Photos from Egypt’s training camp in Oman. Egypt is preparing to take on North African rivals Algeria in a crucial 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier on June 7 before flying to South Africa for the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup where they will take on Brazil, Italy, and the United States. Egypt plays Oman in a [...]
Round up: Ahly wins, Pharaohs in Oman, Hassan complains, Mido back?
Egypt manager Hassan Shehata shed some light on his omission of Wigan Athletic striker Mido as the team landed in Muscat for a week-long training camp which will include a friendly match with the host nation on Saturday.
Analysis: Fans divided over Mido exclusion
There’s been much fervor over the Egyptian national team technical staff’s decision to exclude Mido from the 28-man squad (which will be trimmed to 23) for Egypt’s matches against Oman (friendly) Algeria (crucial World Cup qualifier) and the Confederations Cup. Many fans are especially worried given regular starter Emad Meteb’s injury and the recent spate [...]
Egypt name squad for Algeria, Confederations Cup
There were some surprises as Egypt coach Hassan Shehata named a 28-man squad Thursday for Egypt’s friendly versus Oman at the end of the month. The squad will be cut to 23 before the team travels to Algeria for their crucial 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying showdown with the Fennecs. That same squad will then [...]
Algerian player fumes over venue choice for Egypt clash
Algerian international Abdel Malek Cherrad describes the decision not to play the June 7 World Cup qualifier against Egypt in a bigger stadium as “scandalous,” in this Goal.com piece.
African friendlies in May
Following is a list of officially scheduled friendly internationals involving African teams in May: Tanzania – Congo DR DAR ES SALAAM 09 May Jordan – Zimbabwe TBA 12 May Tunisia – Sudan RADES 27 May Ireland – Nigeria LONDON 29 May Qatar – Benin TBA 29 May Oman – Egypt MUSCAT 31 May Get African [...]
