{"id":6170,"date":"2025-12-21T21:18:47","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T21:18:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=6170"},"modified":"2025-12-21T21:18:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T21:18:47","slug":"mo-salah-focused-on-egypt-success-at-afcon-with-liverpool-crisis-behind-him-football-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=6170","title":{"rendered":"Mo Salah focused on Egypt success at AFCON with Liverpool crisis behind him | Football News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>Liverpool and Egypt star forward Mohamed Salah is centred on winning his first Africa Cup of Nations title.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 21 Dec 2025<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">21 Dec 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div 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aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Egypt captain Mohamed Salah \u200chas put aside his travails at Liverpool and is focused on Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) \u200dsuccess with his national \u200dteam, coach Hossam Hassan said on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Egypt\u2019s talisman is at the tournament in Morocco on the back of a fiery outburst after being dropped by the Premier League champions, but his comments and subsequent apology to teammates have had no impact on his form, Hassan \u2060said ahead of Egypt\u2019s opening Group B match against Zimbabwe in Agadir on Monday.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 4 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>\u201cSalah\u2019s morale in training is \u200bvery high, as if he were just starting out with the national team, and \u200dI believe he will have a great tournament with his country,\u201d said the coach.<\/p>\n<p>At 33, it is arguably Salah\u2019s last chance to win an elusive trophy with Egypt and add international honours to an impressive collection of medals at club \u200dlevel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe Salah \u2060will be among the best players at the tournament, and he will remain an icon and one of the best players in the world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI support him technically and morally, because we cannot forget that Salah needs to win the Africa Cup of Nations,\u201d Hassan added.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4188167\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4188167\" style=\"width:770px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-arc-image-770 wp-image-4188167\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2233275208-1766326459.jpg?w=770&amp;resize=770%2C578&amp;quality=80\" alt=\"Omar Marmoush and Mohamed Salah react.\" fetchpriority=\"low\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4188167\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Manchester City forward Omar Marmoush, right, will pair with Mohamed Salah to form an awesome front-line attack for Egypt at AFCON [File: Ahmed Mosaad\/NurPhoto via Getty Images]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"liverpool-struggles-on-the-backburner\">Liverpool struggles on the backburner<\/h2>\n<p>Salah goes into Monday\u2019s match having last started for Liverpool in their 4-1 home loss to PSV Eindhoven in the Champions League at the end of November.<\/p>\n<p>He was dropped for the next game against West \u200bHam United, and after a draw with Leeds United on December 6, lashed \u200cout at the club and Liverpool coach Arne Slot, telling journalists he felt he had been made a scapegoat for their poor start to the season and suggested that he may not have long left at Anfield.<\/p>\n<p>Hassan said he had kept in \u200ctouch with his captain throughout the controversy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was constant communication with Mohamed Salah during what I don\u2019t want to call a crisis because any player \u200ccan have a difference of opinion with his coach at his \u2060club.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Salah has not scored since Liverpool\u2019s 2-0 win over Aston Villa at the start of November, including an outing with Egypt in a friendly against Uzbekistan last month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe same situation happened with Salah when he went through a period of not scoring goals with \u200cLiverpool,\u201d Hassan told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen he returned to the right path through the national team, and as a result, he came back at a level even better than before. I believe he will deliver a strong \u200dtournament alongside his teammates.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Salah has twice been a Cup of Nations runner-up, in 2017 and 2021. Egypt have won a record seven AFCON titles, but their last success was in 2010.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool and Egypt star forward Mohamed Salah is centred on winning his first Africa Cup of Nations title. 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