Hani Saeed, the former Egyptian football star and sporting director of the Pyramids Club, confirmed that the Egyptian League lacks the element of strong competition, explaining that the format of the tournament would have been very different if the distinguished players had not always joined the team. Al-Ahly Or Zamalek in previous periods.
Hani Saeed said, during his hosting of the program “Ya Masa Al-Anwar” with the journalist Medhat Shalaby, broadcast on MBC Misr 2: “The league does not have strong competition, and before Pyramids appeared, any distinguished player would have been signed by Al-Ahly or Zamalek, and if this had not happened, we would have seen teams differently.”
Hani Saeed talked about some technical decisions during the matches, saying: “If I were the technical director, Rami Rabia would have to change after the shot that happened with Hossam Hassan, the technical director of the Egyptian national team, in the match with Senegal.”
Regarding the upcoming confrontation, the former national team star indicated that the Nigeria match will not represent a major difference in terms of the standings, explaining: “The Nigeria match 3 out of 4 will not make any difference, and I see that we are going into the match with a different formation and giving the opportunity to other players.”
He added: “A number of players must be given the opportunity, including Muhannad Lashin, Mostafa Fathi, and Mostafa Mohamed, who should have been used from the beginning of the tournament, in addition to Ahmed El-Shenawy.”
Hani Saeed concluded his statements by talking about Pyramids’ position on some files, saying: “Mahmoud’s results are outside Pyramids’ accounts, and the technical staff is still not seeing who might be the replacement for Mohamed Hamdy, who suffered a cruciate ligament injury, and Elio Dieng, the Al-Ahly player, is not considering contracting with him at the present time.”
