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Egypt's Salah ruled out of South Sudan qualifier due to artificial surface

Global Published 27 September 2026, 11:32 · archived 27 Sep 2026

Mohamed Salah will not travel with Egypt’s squad to South Sudan ​for their second Africa Cup of Nations ‌qualifier because the match will be played on an artificial turf pitch, the Egyptian Football Association said ​on Saturday. Egypt were held to a ​goalless draw by Angola at Cairo International ⁠Stadium on Friday in their opening qualifier. Salah, ​who joined Turkey’s Trabzonspor from Liverpool recently, started ​against Angola but did not complete the match after coach Hossam Hassan substituted him midway through the second ​half. “The Egypt national team’s technical staff, led ​by Hossam ...

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