Egypt’s Olympic Team to play a friendly against FC Basel.
Egypt’s Olympic squad flies to Switzerland Wednesday to play a friendly against FC Basel.
Hany Ramzy�s team defeated Bob Bradley�s senior squad 2-1 on Tuesday. Sherwida and Marawan Mohsen scored the goals.
�Our friendly with the national team was really helpful. All the players made the best use of the experience,� Abdel-Aziz said to Egyptian television.
The Young Pharaohs� last appearance at the quadrennial showpiece came in 1992 in Barcelona, where they lost against Spain and Qatar, though they defeated Colombia, and failed to progress beyond the group stage.