Egypt coach Rui Vitoria has expressed the assumption that Mohamed Salah’s damage is “not harmful” after the Liverpool ahead was pressured off throughout Egypt’s Africa Cup of Nations match towards Ghana.
Mohamed Salah went down off the ball late within the first half, signaling that he couldn’t proceed, presenting a major setback for Egypt.
Salah handed over the captain’s armband to Ahmed Hegazi and left the pitch throughout Egypt’s match towards Ghana. He sat on the ground in entrance of the dugout for the ultimate minutes of the primary half after signaling that he couldn’t proceed, indicating the influence of the damage.
Egypt and Liverpool supporters robotically feared the worst as he clutched the again of his leg whereas grimacing.
The Liverpool quantity ten watched from the sidelines as Ghana took the lead with Mohammed Kudus scoring earlier than the break. Nevertheless, Egypt responded with objectives from Omar Marmoush and Mostafa Mohamed, equalising after Kudus had struck once more to revive the Black Stars’ lead.
Talking on the severity of the Egyptian captain’s damage, Vitoria instructed the media: “Now I don’t know as a result of it’s [too] early to see one thing. I believe it’s not harmful, however let’s see if Salah recovers,” by way of The Normal.
Egypt at present have two factors heading into their remaining Group B match towards Cape Verde within the Africa Cup of Nations. Cape Verde have the chance to safe a spot within the AFCON knockout levels with a recreation to spare in the event that they defeat Mozambique on Friday. Egypt, in flip, may have a victory towards Cape Verde to keep away from an early exit from the match.