Egypt will be far from full strength for Wednesday’s 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Angola, but their opponents will also be dealing with issues of player unavailability for the important match. The big news centered around Mohamed Salah not being released by English Premier League club Liverpool FC as well as Arsenal’s Mohamed Elneny, but Angola manager Pedro Goncalves indicated the Palancas Negras will be missing multiple players due to Covid-19 restrictions and “other bureaucratic reasons”.
One player who Goncalves was excited to have available was Fulham winger Ivan Cavaleiro, who changed his representation from Portugal to Angola, but the English-based player was restricted from joining his new national team as well as Leeds United attacker Hélder Costa. Ahram previews the encounter and provides pre-match comments from Angola manager Goncalves ahead of the match.
