The Egyptian Football Association announced in an official statement, this Thursday morning, the exclusion of player Imam Ashour from the Egyptian national team camp due to injury.
Egypt have two matches on their FIFA calendar this month, hosting Cape Verde on Friday evening in the first round of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers before travelling to face Botswana in the second round on September 10.
Imam Ashour excluded
The Egyptian Football Association statement revealed that Imam Ashour complained of knee pain at the beginning of the group training session.
He explained that the technical staff, led by Hossam Hassan, preferred, after coordination with the medical staff, led by Mohamed Abu Al-Ela, to rest Imam Ashour, while exempting him from the Egyptian national team camp for fear of his injury worsening.
In a separate context, the Egyptian national team training witnessed the participation of 25 players after the arrival of all professionals except Mohamed Abdel Moneim, who apologized for not joining due to his presence with his new club, Nice, France.
Egypt national team list
Goalkeeping: Mohamed El-Shenawy, El-Mahdi Soliman, Mostafa Shobeir and Hamza Alaa
– Defense: Ahmed Hegazy, Rami Rabia, Ahmed Ramadan Beckham, Khaled Sobhi, Mohamed Hany, Mohamed Hamdy Sharaf, and Mohamed Shehata.
Midfield: Ahmed Nabil Kouka, Mohamed Elneny, Hamdi Fathi, Marawan Attia, Nasser Maher, Mahmoud Hassan Trezeguet, Mohamed Salah, Ahmed Sayed Zizo, Mostafa Fathi, and Ibrahim Adel
Attack: Omar Marmoush, Mostafa Mohamed, Mohamed El Shamy and Osama Faisal