AFCON: Mo Salah to lead Egypt against Nigeria
Egypt on Wednesday listed Mo Salah in their squad for the forthcoming African Nations Cup scheduled to hold in Cameroon in January 2022.
Carlos Quieroz, Egypt coach, announced a 25-man squad on Wednesday for the AFCON campaign.
Salah will lead Egypt, seven-time winners of the AFCON, when they face Nigeria’s Super Eagles in a group stage game on January 11.
Egypt, Nigeria, Sudan and Guinea-Bissau are in Group D.
Egypt AFCON squad
Goalkeepers
Mohamed el-Shennawi (Al-Ahly/EGY), Mohamed Abu Gabal (Zamalek/EGY), Mohamed Sobhi (Pharco/EGY), Mohamed Gad (ENPPI/EGY)
Defenders
Akram Tawfik (Al-Ahly/EGY), Omar Kamal Abdel Wahed (Future/EGY), Ahmed Hegazy (Ittihad Jeddah/KSA), Mahmoud Hamdy El Wensh (Zamalek/EGY), Ayman Ashraf (Al-Ahly/EGY), Ahmed Abou El Fotouh (Zamalek/EGY), Mohamed Abd El Moneim (Future/EGY), Mahmoud Alaa (Zamalek/EGY)
Midfielders
Amr Al Suleya(Al-Ahly/EGY), Hamdi Fathi (Al-Ahly/EGY), Emam Ashour (Zamalek/EGY), Abdallah Said (Pyramids/EGY), Mohamed Elneny (Arsenal/ENG), Zizo (Zamalek/EGY), Mohanad Lasheen (El Gaish/EGY)
Strikers
Omar Marmoush (Stuttgart/GER), Mohamed Sherif (Al-Ahly/EGY), Mostafa Mohamed (Galatasaray/TUR), Mohamed Salah (Liverpool/ENG), Trezeguet (Aston Villa/ENG), Ramadan Sobhi (Pyramids/EGY)
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