Hossam Hassan and the blurring of lines between football and politics in Egypt

The Guardian · 3 months ago

Australia 1

FIFA WC26 1-1 Finished

Egypt 1

Key moments

1. 13'
   Goal EMAM ASHOUR (Egypt) scores!!
2. 55'
   Goal MOHAMED HANY (Egypt) scores an own
3. 91'
   Yellow card SAAFAN ELSAGHIR (Staff) (Egypt) is booked
4. 104'
   Yellow card HAISSEM HASSAN (Egypt) is booked by
5. 120'
   Yellow card YASSER IBRAHIM (Egypt) is booked by

Squads

Australia squad

• Selected
• 3 Alessandro CIRCATI Defender
• 5 Jordan BOS Defender
• 8 Connor METCALFE Midfielder
• 13 Aiden ONEILL Midfielder
• 16 Aziz BEHICH Defender
• 17 Nestory IRANKUNDA Forward
• 18 Patrick BEACH Goalkeeper
• 19 Harry SOUTTAR C Defender
• 20 Cristian VOLPATO Forward
• 22 Jackson IRVINE Midfielder
• 25 Lucas HERRINGTON Defender
• 1 Mathew RYAN Goalkeeper
• 2 Milos DEGENEK Defender
• 6 Jason GERIA Defender
• 9 Mohamed TOURE Forward
• 10 Ajdin HRUSTIC Forward
• 11 Awer MABIL Forward
• 12 Paul Izzo Goalkeeper
• 14 Cameron DEVLIN Midfielder
• 15 Kai TREWIN Defender
• 21 Cameron BURGESS Defender
• 23 Nishan VELUPILLAY Forward
• 24 Paul OKON-ENGSTLER Midfielder
• 26 Tete YENGI Forward
• Full squad
• 4 Jacob ITALIANO Defender
• 7 Mathew LECKIE Forward

Egypt squad

• Selected
• 2 YASSER IBRAHIM Defender
• 3 MOHAMED HANY Defender
• 5 RAMY RABIA Defender
• 8 EMAM ASHOUR Midfielder
• 10 MOHAMED SALAH C Forward
• 11 MOSTAFA ZICO Midfielder
• 14 HAMDY FATHY Midfielder
• 15 KARIM HAFEZ Defender
• 19 MARAWAN ATTIA Midfielder
• 22 OMAR MARMOUSH Forward
• 23 MOSTAFA SHOUBIR Goalkeeper
• 1 MOHAMED ELSHENAWY Goalkeeper
• 4 HOSSAM ABDELMAGUID Defender
• 7 TREZEGUET Forward
• 9 HAMZA ABDELKARIM Forward
• 12 Haissem HASSAN Forward
• 16 MAHDY SOLIMAN Goalkeeper
• 18 NABIL DONGA Midfielder
• 20 IBRAHIM ADEL Forward
• 21 MAHMOUD SABER Midfielder
• 24 TAREK ALAA Defender
• 25 ZIZO Forward
• 26 MOHAMED ALAA Goalkeeper
• Full squad
• 6 MOHAMED ABDELMONEIM Defender
• 13 AHMED FATOUH Defender
• 17 MOHANAD LASHIN Midfielder

Egypt face Australia in a historic World Cup game on Friday and the manager has been keen to highlight president Al-Sisi’s role in the achievementAfter Egypt’s 3-1 victory over New Zealand at the World Cup, the national team coach, Hossam Hassan, issued a statement of gratitude to the country’s president, Abdel Fatah al-Sisi.Al-Sisi had sent…

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