Egyptian Football Legend Aboutrika hangs his boots

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Al Ahly’s legendary playmaker Mohamed Abou-Treika is likely to end his football career after a hamstring injury that will sideline him for six weeks and end his Club World Cup campaign which he previously said would be his last adventure.

The 35-year-old was replaced at halftime as Ahly, struggling in his absence, conceded two second-half goals to lose to China’s Guangzhou Evergrande in the Club World Cup quarter final.

“The player suffered a hamstring tear that will rule him out of action for six weeks,” Ahly said on their official website.

“The club’s coach Mohamed Youssef and football director Sayed Abdel-Hafiz are trying to convince Abou-Treika to stay with the team in Morocco until the tournament ends after he informed the club of his wish to return to Cairo.”

Abou-Treika said he would hang up his boots after Egypt failed to reach next year’s World Cup finals following a humiliating 7-3 aggregate defeat by Ghana in a qualifying playoff.

He said recently he hoped his last match would be against Bayern Munich, whom Ahly would have faced had they defeated Guangzhou.

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