Then again, all these guys are doing better than their compatriots in Egypt, who are twiddling their thumbs awaiting for the start of any organized play.  And in the meanwhile, the national team goes from one canceled friendly to the next, watching time slowly tick away as the squad gears up for the World Cup qualifiers.

Egyptian talented forward Mahmoud Abdel Razek ‘Shikabala” created two goals for his new UAE club Al-Wasl as they drew with Oman’s Al-Shabab 2-2.

Shikabala played in his favorite position as a right winger/playmaker and provided two crosses for both his side’s goals.. Read Full Article on EgyptianPlayers

The Egyptian National team faced Oman in a friendly match in Muscat. The game ended in a 1-1 draw as the home side managed to score a late equalizer in stoppage time to deny the Pharaohs win.

The Egyptian team couldn’t create enough chances in the first half and instead, Oman wasted a golden chance to score from a penalty kick but Egypt’s keeper managed to stop it… Read Full Article at EgyptianPlayers

Egypt’s Mohamed Salah has made his Swiss league debut, after leading his new club Basel in Sunday’s 3-1 win over Thun.

The 21-year-old forward played the full 90 minutes, and despite not finding the net he was involved in all Basel’s three goals… Read full article Here.

Highlights:

Ahmed Hassan and Lierse S.K have both confirmed intent to see a deal through. Lierse chairman Maged Samy has revealed that the speculated deal would see the  former Anderlecht man in Lierse for a year. However, Hassan remains locked into a contract with Cairo giants Zamalek.

The former Anderlecht player, 37 year, has vocalized his desire to make a move.

Hassan would like a move to Lierse himself, but he is under contract for another year and must receive approval from Zamalek. “The point is: I am not that much of an important player for Zamalek” said Hassan.

“Maged Samy is a very good friend of mine. I would love to help him,” said Hassan in the Gazet van Antwerpen. “I come not for the money, but for Samy. I also would love to see my fellow compatriots at Lierse”

“Hassan is a personal friend of the President. In Zamalek, Hassan was not paid for a while. Moreover, it is far from clear if the Egyptian league will be resumed, “explained the Lierse CEO, Jesse De Preter.

The Egyptian Lierse chairman Maged Samy has been trying his best for several weeks to loosen Hassan  from Zamalek. Zamalek has seen not seen months of leauge action, ever since the domestic league was shut down after the unfortunate events of Port Said.

“I just want be back on the field every week,” said Ahmed Hassan  “Being at Lierse will allow me to be happy.”

“So I want to come, but my contract with Zamalek is still ongoing. I’ll be urging my club to get me released. This week I talk again with the board.”

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The 2012-13 UEFA-Champions League and UEFA-Europa League draw today resulted in two tough encounters for the 2 Egyptians involved in UEFA competition.

Mohamed Salah‘s FC Basel advanced to UEFA-Champions league play-off where they will encounter Romanian side CFR Cluj … Read full Article at EgyptianPlayers

Egyptian international Ahmed Elmohamady made his first pre-season appearance for Sunderland as they took on Derby County. The Match would end in a 1-1 stale mate.

Elmo started at right-back and played the full 90 minutes. He did well to make several decent clearances in defense and provided some threat in attack … Read Full Match Review at EgyptianPlayers

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Mohamed Salah made his debut for FC Basel against Norwegian champions Molde FK in the UEFA Champions league third qualifying round. The match ended with a 1-1 draw, however FC Basel advances to the next round with aggregate 2-1.

Salah came on in the 74th minute with big crowds applause and had an immediate impact as Basel scored the equalizer after one minute… Read the Rest at EgyptianPlayers

Highlights:

Egyptian rising star Mohamed Salah is set to make his debut tonight with the Swiss champions FC Basel as they face the Norwegian champions Molde.

“He is fully in rhythm and you could see on his return to training right away that it can be very dangerous when the ball comes near him,” – coach Vogel

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Following up from our previous post, Amr Zaki has finalized a deal with Elizagspor.

Earlier today, The Egyptian striker signed onto a 2 year deal with Turkish side Elizagspor. The signing of the contract (initially a 3 year deal deal) was delayed as Zaki preferred a shorter deal (1 year). The striker also campaigned for stipulations that would allow him to terminate the contract in the case that Elizagspor are unable to maintain their spot in the first division of Turkish football. In compromise, a 2 year deal was agreed to.

Zaki will head to turkey tomorrow for a physical,  before taking part in the club’s official press conference on Saturday.

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