Mohamed Salah suffered a hamstring injury on Thursday during his team’s 2-2 draw against Ghana in the Africa Cup of Nations and, although the Egyptian Federation initially reported that he will miss the next two matches of the tournament (the last of the qualifying phase groups and the eventual round of 16 tie), the Liverpool star’s status is unknown.
“There will be a joint statement between the national team and Liverpool about the injury today or tomorrow at the latest,” said Salah, the Egypt captain, this Sunday at a press conference on the eve of his team’s decisive match against Cape Verde tomorrow in Ivory Coast, headquarters of the Africa Cup.
Klopp believes he will return to Liverpool
Some words lead one to think that Salah could return to Liverpool in the coming days to continue treatment for the injury. Actually Jurgen Kloppcoach of the ‘reds’, assured a few hours later, after 0-4 against Bournemouth in the Premier League: “I think he will come back. This is the plan. It makes sense for him to do the recovery for us”
“My injury is still there, but “The most important thing now is to talk about the game,” Salah settled on his appearance in front of reporters. “Our main goal is to ensure qualification for the next round, with qualified players, a good coach and a clear vision of the game.”
Tomorrow, decisive match against Cape Verde
serving as captain, Salah assured that “we are fully committed to giving our best in the tournament and we just have to fight and see what happens,” he added about the match against Cape Verde, who despite being the smallest country in the final stage of this edition. of the Africa Cup, has already secured first place in group B with 6 points from two games.
Salah, who has been international in 98 games. He also pointed out that fact He still has no trophy in Egypt after finishing runner-up in the Africa Cup in 2017 and 2021.
“Soon he will win Egypt”
“I’ve won everything possible, but not yet. It will come one way or anotherthat’s what I believe in, and I achieve everything I believe in, so it will come sooner or later,” predicted Salah, who lost the finals against Cameroon in Gabon-2017 (2-1) and against Senegal on penalties ( 0-0 and 4-2) in Cameroon-2019
“Everyone knows what it means to any player to win the African Cup. We were unlucky in the end and so was Gabon. The players are very motivated to win the tournament. “We all want to win it,” said Salah. To advance to the second round, Egypt, with 2 points in 2 games, must beat Cape Verde tomorrow.
Source: La Verdad
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