Wednesday, 16 March 2016

Egypt announce 25-man squad for Nigeria clash



Egypt boss Héctor Cúper has named a 25-man squad ahead of the Pharaohs’ upcoming 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying double-header against Nigeria later this month.


Cúper previously announced a five-man list of foreign-based players, naming Ahmed Hassan ‘Koka’, Amr Warda, Mahmoud Hassan ‘Trezeguet’, Mohamed Elneny and Mohamed Salah among the first players in his squad.

The Argentinian added seven players from Al Ahly:

Abdallah El-Said, Ahmed Hegazy, Amr Gamal, Hossam Ghaly, Ramadan Sobhy, Rami Rabia and Sabry Rahil.

Zamalek also had nine players called up for national team duty:

Ahmed Dweidar, Ahmed El-Shennawy, Ali Gabr, Ayman Hefny, Hamada Tolba, Hazem Emam, Mostafa Fathi, Omar Gaber and Tarek Hamed.

In addition to those players, veteran Essam El-Hadary of Wadi Degla, along with in-form Petrojet keeper Mohamed El-Shennawy were called up. Joining the pair will be Ismaily’s Marwan Mohsen, who has 10 goals this season, and Smouha’s Ibrahim Salah.

The first leg will take place on Friday the 25th of March in Nigeria, while the return leg will see Alexandria hosting four days later on Tuesday the 29th of March.

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