Queiroz summons "Marwan" to the list of the Egyptian national team, despite the public anger!
The Egyptian Football Association announced on its website that Portuguese coach Carlos Queiroz summoned three players to the list of the "Pharaohs" participating in the African Nations Cup: Smouha striker Marwan Hamdi, and Pyramids players Ibrahim Adel and Mohamed Hamdi, at the request of the assistant coaching staff.
Queiroz’s decision comes at a time when the Egyptian fans are witnessing a major attack for his insistence on choosing Marwan Hamdi specifically, especially since the latter does not present strong offers from their point of view, which brings to mind the similar attack launched by the public previously against the former Al-Ahly player Marwan Mohsen, who insists every coach receives leadership The team called him in, while the Pharaohs' supporters were not convinced by his performance.
And the Egyptian newspaper, “Al-Watan”, said that the inclusion of the trio came after pressure from the Portuguese assistant staff, Carlos Queiroz, explaining: “The head of the committee in charge of managing the Egyptian Football Association, Ahmed Mujahid, contacted Carlos Queiroz and convinced him of the need to include 3 other players to complete the list of the national team to reach 28 players, which is The legal number of all teams participating in the African Nations Championship.
The newspaper added, "The pressure of the assistant staff on Queiroz came for fear of Corona injuries as well as injuries, and that there should be a sufficient number in the list of the Pharaohs during the tournament, and to avoid what happened in the Gabon Championship 2017, after the technical staff of Hector Cuper was involved in the last matches of the championship and an important number was missed. players due to injuries.
Egypt plays in the African Nations Cup in Group D, along with Nigeria, Sudan and Guinea Bissau.
Egyptian national team list
Goalkeepers: Mohamed El-Shennawy, Mohamed Abu Jabal, Mohamed Sobhi and Mahmoud Gad.
Defense: Akram Tawfik, Omar Kamal, Ahmed Hegazy, Mahmoud Hamdi Al Wensh, Ayman Ashraf, Ahmed Fattouh, Mohamed Abdel Moneim, Mahmoud Alaa and Mohamed Hamdi.
Middle: Amr Al-Sulayya, Hamdi Fathi, Imam Ashour, Abdullah Al-Saeed, Muhammad Al-Nani, Ahmed Sayed "Zizou" and Muhannad Lashin.
Attack: Omar Marmoush, Mohamed Sharif, Mustafa Mohamed, Mohamed Salah, Mahmoud Hassan Trezeguet, Ramadan Sobhi, Marwan Hamdi and Ibrahim Adel.
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