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The Egyptian Minister of Youth and Sports, Ashraf Sobhi, revealed the country's position on the organization of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations after Morocco announced that it would not show up not to welcome him.
"At first, there was a tendency not to organize the African Nations Championship, in light of the risk that Morocco would become an Arab and African brother to organize it," Ashraf Sobhi said in a statement. an interview with Hour Sport.
"Now that they have announced that they will not participate in the organization of the tournament, we wish to confirm the will of Egypt and its desire to host the tournament."
"I called Bahani Abu Reda, president of the Egyptian Football Federation, Wednesday night, and I consulted him for the organization of this tournament."
"Abu Reda will continue with the African Football Confederation and, based on this communication, we will determine our decision whether or not to participate in the tournament.We will announce our decisions in the coming hours, especially the fact that the door will be closed on Friday night. . "
"Egypt has all the elements that qualify to host the tournament, a solid infrastructure at a technical level, whether for the Egyptian team or the organizers, so we prepare to host the champions in six months. "
"In African countries, it will be different, when there are African matches with one goal, there is no crisis in the crowd, so I do not think that the organization tournament is a problem. "
The African Football Confederation (CAF) has announced the withdrawal of the Africa Cup of Nations of Cameroon, which should take place due to the lack of preparation of the country for the organization of the tournament.
The African Football Confederation (CAF) opened the door to host the tournament on Friday night, while Morocco was the closest country to host the tournament, before the Kingdom of Morocco announced it. do not plan to host the tournament.
The 2019 Africa Nations Championship will be held with the participation of 24 teams divided into six groups for the first time in the history of the tournament.
Egypt hosted the Africa Cup of Nations three times in 1974 and 1986, the most recent being the 2006 championship, in which our team won the fifth title in its history.
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