Egypt announces the absence of Hamdi Fathy from Angola's African Nations Cup qualification match

- The director of the Egyptian football team, Ibrahim Hassan, announced the absence of the player Hamdi Fathi from the matches of Angola and South Sudan in the qualifiers for the 2027 African Cup of Nations, due to injury. Hassan said in statements quoted by the Egyptian Football Association website on Sunday that Hamdi Fathi suffered an injury with his Qatari club Al-Wakra, to confirm his absence from the preparatory team camp for the matches of Angola and South Sudan scheduled for 25 and 29 of this month, as well as a friendly match against South Africa on October 4.

Hassan added that Fathi will be outside the camp because of the difficulty of catching the three matches, to join the duo Mahmoud Trezeguet and Yasser Ibrahim, who are also absent for injury. "The Egyptian team plays its first match in AFCON qualification against Angola at Cairo International Stadium.

The Egyptian Football Association explained that the security authorities had approved the attendance of 40,000 fans at the match.