Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN) – The Egyptian Football Association revealed, on Friday, the nature of the injury to national team captain Mohamed Salah, which he suffered during the first half of the “Pharaohs” match with the Ghana national team, on Thursday, in the second round of the finals. African Nations Cup.
The Federation said, in a statement on the “X” platform (formerly Twitter), that the x-rays that Salah underwent showed that he had a strain in the posterior muscle.
He added that the 31-year-old player will miss the Egyptian national team’s next two matches, against its counterpart Cape Verde (Cape Verde) at the end of the group stage, and in the round of 16 match if the team qualifies for this round.
Mohamed Salah participated for approximately 135 minutes in the current edition of the African Championship, which is held on the territory of Ivory Coast (Côte d’Ivoire), during which he scored one goal against the Mozambique national team.
The Pharaohs team has only two points in second place in the standings of Group Two.
2024-01-19 22:06:25
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