Egypt will play Djibouti and Guinea -Bissau on October 8 and 12, in the framework of the ninth and tenth rounds of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers.

The “Pharaohs” is sufficient to win one of the two games to ensure that the World Cup is officially qualified.

Hossam Hassan announced the day before yesterday, Saturday, the Egyptian team’s list in preparation for the closing of the qualifiers, which witnessed the absence of Ahmed El -Shennawi, 34, despite his brilliance in the recent period with Pyramids.

The Egyptian coach preferred to summon Mohamed El -Shennawi, 36, Al -Ahly’s goalkeeper, his teammate Mustafa Schubert, 26, Mohamed Sobhi, 26, Zamalek goalkeeper, and Abdel Aziz Al -Balouti, 31, Al -Ahly Bank’s guard.

Hossam Hassan said in statements to “FilGoal” that the reason for the lack of summoning Ahmed El -Shennawi is due to his desire to reduce the average age of the players in the national team, stressing that he has no problem with the Pyramids goalkeeper.

He added: “All goalkeepers are important to us, but our goal is to reduce the ages of the guards after Mohamed El -Shennawi, the first goalkeeper.”

He concluded his remarks by saying: “It is in the interest of the Egyptian team to be a decrease in ages, because everyone is close to the level.”

Source: “FilGoal”