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.
