A prominent player was excluded from the Egyptian national team camp for this reason

Defender Mohamed Abdel Moneim was excluded from the Egyptian national team’s roster to face Malawi, scheduled for next Tuesday, due to injury. The coach of the “Pharaohs” team, Ali Maher, decided that the 27-year-old defender should complete his treatment in coordination with the team’s doctor, Mohamed Abu El-Ela, and that he would not travel with the delegation heading to Malawi on Sunday.

Abdel Moneim was suffering from a tear in the posterior muscle, on the sidelines of his participation with his French club Nice, before joining his country’s national team camp during the current international break and undergoing treatment under the supervision of the national team’s medical staff. The meeting between the Egyptian national team and Malawi will be renewed, at the latter’s stadium, in the fourth round of qualifiers for the 2027 African Cup of Nations.

The previous confrontation between them, which was held on the grounds of Cairo International Stadium, last Friday, ended in favor of Mohamed Salah’s teammates with a clean score.