World Cup Today: Salah will 'God willing' be ready in no more than three weeks
- by Paul Kennedy @pkedit, May 30, 2018
Just when remains to be seen.
The Egyptian soccer federation tweeted on Wednesday that after a meeting with the national team doctor and Egyptian federation president Hany Abu Rida in Spain that it "reaffirms Salah in the World Cup, God willing, will not exceed the absence of three weeks."
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— EFA.eg (@EFA) May 30, 2018
Egypt's opening game against Uruguay is in 16 days, on June 15. It then faces host Russia on June 19 and Saudi Arabia on June 25.
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Salah injured his shoulder when he fell following a challenge from Sergio Ramos during Liverpool's Champions League final match against Real Madrid in Kiev on Saturday. He left the field in tears,
In his own words ...
Argentina coach Jorge Sampaoli isn't happy that his team has to fly to Israel and play a match in Jerusamel before heading off to Russia:
"I'm not the one who decides when we play and who we play. From a sporting point of view, I would have preferred to play in Barcelona. But that's the way it is, we have to travel on the day before the match, play Israel in Israel and then from there go on to Russia. That is the schedule that the AFA has given us."
(Tickets for the match -- 20,000 in all -- sold out in 20 minutes.)
Not so much a fall as a thrust to the ground via Ramos ... Hope he is ready to go in time