He wrote:
Louay Muhammad
–
Thursday 18th August 2022
17:23
–
–
After about two months, the Olympic staff commences its qualifiers for the U-23 African Nations Cup, which in transform qualifies for the 2024 Paris Olympics, so the young Pharaohs will pay out the cost for the delay in appointing a mentor for the group?
On 7 August, the Soccer Affiliation announced the appointment of a new coach of the Olympic workforce, the Brazilian Rogerio Micale, to commence his official mission with the Olympic crew in qualifying for the 2023 African Nations Cup below 23, to be held in Morocco.
The Confederation of African Soccer (CAF) has exempted the Egyptian workforce from collaborating in the first stage of the qualifiers, which will just take location up coming September, exactly where the younger Pharaohs will perform their professions starting up from the 2nd spherical.
In accordance to present day attract, on Thursday, Egypt will encounter the winner of the match Eswatini and Botswana, which will be played in the very first spherical, in the next round.
The Egyptian nationwide staff will participate in the first leg of the qualifying spherical above floor in the period from 21 to 23 October, and will play the return match in Cairo from 28 to 30 of the exact same month.
Ought to Egypt qualify for the 3rd and remaining spherical of qualifiers, they will engage in versus the qualifiers of the Sierra Leone and Zambia clashes up coming March.
Football Association late
The Soccer Affiliation was about 6 months driving agenda in appointing a new supervisor to succeed Shawky Gharib, who was ousted from the Federation from his article past February.
Shawky Gharib remaining the Egyptian Olympic team for the to start with time very last August, at the end of his contract pursuing the close of the Olympic Video games that were being held in Tokyo final summer time, in the course of which the youthful Pharaohs managed to qualify for the quarter-finals. the closing.
But Ahmed Mujahid, the previous Football Association president, place Shawky Gharib again in the very same position, right before the recent board, led by Jamal Allam, rescinded the agreement to depart the supervisor for a next time, in February.
Considering that Brazil’s match in the quarter-finals of the Tokyo Olympics, which took spot in July 2021 and the team lost by one purpose, the crew hasn’t performed any official or welcoming matches.
Additionally, the 2001-born countrywide group, which should really contend for the ticket to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics, did not enjoy any formal match, within the team fashioned by Rabie Yassin, as it did not participate in the North African qualifiers that took position. in Tunisia, due to the outbreak of the Corona virus.
Micali will have only two months to choose a total listing of players less than the age of 23, and to participate in preparatory and friendly fields to study about the capabilities of the players and figure out the ideal approach of engage in, ahead of actively playing the initially formal match.
The Olympic staff dangers not qualifying for the Africa Cup of Nations, losing in the second or third round, due to deficiency of time for the Brazilian coach to prepare very well.
The Soccer Association’s delay in appointing a mentor for the Olympic staff is highlighted, in particular since Shawky Gharib commenced his mission with the crew in January 2018 and performed 11 friendlies in preparation for the 2019 African Nations Cup, which took area. in Egypt in November.
The finals of the 2023 Beneath-23 African Nations Cup will be held in Morocco in June upcoming yr, recognizing that the match qualifies for the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Potent preparing for the Moroccan countrywide crew
In contrast to the Moroccan nationwide team, host of the 2023 version, the Moroccan Football Affiliation attaches excellent worth to this tournament, as it qualifies for the next Olympics, and the Atlas Youthful Lions has not skilled for the continental championship in the last two editions.
The Moroccan Olympic crew is stable, as Hicham Al-Damii took about the leadership of the workforce past August, while the group participated in the North African Cup of Olympic friendlies in Libya past Oct.
The Moroccan countrywide team also participated in a preparatory camp in Turkey, immediately after which they participated in the Islamic Solidarity Championship which was held there this thirty day period, whilst the team will not take part in the qualifiers for the event, as hosts.
–
