El-Nini embarrasses the Egyptian Minister of Youth and Sports .. "We played the nations of Africa with false promises!"

The Arsenal midfielder and the Egyptian national team, Mohamed Elneny, embarrassed the Minister of Youth and Sports, Dr. Ashraf Sobhi, during the meeting he held with the Pharaohs players, after the final of the African Nations Championship, which was crowned by the Senegalese team.


Leaks emerged from inside the meeting, confirming that El-Nini informed the Minister of Youth and Sports that the players of the Egyptian national team played the African Nations Championship with false promises from the Egyptian Football Association, none of which were implemented during the tournament.


Elneny, who received a mandate from the national team players to talk about the financial rewards, said that they asked the Football Association to disburse the qualification rewards for the group stage, but their officials told them that they would receive these rewards after the Ivory Coast match without commitment, and the promise was repeated before each match in the journey. Championship, until the Senegal match ended.


Sources present at the meeting said that the minister was shocked by this information, and promised to pay all the rewards in the coming days, after discussing this matter in detail with the Football Association.


The Football Association earned about 70 million pounds from participating in the Arab Cup and African Nations Championship, without the players receiving any rewards for those two tournaments.


The Egyptian team lost the African Cup of Nations title against Senegal in the final match, 4-2 on penalties, after a goalless draw in the original and extra games, in the final match that took place at the “Olympic” stadium in the Cameroonian capital Yaounde last week.

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