Tonight, the Egyptian U-23 national team will face the Zambian team at 30 July Stadium in the final fixture of the CAF U-23 Cup of Nations qualifiers.
Yesterday, trending Liverpool star Mohamed Salah, the Egyptian King, visited the camp of Egypt's U-23 national football team before their tomorrow's participation against Zambia.
Salah had a number of casual chats about his career and journey in the football world with the team's players.
He also asserted the importance of this age-period and Olympic football games for the football player, and how this experience with the Egyptian Olympic team impacted him.
Previously, Egypt U-23 football team coach Rogério Micale led the team's preparation camp for both Zambia games.
He announced the names of 32 players for Egypt's U-23 national football team squad.
Monchengladbach's Egyptian midfielder Mostafa Ashraf is the only international player on the list.
The 32-preliminary list for the Egypt U-23 squad includes:
GK: Ali El Gabry, Hamza Alaa, Youssef Nader, Mohamed Ahmed "Seha"
Defense: Mohamed Ashraf, Hossam Abdel Megid, Hatem Mohamed "Sokkar," Mohamed Maghraby, Abdel Rahman Gouda, Mohamed Hamdy, Ahmed Eid, Omar Fayed, Ahmed Sayed Abdel Naby, Eyad Al Aaskalany
Midfield: Ahmed Nabil "Koka," Raafat Khalil, Mohamed Hossam "Besso," Mostafa Saad "Messi," Mahmoud Saber, Emad Mayhob, Zeyad Farag, Arabi Badr, Mohamed Shihata, Mahmoud Gehad, Abdel Rahman Atef, Abdel Ghany Mohamed, Ali Zazaa, Mostafa Ashraf
Forward: Osama Faisal, Ahmed Atef, Abdel Rahman Atef "Agüero," Ibrahim Adel