Cuper names Egypt squad for Tunisia clash

​Egypt coach Hector Cuper has named a 25-man squad for the Group J Day One clash against Tunsia away in Tunis on Sunday.
 
Cuper relied largely on the same squad that reached the 2017 Total Africa Cup of Nations final last February in Gabon with the Argentine calling up all but four from the 23-man squad.
 

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The list includes six new names that didn't make it to Gabon earlier this year. Defender Ramy Rabia of the domestic champions Al Ahly makes a return to the squad after missing the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations through an ankle injury.
 
Teammates Amr Gamal and Hossam Ashour are also back, the later getting his first call-up in four years. Despite having the record for most international matches at club level, (134 matches with Ahly), 31-year old Ashour has just 12 caps with the Pharaohs, with the last dating back to 2013.
 
Other newcomers are Zamalek youngster Mostafa Fathi, domestic league top scorer Ahmed El Sheikh who plays for Misr El Makassa, and England-born Sam Morsy who plays for League One side, Wigan Athletic.
 
The Pharaohs are gauging their readiness for the North African derby with a training camp in Alexandria, before departing for Tunis on Friday.
 
Meanwhile, midfielder Mahmoud Hassan ‘Trezeguet’ has been ruled out of the clash after suffering an injury in camp.
 
Niger and Swaziland completes Group J and will meet earlier on Saturday 10 June in Niamey.
 
Full Squad
Goalkeepers: Essam El Hadary (Wadi Degla), Sherif Ekramy (Al Ahly), Ahmed El Shennawy (Zamalek)
 
Defenders: Ahmed Fathy (Al Ahly), Omar Gaber (Basel, Switzerland), Ahmed El Mohamady (Hull City, England), Mohamed Abdel Shafy (Al Ahly Jeddah, Saudi Arabia), Karim Hafez (Lens, France), Ahmed Hegazy (Al Ahly), Saad Samir (Al Ahly), Ramy Rabiaa (Al Ahly), Ali Gabr (Zamalek)
 
Midfielders: Mohamed El Nenny (Arsenal, England), Sam Morsy (Wigan Athletic, England), Hossam Ashour (Al Ahly), Tarek Hamed (Zamalek), Abdullah El Said (Al Ahly), Mahmoud "Trezeguet" Hassan (Mouscron, Belgium), Ramadan Sobhy (Stoke City, England), Amr Warda (PAOK, Greece), Mostafa Fathi (Zamalek), Ahmed El Sheikh (Misr El Makassa)
 
Forwards: Mohamed Salah (AS Roma, Italy), Mahmoud "Kahraba" Abdel Monaem (Zamalek), Amr Gamal (Al Ahly)
 
Fixtures
Group A
9.06.2017      Obeid            Sudan vs Madagascar
10.06.2017    Dakar            Senegal vs Equatorial Guinea
 
Group B
10.06.2017    Yaounde        Cameroon vs Morocco
10.06.2017    Lilongwe        Malawi vs Comoros   
 
Group C
10.06.2017    Bamako         Mali vs Gabon
10.06.2017    Bujumbura    Burundi vs South Sudan
 
Group D
11.06.2017    Blida              Algeria vs Togo
11.06.2017    Cotonou         Benin vs Gambia
 
Group E
9.06.2017      Cairo             Libya vs Seychelles
10.06.2017    Uyo               Nigeria vs South Africa
 
Group F
10.06.2017    Freetown       Sierra Leone vs Kenya
11.06.2017    Kumasi          Ghana vs Ethiopia
 
Group G
10.06.2017    Kinshasa        DR Congo vs Congo
11.06.2017    Harare           Zimbabwe vs Harare
 
Group H
10.06.2017    Bouake          Cote d’Ivoire vs Guinea
11.06.2017    Bangui           Central African Rep. vs Rwanda
 
Group I
10.06.2017    Ouagadougou Burkina Faso vs Angola
10.06.2017    Francistown   Botswana vs Mauritania
 
Group J
10.06.2017    Niamey          Niger vs Swaziland
11.06.2017    Tunis             Tunisia vs Egypt
 
Group K
10.06.2017    Ndola            Zambia vs Mozambique
10.06.2017    Bissau           Guinea Bissau vs Namibia
 
Group L
10.06.2017    Praira                      Cape Verde vs Uganda
10.06.2017    Dar es Salaam          Tanzania vs Lesotho
 
By cafonline.com