CAIRO: Five Ahly players have been called up by coach Hassan Shehata for Egypt’s upcoming friendly game against Benin on Nov. 19.
Shehata has been waiting until Ahly finishes their commitments in the CAF African Champions League before announcing his final squad to meet Benin.
Egypt assistant coach Shawki Gharib told FilGoal.com that Shehata decided to include Amir Abdel-Hamid, Ahmed Al-Sayed, Wael Gomaa, Mohamed Abou-Trika and Ahmed Hassan within the Pharaohs squad.
Gharib added that the players will join the rest of the Egypt team upon their arrival from Cameroon on Monday.
The Benin exhibition is Egypt’s first, as part of the African Champions preparations for the World Cup qualifiers final phase starting next March.
