Abo Rida asks for support to the National team

31 August : Egyptian Football Association “EFA” President, Hany Abo Rida will provide support to Egyptian National Team despite their 1-0 loss against Uganda in 2018 World Cup Qualifiers on Thursday.


“We have nothing but support the National team, we still have a strong hope to qualify to the World Cup, it all depends on the next match result.”

Egypt faces Uganda again on Tuesday at “Borg El Arab “Stadium in Alexandria, Egypt has to win the game to keep its chances to reach the World Cup.

EFA Board Member, Magdi Abdel Ghany wasn’t happy after the Egyptian performance, he said “ Cuper (Egyptian National Team Manager) failed to deal with the game, many Egyptian players were out of form and his substitutes didn’t make any addition.” Abdel Ghany spoke to On Sports Channel.

Abdel Ghany, who participated with the National Team in 1990 World Cup, added “Cuper has to change the way we played to win the next game in Alexandria.”

Egypt lost 1-0 to Uganda in Kampala on Thursday.