Mo Salah Joins National Team's Camp for Guinea & Ethiopia Games in AFCON Qualifiers

Liverpool star Mohamed Salah has joined the Egyptian national team’s training camp ahead of the matches of Guinea and Ethiopia on June 5 and 9 in the qualifiers for the African Nations Cote d'Ivoire 2023.

 

The games will be Ehab Galal's first official duty at the helm of the Pharaohs.

The players of the Egyptian national football team and the technical staff underwent a medical examination to detect the Coronavirus before entering the closed camp, in preparation for the matches of Guinea and Ethiopia in the qualifiers for the African Nations 2023, and all results were negative.

A total of 24 teams will qualify to play in the final tournament, including the hosts, who qualify automatically.

The teams competing for a spot in the prestigious tournament are placed in 12 groups of four teams each, with the top two in each group progressing to the finals.

Egypt, who will look for a spot in the AFCON for the 26th time in their history, started from the final qualification round and were placed at the head of group D.

Joining the Pharaos will be Naby Keïta’s Guinea, Ethiopia, and Malawi, with the top two teams securing a place for themselves in the finals.

All four teams of the group took part in the last Africa Cup of Nations, with Ethiopia being the only team to get knocked out of the group stage in Cameroon.

Egypt national team head coach Ehab Galal has added eight players to his squad clashing with Guinea and Ethiopia in the Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.

The 2023 AFCON is set to take place between June and July of next year in Ivory Coast.

A total of 24 teams will qualify to play in the final tournament, including the hosts, who qualify automatically.

The teams competing for a spot in the prestigious tournament are placed in 12 groups of four teams each, with the top two in each group progressing to the finals.

Egypt, who will look for a spot in the AFCON for the 26th time in their history, started from the final qualification round and were placed at the head of group D.

Joining the Pharaos will be Naby Keïta’s Guinea, Ethiopia, and Malawi, with the top two teams securing a place for themselves in the finals.

All four teams of the group took part in the last Africa Cup of Nations, with Ethiopia being the only team to get knocked out of the group stage in Cameroon.

The first two games for Egypt are against Guinea and Ethiopia and they are scheduled to take place on the fifth and ninth of June.