Soccer-Salah starts for Egypt against Australia


Soccer Football - FIFA World Cup 2026 - Egypt Training - Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, U.S. - July 2, 2026 Egypt's Mohamed Salah during training IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters/Maria Lysaker

ARLINGTON, Texas, July ⁠3 (Reuters) - Mohamed Salah has recovered from a hamstring ⁠strain and been included in Egypt’s line-up ‌to take on an unchanged Australia in the World Cup round of 32 on Friday.

• Salah had been a doubt this ​week although he did take part ⁠in training in ⁠the build-up to the match.

• Omar Marmoush returns to ⁠the starting ‌team up front alongside Salah in place of Mahmoud Trezeguet.

• Left back Ahmed ⁠Fatouh and central defender Mohamed Abdelmonem miss out ​through injury, ‌with Karim Hafez and Yasser Ibrahim taking their ⁠places.

• Hamdy ​Fathy has recovered from injury and will sit in front of the back four. Marawan Attia slots into ⁠the midfield.

• The Australians keep ​the same side that drew with Paraguay in their final group game, having made six changes going into ⁠that match.

• Experienced attacker Mathew Leckie is still sidelined due to injury.

Teams

Australia: Patrick Beach, Alessandro Circati, Jordan Bos, Connor Metcalfe, Aiden O'Neill, Aziz Behich, Nestory Irankunda, ​Harry Souttar, Cristian Volpato, Jackson ⁠Irvine, Lucas Herrington

Egypt: Mostafa Shobeir, Mohamed Hany, Yasser Ibrahim, ​Rami Rabia, Karim Hafez, Hamdy ‌Fathy, Marawan Attia, Mostafa Zico, ​Emam Ashour, Mohamed Salah, Omar Marmoush

(Writing by Mark Gleeson in Atlanta; Editing by Ed Osmond)

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