Versatile Nantes ahead Mostafa Mohamed is a major omission from the 27-man preliminary squad.
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Nantes ahead Mostafa Mohamed has been ignored of Egypt’s preliminary squad for subsequent month’s FIFA World Cup, however uncapped teenager Hamza Abdelkarim, who performs for the Barcelona under-19 staff, has been included.
Liverpool talisman Mohamed Salah will captain the squad and mix with Manchester Metropolis’s Omar Marmoush to guide the assault on the World Cup, which runs from June 11 to July 19 in america, Canada and Mexico, head coach Hossam Hassan introduced on Wednesday.
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One participant will probably be dropped later to cut back the squad to the FIFA-mandated 26 gamers after Egypt’s final residence pleasant in opposition to Russia in Cairo on Could 28, earlier than heading to the US.
Mostafa was a shock omission, though he has struggled for type with solely 4 objectives in 24 matches this season for Nantes, because the French membership had been relegated from Ligue 1.
Abdelkarim, in contrast, has been in nice type for the Barcelona youth staff and is without doubt one of the most promising ahead skills in Egyptian soccer.
Egypt will play Brazil in a pleasant in Cleveland on June 6 earlier than opening their World Cup marketing campaign in opposition to Belgium in Seattle 9 days later.
They then face New Zealand in Vancouver, Canada, on June 21, earlier than returning to Seattle 5 days later to spherical out their Group G matches in opposition to Iran.
Egypt squad:
Goalkeepers: Mohamed El Shenawy (Al Ahly), Mostafa Shobeir (Al Ahly), El Mahdi Soliman (Zamalek), Mohamed Alaa (El Gouna)
Defenders: Mohamed Hany (Al Ahly), Tarek Alaa (Zed), Hamdy Fathy (Al Wakrah), Rami Rabia (Al Ain), Yasser Ibrahim (Al Ahly), Hossam Abdelmaguid (Zamalek), Mohamed Abdelmonemn (Good), Ahmed Fatouh (Zamalek), Karim Hafez (Pyramids)
Midfielders: Marwan Ateya (Al Ahly), Mohanad Lasheen (Pyramids), Nabil Emad (Al Najma), Mahmoud Saber (Zed), Ahmed Zizo (Al Ahly), Emam Ashour (Al Ahly), Mostafa Ziko (Pyramids), Mahmoud Trezeguet (Al Ahly), Ibrahim Adel (Nordsjaelland), Haissem Hassan (Actual Ovideo)
Forwards: Omar Marmoush (Manchester Metropolis), Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), Aqtay Abdallah (Enppi), Hamza Abdelkarim (Barcelona U19) (Reporting by Mohamed Yossry in Cairo, extra reporting by Ahmed El Khashab and Bassem Zahran, modifying by Nick Mulvenney and Peter Rutherford)
