An exciting statement to the former Zamalek coach .. "If you trained him early, you would make him like Mohamed Salah!"

The Portuguese Jaime Pacheco, the former coach of the Egyptian club Zamalek, revealed that if he trained the star Mahmoud Abdel Razek “Shikabala” early, he would have made him the level of Mohamed Salah, the current Egyptian football legend and Liverpool’s top scorer, because “Sheka” possesses high technical capabilities that led Zamalek to achieve important titles locally and in Africa.

And the Al-Masry tournament website transmitted exciting statements by coach Pacheco on the Egyptian Al-Hayat channel, in which he said: “My relationship with Mahmoud Abdel Razek Shikabala was not bad, and the player himself testifies to that, he is one of the players I was most happy to train, and sad for not training him 10 years ago, if I was I trained him early to reach the level of a world player like Mohamed Salah."

Regarding the Egyptian team's participation in the African Nations Cup, he said: "Queiroz is one of the best Portuguese coaches, and he can lead Egypt to win the title. The match between Egypt and Nigeria is very important in the Pharaohs' journey, and the victory over the Eagles helps the Egyptian team to easily qualify for the next stage of the tournament."

He referred to the exclusion of Zamalek player Tariq Hamed from the Egyptian team, and said: "I was sad that Tariq Hamed was not on the list of Egypt's national team for the African Nations Cup. Tariq is the spirit of the team, but I respect Queiroz's decision to exclude him."

In response to a question, Pacheco said: “The player I loved most in Al-Ahly is my biggest enemy, who scored the second goal against Zamalek in the African Champions League final, Mohamed Magdy Afsha,” adding: “Al-Ahly and Zamalek are able to win the African Champions League, and because of my love for the club.” I hope Zamalek wins the title."

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