The Africa Cup of Nations was halted in the round of 16 due to poor performances in the team, and Portuguese coach Rui Victoria was sacked by the Egyptian Football Federation on Monday. And his successor soon emerged - the legendary Egyptian striker and Egyptian national team's all-time top scorer Hussam Hassan was recently appointed as the new "Pharaoh" coach. At the same time, his twin brother, former Egypt international defender Ibrahim Hassan, joined the national team and became Egypt's team director.
It can be said that it is relatively common for foreign teachers to be fired for poor performance, and then use the famous house**, and the 57-year-old Hussam Hassan is by no means a novice. He has been coaching since retiring in 2008 and has coached many clubs in Egypt and was the coach of the Jordanian national team. However, one thing that is interesting is that not long ago, the celebrity just sprayed Salah, and when he was a guest on the show, he hinted that the Liverpool striker who left the Africa Cup of America halfway was not patriotic enough, which made people wonder if such a "grudge" would affect Salah's future in the Egyptian national team.
Salah left early in the first half of the second group game due to a hamstring strain, before returning to England to recuperate, citing "a worse than expected injury" and the Egyptian Football Federation agreeing to release him. At that time, there was also news that Salah had not said goodbye to the Africa Cup of Nations completely, and if Egypt had not been eliminated by the time he recovered from injury, he would have returned to Africa. This seems to be a balancing act, but Hassan disagrees, saying: "If Salah feels like he wants to go, then he should leave and not go back to the national team because the injury is not serious." What he needs is physiotherapy and the national team can provide physiotherapy and hamstring injuries don't require a lot of facilities from Liverpool. ”
In Hassan's view, if Liverpool are really concerned about Salah's health, they should send doctors and physiotherapists with the team instead of recalling the players. In this regard, he added: "Salah has great value and he should stay in the national team, both morally and psychologically, because his presence will have an impact on other teams. Leaving will have a negative impact on the Egyptian team and will be a positive factor for the opponent. ”
If I were the Egypt manager, when he told me he wanted to go back to Liverpool, I would tell him 'you have to stay here'. This was Hassan's assumption not long ago, and now that he has really become the coach of the national team, will the "disagreement" between the two be further exacerbated in the future? It is worth mentioning that Hassan's personality should also look more rigid. In May last year, Hassan was sacked by Egyptian club Masri after the brothers "publicly insulted all members of the board" during a half-time match.