LIVE: Egypt v South Africa | Friendly Match September 6th, 2016
Match Info:
Match K.O @ 19:05 Cairo Local Time | 13:00 ET Canada-USA
Venue: Orlando Stadium, South Africa
Egypt will play South Africa tonight in Soweto in what could be the last rehearsal of the team ahead of next month’s Congo clash at the start of their 2018 World Cup qualifiers campaign.
The Pharaohs launched their preparations for the qualifiers by tying with Guinea 1-1 in a friendly in Alexandria last week.
In late June, World Cup-hungry Egypt were drawn in a tight group for the qualifiers’ final round alongside Ghana, Congo and Uganda.
Starting line-ups:
Egypt: Ahmed El-Shennawi, Omar Gaber, Ahmed Dweidar, Ali Gabr, Mohamed Abdel-Shafi, Ibrahim Salah, Mohamed Elneny, Abdallah El-Saied, Mohamed Salah, Mahmoud Trezeguet, Ahmed Kouka
Match K.O @ 19:05 Cairo Local Time | 13:00 ET Canada-USA
Egypt’s 26-man squad for the South Africa match:
Goalkeepers:Essam El-Hadary (Wadi Degla), Ali Lotfi (ENPPI).
Defenders:Ahlmed Fathi, Rami Rabia (Ahly), Ahmed Dwidar, Ali Gabr (Zamalek), Hamada Toulba (Masry), Ayman Ashraf (Smouha), Ahmed Elmohamady (Hull City, England), Mohamed Abdel-Shafi (Ahly Jeddah, KSA), Omar Gaber (Basel, Switzerland).
Midfielders:Walid Soliman, Abdalla El-Saied (Ahly), Ibrahim Salah, Islam Gamadl, Mostafa Fathi (Zamalek), Mahmoud Hassan Trezeguet (Anderlecht, Belgium), Mohamed El-Neny (Arsenal, England), Mohamed Salah (Roma, Italy), Ramadan Sobhi (Stoke City, England), Sam Morsi (Wigan, England).
Strikers:Hossam Paolo (Smouha), Bassem Morsi (Zamalek).
