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CAIRO (Reuters) – Mohamed Salah, a professional of England's Liverpool club, on Tuesday described former Egyptian player Mohamed Abutreika as "the star of all ages".
This came in response to a reporter's question at a press conference about being a star and ambassador of African football in the world after winning for the second time in a row the price of the African player of the year.
"I think the star is sitting next to you, Abu Trika is the star of all time," Salah smiles after the question.
"I'm trying to perfect myself.I'm proud to win this award.I'm trying to improve and do all that is good for me and to be here the year. next. "
"While I was speaking at the ceremony, I was dreaming of her very young, and now she has been crowned twice," he said.
About Egypt's holding of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations next June, he said: "It's exciting to play on our territory and with our fans and we will do everything what is in our power to win the title. "
Salah beat Senegalese midfielder Sadio Mani and Gabonese midfielder Pierre Obamyang, a professional at Arsenal.
Salah's speech was parallel to a large-scale electronic campaign launched on Tuesday by activists on social networking sites to support Abu Treika in his judicial crisis that he has been living abroad for almost two years.
Abu Trika, who is outside of Egypt, appears on his country's "terrorism lists" after being accused of joining the Muslim Brotherhood, which the government describes as a "terrorist group".
The campaign runs parallel to local reports on Tuesday, citing the important role played by Abu Trika in supporting the Egyptian record for his country, with the honor of hosting the 2019 African Nations Cup in which the former player Egyptian attended the meetings of his country's federation in Senegal and the best African player invited by the Union.
Hashtag (WAM) is the # 1 forgiveness in Africa for Twitter in Egypt. (Anatolia)
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