Youth team on their way to the stadium against Tunisia

A source responsible for the Egyptian youth team revealed that the team came to the stadium for their match against Tunisia in the second round of the North African Championship, qualifying for the 2021 African Cup of Nations in Mauritania.

The source said, in exclusive statements, Laila Koura, that the youth team is now heading to the Olympic Stadium, Hammadi Al-Aqrabi, in Rades, to play the match scheduled for 3pm Cairo time.

He added that the exceptional Corona swab performed by the team demonstrated the negative sample of two new players, so the number of players eligible to participate in the match would be 16, which is allowed by enough slates.

According to CAF regulations, 11 players must be present, including a goalkeeper + 4 players, for the team to compete in the tournament, a condition that was not met against Libya in the first round that was scheduled for Tuesday.

The Egyptian youth team enters the match last after being deemed a loser in the opening match in Libya due to the suffering of 14 players from infection with the emerging Corona virus, Covid-19.

The Egyptian Football Association had announced two new cases of coronavirus, confirming that it was not possible to play the Tunisia match due to the contagion outbreak.

The duo, Mustafa Messi, a player from Ceramica Cleopatra, and Ahmed Hossam “Mido”, a player from El Gouna, arrived in Tunisia this Thursday, to join the ranks of the youth team, to complete the list (before two positive samples appeared ).

It should be noted that the North African Championship will have the participation of 6 teams, namely: Libya, Tunisia, Egypt, Morocco and Algeria in a group, from which the first and second place will qualify for the 2021 African Cup, which will be will play in Mauritania.