traveled to England and did not complete the tournament.
Hassan commented on the situation before he took over as coach of the national team, saying that if he was a coach and felt that Salah wanted to travel, he would make him travel and not return because the injury was not severe, stressing the necessity of Salah’s psychological and moral presence with the national team.
At the present time, Salah has not suffered an injury and has requested to travel, and indeed Hossam Hassan has agreed to his request.
The Egyptian national team is in a group that includes: “Cape Verde, Botswana, and Mauritania.”
The Pharaohs have 9 points with full marks in the first 3 rounds, with wins over Botswana, Cape Verde and today, Mauritania.
Hossam Hassan, coach of the Egyptian national team
The Pharaohs are at the top of the group standings, 6 points behind their three rivals, each of whom has 3 points.
The Egyptian national team will host Mauritania in the return match in the fourth round of matches next Tuesday.
The Pharaohs are looking for their fourth consecutive victory, raising the score to 12 points, and clinching qualification.
The match between Egypt and Mauritania will start at seven o’clock in the evening Cairo and Mecca time, eight o’clock Abu Dhabi time.
