The Confederation of Confederation of African Football (CAF) expressed its shock at the disappearance of the African Cup of Nations and other cups from the headquarters of the Egyptian Football Association, and offered assistance to recover these "invaluable" souvenirs.
"The Confederation of African Football (CAF) received shocking reports about the loss of cups for the African Cup of Nations from the headquarters of the Egyptian Football Association," El-Kaf wrote in his tweet on Sunday.
"Our doors are open to support the Egyptian Federation to replace these invaluable souvenirs," he added.
Confederation of African Football received shocking reports about the loss of cups for the African Cup of Nations from the headquarters of the Egyptian Football Association.
Our doors are open to support @EFA to make up for these invaluable mementos.
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- CAF - AR (@caf_online_AR) September 6, 2020
A few days ago, Egyptian sports media reported the news of the disappearance of the African Cup of Nations and some medals and belongings of the Egyptian Football Association, which prompted the Football Association and the Ministry of Youth and Sports to open investigations on the matter.
The Egyptian Football Association stated in a statement that "within the framework of the development that the federation is currently undertaking for its headquarters, including converting the entrance into a miniature museum for Egyptian football, the federation management was surprised that there were not a number of old cups in the federation stores that were supposed to be used in the process." Development".
He added, "Investigations are underway to ascertain the fate of these old cups, and did they survive the fire and looting of the Union headquarters in 2013 when they were attacked by Ultras groups, or were they included in the losses that resulted from what the building was exposed to in this incident?"