Key player: Mohamed Salah. There will again be expectation on Salah’s shoulders as Egypt look to him to return them to winning ways, particularly after the disappointment of losing on penalties to Senegal in the last final in Cameroon. The Liverpool forward has won two African Footballer of the Year awards and become a global icon after a career which has also included spells at Basel, Chelsea, Fiorentina and AS Roma. Salah, Liverpool's leading Premier League goalscorer, made his international debut in 2011 and has since won 93 caps for his country, with the possibility to reach 100 if Egypt do well in the Ivory Coast. FIFA world ranking Dec 2023: 33How they qualified: Top placed team in Group D, ahead of Guinea, Malawi and Ethiopia.

Source: Egypt Today January 08, 2024 07:55 UTC