Egypt, narrowly qualified on Monday for the round of 16 of CAN 2024, will have to continue without its two key players: striker Mohamed Salah and goalkeeper Mohamed El Shenawy, both injured and out until the end of the season. the competition.
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After Mohamed Salah, it is the turn of the emblematic goalkeeper Mohamed El Shenawy to say goodbye to CAN 2024 and leave the Egyptian selection.
Tuesday January 23, the Egyptian federation confirmed the withdrawal of its starting goalkeeper, who was injured the day before at the very end of the match against Cape Verde. Hit in the shoulder, he suffered a dislocation, medical examinations confirmed.
“X-rays have confirmed that Mohamed El-Shenawy, the goalkeeper of the Egyptian national team, suffered a dislocated shoulder, which prevents him from participating in the team’s final matches in the African Cup of Nations. Nations”, announces the press release, which specifies that the player will be treated with his club Al-Ahly, in Egypt.
🚨 | اثبتت الأشعة إصابة محمد الشناوى حارس مرمى منتخب مصر ،بخلع فى الكتف يغيب على أثره عن بطولة كأس الأمم الأفريق ية.
و قد تم التنسيق بين الجهاز الطبي بالمنتخب المصرى مع نظيره بالنادى ا لأهلى على كافة الإجراءات بشأن الخطة العلاجية للاعب .
نتمنى… pic.twitter.com/C6pt5F59o0— EFA.eg (@EFA) January 23, 2024
Salah absent for a month
As for Mohamed Salah, injured in his left hamstring during the match against Ghana (2-2) on Thursday, he still had the hope of returning in the event of a final or semi-final. False hopes, since his club Liverpool, where he returned on Tuesday for treatment, announced “three to four weeks” of unavailability.
“It’s a real torn hamstring and he should play again in three to four weeks if everything goes well,” assistant coach Pep Lijndersen told a press conference.
The player’s agent, Ramy Abbas, had already mentioned an absence of “21-28 days” the day before on social networks.
Mohammed’s injury is more serious than first thought and he will be out for 21-28 days, and not 2 games.
His best chance at participating in the current AFCON is by undergoing intensive rehabilitation in the UK and rejoining the team as soon as he is fit.— Ramy Abbas Issa (@RamyCol) January 22, 2024
Lijnders highlighted the close collaboration between the medical teams involved. “This is an example of how national football and club football should work together to put the player at the center,” he stressed. “The only reason why our medical team and theirs decided to bring him back (to England) is to give him the best possible chance of being available if Egypt qualifies for the final,” said Dutch.
With AFP
