Al-Badri: Don’t tell me about the performance … the three points are more important in the absence of Mohamed Salah!

Egyptian coach Hossam El-Badry defended himself after his lackluster victory over Togo on Saturday night in one of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying group matches to be held in Cameroon in 2022 .

Hossam Al-Badri confirmed that the most important performance against Togo was coming out with a positive result and getting three points after the team fell in two consecutive draws in the first two rounds of these qualifications.

The Egyptian national team’s only goal against Togo at the start of the second half came with a header from Zamalek’s club defender Mahmoud Hamdi Al-Wansh, after a nice follow-up from Mohamed Al-Nani’s center.

Egypt increased their score in Group G in the qualifiers for African nations to 5, tied with Comoros, in the same number of goals.

Hossam Al-Badri justified the lackluster victory over Togo, during the press conference at the Cairo International Stadium, by declaring: “I suffered during the last period from the absence of camps, and he did There was no national team rally due to their ongoing participation with Al-Ahly, Zamalek and Pyramids at the African Championships. “

Hossam Al-Badri demanded that no one tell him about the performance of the current period when he said: “The most important thing in today’s game was the exit with three points, and he is no question of performance in the current period. I want to thank the players for making all these efforts today and for their victory.

Former club manager Al-Ahly admitted that performance was more negatively affected by the absence of Liverpool star Mohamed Salah due to his infection with the Corona virus, and said: “The performance of the the national team was affected by the absence of Mohamed Salah, and I would like to dedicate this victory to him. “

Al-Badri returned to defend himself against public criticism, saying, “I have been criticized for including over 30 players, but I expected some players to suffer from injury and exhaustion, and this is what happened in the absence of Taher Taher for infection, and after him Muhammad Hamdi, then Mohamed Salah was infected with the Corona virus.

“There is a change in the physical level of the players. There are players who have been exhausted due to the pressure of the matches, and there are those who have not played for a while,” he said. he declares.

Egypt leads Group G with the Comoros national team with 5 points, and the Egyptian team tied in the first round against “Kenya” with a score (1-1), in the match that s’ took place at the Burj Al Arab Stadium on November 14, 2019, 4 days later, specifically on November 18 in a negative tie against “Jars Al-Qamar” in the second round.

The Egyptian national team will seek to renew their victory over the Togolese national team at their next meeting on November 17, in order to be alone at the top of Group G while awaiting a gift from Kenya.

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