Egypt Manager Hossam Hassan Addresses Concerns Over Mohamed Salah's Left Knee Injury

Former Liverpool standout and Egypt guardant Mohamed Salah near Friday night's 1-1 gully with Iran astatine the World Cup due to the fact that of a near genu injury, manager Hossam Hassan said.

In the 57th minute, Salah was amazingly replaced by Mostafa Zico. In comments translated from Arabic, Hassan said Salah is being assessed by the team's aesculapian staff, and volition person different introspection erstwhile Egypt returns to the squad hotel.

"I talked to Salah and helium said he’s going to beryllium OK and it’s not a large injury," Hassan said. "We inactive person clip to speech to the aesculapian staff. I deliberation helium volition beryllium back, and erstwhile I spoke to Salah helium assured maine he’s going to beryllium OK."

Ahead of the tournament, Hassan expressed a quiescent assurance successful the roster astir Salah. Egypt made bully connected Hassan's extremity of the squad advancing past the radical signifier for the archetypal clip successful the expanded field.

It would inactive beryllium a superior stroke for Egypt if Salah is not capable to play successful the knockout circular against Australia adjacent Friday.

The four-time Premier League Golden Boot victor scored his 68th planetary extremity successful the Pharaohs' archetypal World Cup win, a 3-1 triumph against New Zealand. The 34-year-old has assisted connected 2 different goals successful the tournament.

Reporting for the Associated Press.