“The Pharaohs” in the Emirates, November 10.. Hossam Hassan tests the team’s strength against Uzbekistan, Cape Verde and Iran.
As part of its serious preparations for the upcoming African Cup of Nations finals, the first national football team is preparing to enter an external training camp in the Emirates during the period from 10 to 18 next November, which will include participation in a four-way friendly tournament that includes strong teams from Asia and Africa, as part of the plan of the technical staff led by Hossam Hassan to test the players’ readiness before the continental battle.
According to the announced schedule, «Pharaohs» Their matches will be on November 14, against the Uzbekistan national team, in a match that is expected to be a real test for the national team’s members against an opponent who has tactical discipline and great physical strength.
In the second match of the first round, the Iranian national team will meet its counterpart, Cape Verde, with the winners of the two matches meeting in the final on November 18 to determine the champion of the tournament, while the two losers will meet in a match to determine third and fourth places on the day. Same.
The Senegal national team was scheduled to participate in the friendly tournament, but it apologized at the last minute for organizational reasons, and the Cape Verde national team took its place, which gives the tournament an exciting artistic diversity with a mixture of Asian and African football schools.
Technical director Hossam Hassan is expected to announce the list of players joining the camp in the coming days, which is likely To witness a mix between the main players and professionals abroad, in addition to some new faces that caught attention in the Egyptian League, in an attempt to find more than one alternative in each position before the continental tournament.
The confrontation against Uzbekistan is a golden opportunity for the Pharaohs to test their ability to deal with teams that play in a fast and organized manner, while a possible confrontation against Iran or Cape Verde will be a different touchstone on the matter. At the physical and tactical levels.
The technical staff hopes to emerge from this tournament with several technical and moral gains, the most important of which is stabilizing the basic formation and raising the level of harmony between the team’s lines, in addition to testing some players who have returned from injury or who have recently excelled with their clubs.
The team is expected to return to Cairo on November 18 immediately after the end of the tournament, after which the phase will begin. The final preparations before traveling to Morocco to participate in the 2025 African Cup of Nations, amid great ambitions from the fans to regain the title that has been absent since 2010.
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