Home Sports | Officially … Olympic: Al-Ahly players join Olympic team in Tokyo

The International Olympic Committee has decided to accept the postponement of the arrival of four players from the Olympic team delegation, for a period of only 24 hours, so that the quartet will not join until twenty-four hours after the arrival. of the mission in Tokyo. Olympics, after the Olympic team’s trip was delayed by 24 hours, due to the association of the first football team, the Al-Ahly club will participate in the African Champions League final against the Kaizers South African Chiefs, scheduled for the 17th of this month in Morocco. , according to Sherif El-Erian, secretary general of the Egyptian Olympic Committee, to Al-Watan Sport.

Al-Arian said in exclusive statements to Al-Watan Sport: “The International Olympic Committee has given the Olympic team the opportunity to include 4 new players for the team’s mission in Japan, after 24 hours of mission trip.

The secretary general of the Egyptian Olympic Committee added: “This decision gives Al-Ahly players the opportunity to be with the Olympic team in Japan, after playing the African Champions League final against the Kaizer Chiefs. from South Africa on the 17th of this month. “

There are a number of Olympic team players licensed to compete in the Al-Ahly Olympics, including Salah Mohsen, Taher Mohamed Taher, Nasser Maher, Akram Tawfiq, Ahmed Ramadan Beckham, and they are among the main elements. with Shawky Gharib, coach of the Egyptian Olympic team, and it is possible to include Mohamed El-Shennawy or Ayman Ashraf to be in the Olympics of the trio over age.

The Pharaohs team play in Group C competitions with Argentina, Spain and Australia, urging our national team to qualify for the Olympics after winning the Africa Under-23 Championship, which took place in Cairo.

It is expected that the technical staff of the Olympic team will announce today the final list of 18 players, to participate in the Tokyo Olympics, and the technical staff of the Pharaohs, led by Shawky Gharib, has the right to include a trio major, then the Football Association attempted to delay the Olympic team’s trip until Al-Ahly’s players rejoin the mission after a final round. The African Champions League, however, demanded not been approved, and she was pleased with the delay in the journey of four players, to join the Pharaohs mission after the African Champions League final, in which the Red Genie seeks to crown the title for the tenth times in its history.

The dates of the Egyptian Olympic team’s matches at the Tokyo Olympics

Olympic Team of Egypt – Team of Spain (July 22, 2021)

Olympic Team of Egypt – Argentina (July 25, 2021)

Egypt Olympic Team – Australia (July 28, 2021)

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Group A: Japan, Mexico, South Africa, France.

Group B: South Korea, Honduras, New Zealand, Romania.

Group C: Argentina, Spain, Egypt, Australia.

Group D: Brazil, Germany, Ivory Coast, Saudi Arabia.