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The seventh day got a video, of the players of the youth team inside the hotel residence in Tunisia, in which they refuse to return to Egypt and adhere to the North African qualifiers that qualify for the African Championship in Mortania.
Players of the youth team appeared in the video, adhering not to return to Egypt after the recent Corona crisis that affected the team, and confirmed that they are ready to play the Libyan match.
The Ministry of Youth and Sports and the Egyptian Football Federation had ended the crisis of infecting more than 16 members of the Egyptian youth team, in addition to the coach of the national team, Rabie Yassin, with the Corona virus while they were in Tunisia to participate in the North African Championship that qualifies for the African Cup of Nations, by providing a special plane to bring them back. Tomorrow Wednesday to Cairo.
For his part, Dr. Ashraf Sobhy, Minister of Youth and Sports, said that since the results of the analyzes appeared yesterday, coordination has been carried out with all the authorities involved during the last hours to know all the circumstances, and ensure medical care, isolation procedures and tranquility of all team members by the players and the technical and administrative staff. In addition to monitoring the situation regarding the possibility of completing or not the participation of the national team in the championships.
The Sports Minister added that yesterday he communicated with Ambassador Ihab Fahmy, the Egyptian ambassador to the State of Tunisia, who played his role to perfection either through monitoring the mission or coordinating with the Tunisian laboratories. to carry out the necessary tests and swabs at the mission headquarters for all members of the mission, and yesterday also contacted Captain Rabie Yassin. To communicate today with Dr. Jamal Mohamed Ali, a member of the Football Association Committee, who has traveled to Tunisia to follow up on all the developments.
Sobhi explained that given the evolution of the situation, he has coordinated with His Excellency the Minister of Civil Aviation, Pilot Mohamed Manar, to send a special plane tomorrow, Wednesday, to return the entire mission of the Egyptian team to complete medical care in Egypt, in coordination with the Egyptian Ministry of Health to oversee all health procedures, perform mission swabs and provide sanitary isolation. For injured players.
He pointed out that according to the current situation data and after communicating with Amr Al-Ganaini, head of the commission in charge of the administration of the Egyptian Football Association, it is difficult for the Egyptian team to complete the tournament due to the shortage of numbers. of the team, in light of the regulations of the African Football Confederation, in addition to the technical vision of the team, which confirmed the absence of lines. Full of the strength of the team, with which it costs him to compete.
He added that during the next few hours the situation and the results of the swabs of all the players will be monitored to know the news that may permanently affect the decision to participate or not in the national team, in accordance with the regulations of the African Football Association and the monitoring of the Egyptian Football Association.
The minister also confirmed that he thanked the Tunisian authorities through his communication with the Tunisian Minister of Youth and Sports, who provided all the facilities and support to the Egyptian team through his coordination with the different Tunisian authorities concerned, especially those related to sanitary procedures.
