Sunday 29/March/2026 – 11:24 PM
Ibrahim Hassan, director of the Egyptian national team, spoke about the friendly confrontation with Spain, which will bring together the two teams next Tuesday, as part of the preparations for the 2026 World Cup in America, Canada and Mexico.
Ibrahim Hassan’s statements regarding the Spain match
Ibrahim Hassan said in television statements: The most important thing is that there be a match worthy of the name of Egypt and the strength of Spain, and that facing the first seed and candidate for all tournaments is a major event and strong friction by working to confront all the schools.
The Egyptian national team manager added: We faced the Saudi national team, an Asian school, and Spain, of high quality and a different level. It will be a different experience and we will benefit a lot before the World Cup, which is the penultimate match, unless the federation provides a match during the next stop before facing Brazil. There may be a friendly confrontation in Egypt before traveling and facing Brazil, which is what we are currently working on with the Football Association if there is a possibility for that.
Ibrahim Hassan continued: Hossam and I have high ambitions, regardless of the strength of the team we will face. Our players must interact with the strongest teams and schools, which we have not done for a long time. There was a problem with official matches during the past suspensions, but now we have the opportunity to face different schools.
Ibrahim Hassan added: We faced Saudi Arabia, which was a strong match against an Arab team, then we traveled to face Spain, which is nominated for the title, and it is experiences for the players before the tournament, and something similar to what we did with Al-Gohary in 1990, and these matches make the players stronger and they have no fear or fear of any team, regardless of the result, and the most important thing is that we appear well and distinguished in the World Cup.
Ibrahim Hassan continued: Our preparation always aims to achieve what is required of us according to the matches, whether they are qualifiers, a tournament, or a friendly match, and certainly every match is according to the strength of the team, and thought and action differ according to the opponent.
The Egyptian national team manager continued: Mohamed Salah is very valuable and certainly every step he takes is calculated and he knows what he wants from it and he prepared well for this step without randomness, and for me if there is an opportunity in Europe, he will continue and this is a priority whether in France or Germany.
Ibrahim Hassan concluded: The American League is not strong, and Messi went there and we did not see anything from him, and the American League is far away, and if Salah goes there, we will forget him as we forgot Messi, and if he does not continue in Europe, I hope he will be in Saudi Arabia, and the Saudi quartet is distinguished, whether Al-Ahly, Al-Hilal, Al-Ittihad, and Al-Nasr, and Mohamed Salah’s injury is minor, and God willing, he will recover and be with us in the next camp, and Salah’s advantage is his weight on the field and the opponents’ fear of his presence.
