To go to Brazil next year, Egypt will have to achieve a feat. Crushed in the first leg 6-1, the Pharaohs are preparing for an impossible mission on November 19 against Ghana. Coach Bob Bradley unveiled this Sunday his selection of 25 players expected to start training on Monday.
Eleven African champion players from Al Ahly are in the squad. Added to these are the internationals Gedo, Salah, and others like Amr Zaki.
Bob Bradley, whose future hangs by a thread, is obliged to win even if he doesn’t qualify at the end.
Complete list
Goalkeepers: Shefir Ekrami (Ahly), Ahmed El-Shennawy (Masry), and Mohamed Sobhi (Ismaily)
Defenders: Wael Gomaa, Mohamed Naguib, Rami Rabia, Ahmed Fathi, Ahmed Shedid, Sayed Moawad, Sherif Abdel-Fadil (Al Ahly), Hazem Emam, and Mohamed Abdel-Shafi (Zamalek)
Midfielders: Mohamed Abou-Treika, Hossam Ashour, Walid Soliman (Ahly), Hossam Ghaly (Lierse, Belgium), Ibrahim Salah (Al-Orouba, Saudi Arabia), Hosni Abd-Rabou (Ismaily), Mohamed El-Neny (FC Basel, Switzerland), Mahmoud Abdel-Moneim ‘Kahraba’ (Luzern, Switzerland).
Forwards: Ahmed Eid Abdel-Malek, Mahmoud Abdel-Razek ‘Shikabala’, (Zamalek), Amr Zaki (Al-Siliya, Kuwait), Mohamed Nagy “Gedo” (Hull City, England), Mohamed Salah (FC Basel, Switzerland).
