Report-winners Egypt have been one in all favourites so as to add AFCON 2025 to their seven titles however focus turns to World Cup.
Printed On 16 Jan 2026
Egypt is perhaps upset with their failure to achieve the Africa Cup of Nations remaining however coach Hossam Hassan says it has been a superb expertise forward of the FIFA World Cup 2026 later this yr.
Egypt misplaced in Wednesday’s semifinal to Senegal in Tangier however on Saturday will play Nigeria for the bronze medal at the event in Morocco.
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“It has been excellent preparation for us, we’ve tried a number of techniques of play all through the event and performed towards several types of opponents,” Hassan stated.
“We got here near the ultimate however that’s soccer,” he stated of the 1-0 loss to Senegal.
“Total, I’m happy with all that occurred and what we achieved. We’ve got a superb workforce. We have been away from house and didn’t have quite a lot of supporters.”
The match towards Nigeria can be one other alternative to organize for the World Cup, he added.
Egypt play in Group G with Belgium first up in Seattle on June 15, New Zealand in Vancouver on June 21 and Iran on June 26 again in Seattle.
Hassan stated Egypt may need fallen quick due to a lack of gamers at prime golf equipment in Europe, in distinction to the 2 finalists, Morocco and Senegal, whose squads are full of gamers at prime European groups.
“Gamers primarily based in Europe achieve higher tactical acumen and turn into bodily a lot stronger, and we want that added worth to make us higher,” he stated.
Egypt’s 28-man squad had solely three gamers primarily based in Europe – captain Mohamed Salah from Liverpool, Omar Marmoush from Manchester Metropolis and Mostafa Mohamed from Nantes in Ligue 1.
“I feel [the Nigeria] sport provides us an opportunity to proceed preparations, however we all the time need to win. Egypt all the time performs to win, we’re a workforce who’ve gained seven Cup of Nations up to now,” Hassan stated.
“We’ll consider after the competitors the place we want to enhance. We’ll research the constructive factors with the intention to be significantly better in each defence and assault,” he added.
