Aguirre picks El-Shahat to replace ‘injured’ Salah in eSwatini clash

CAIRO - 16 October 2018: Egypt national team manager, Javier Aguirre, announced on Tuesday the official line-up for the game against eSwatini at the 2019 African Cup of Nations’ qualifiers.

Aguirre picked Hussein el-Shahat to replace Mohamed Salah who missed Egypt's journey to eSwatini over his injury.

Salah led the national team to defeat eSwatini 4-1 on Friday and scored the fourth goal at the last minute of the first half from a direct corner kick. Salah picked a muscle injury and left the pitch two minutes before the final whistle.

West Bromwich Albion defender, Ahmed Hegazi, returned to the squad after he missed the first game in Cairo for yellow card accumulation.

Aguirre’s chosen squad for the game consists of: Mohamed El-Shenawy; Ahmed Hegazi, Ayman Ashraf, Baher El Mohamady, Ahmed El Mohamady; Mohamed Elneny, Amr Warda, Tarek Hamed, Mahmoud Hassan known as Trezeguet, Hussein El-Shahat and Marwan Mohsen.

Aguirre, who was appointed national team manager on August, led the national team to achieve two home victories over Niger 6-0 and eStwani 4-1.

Egypt plays in Group J alongside Tunisia, Niger and eSwatini and is at the second position at the group after two victories and a loss against Tunisia.