A new shock from Queiroz for the Egyptians in the Ivory Coast match!

The Egyptian public is afraid of the national team from the technical readings of Portuguese coach Carlos Queiroz, which caused a modest appearance of star Mohamed Salah and his companions in the African Nations Football Championship currently being held in Cameroon, in which they are preparing to face Ivory Coast, Thursday (20:00 UAE time), In the round of 16 of the tournament, the Egyptians won the title seven times (a record).

He is expected to play the Ivory Coast match with a 4-3-3 plan, in which the roles are divided between goalkeeper Mohamed El-Shennawy, and in defense Omar Kamal, Ahmed Hegazy, Mohamed Abdel-Moneim, Ayman Ashraf or Ahmed Fattouh, and in the midfield Hamdi Fathi, Mohamed Elneny and Amr El-Soliya, while he advances in The attack was Mohamed Salah, Ramadan Sobhi, and Mostafa Mohamed.

Egyptian press reports stated that Queiroz was not convinced by the performance of midfielder Abdullah Al-Saeed or even Mahmoud Trezeguet, which prompted him to try a new plan based on changing the position of Ayman Ashraf by introducing him to the left center position in front of the full-back Ahmed Fattouh, and this was evident in the last training of the Pharaohs in preparation for the meeting. Ivory Coast, which is a shock to the Egyptian masses.

Ayman Ashraf had played the first round matches against Nigeria, Guinea-Bissau and Sudan at the left-back position, especially since Fattouh was injured in the first meeting with Nigeria, before the latter recovered to regain his position, at a time when Ashraf sees a tactical necessity, especially since he was fused into the team's squad.

Ashraf will be one of the most prominent solutions in the hands of Queiroz, but the Egyptian fans are concerned about the frequent change of players’ positions, specifically as happened in the first match against Nigeria when he surprised everyone by involving Mohamed Salah as a spearhead and turning striker Mustafa Mohamed into a wing, which angered the fans to change the players’ positions and lose their efforts. Rather, it distracts them mentally and tactically in the field.

It is noteworthy that the Egyptian team did not present the expected performances of it in the African Nations Championship, despite qualifying as a runner-up in its group after a 1-0 defeat by Nigeria, in return for defeating Equatorial Guinea and Sudan with the same result.

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