File photograph of Mohamed Salah.© AFP
Egypt captain Mohamed Salah is not going to play in subsequent week’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in Mauritania, membership facet Liverpool confirmed on Saturday. The 32-year-old has “been launched early from worldwide obligation amid the continuing October break,” Liverpool stated. On Friday, Salah scored for Egypt in a 2-0 victory over Mauritania and had been on account of play a second fixture towards the identical opponents on Tuesday. Egypt supervisor Hossam Hassan had instructed journalists in Cairo on Friday that there have been issues over enjoying on Mauritania’s synthetic turf and harm fears.
Record seven-time African champions Egypt confronted cussed resistance from Mauritania till Mahmoud ‘Trezeguet’ Hassan netted 69 minutes into the Group C conflict.
Prolific Liverpool scorer Salah put the result past doubt with a second aim 10 minutes later to keep up the right report of the Pharaohs after three rounds.
Egypt want a single level within the subsequent match to qualify as they sit six factors forward of rivals Cape Verde, Botswana and Mauritania.
Liverpool additionally confirmed that Dutch defender Virgil van Dijk had been additionally launched early from worldwide obligation.
Van Dijk was dismissed for the Netherlands after choosing up two yellow playing cards throughout a 1-1 UEFA Nations League draw with Hungary.
“The pair will take no additional half for his or her respective nations this month after the choice was made to alleviate them each early from their worldwide commitments.”
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