Mo Salah, Getty Images 09 January 2026, 16:52

The leader of the Egyptian national team, Mohamed Salah, spoke on the eve of the match of the 1/4 finals of the African Cup of Nations with the national team of Côte d’Ivoire.

“I don’t think we are the favourites. We have many young players, most of whom play in Egypt. We’re just fighting for our country and then we’ll see how far it can take us.

Here, everyone wants to show themselves from the best side… There are no more easy matches in Africa. The teams are very close in terms of level.

I told the guys in the team: we don’t see teams losing 0-4 or 0-5 anymore, and that says a lot,” Salah said.

The match between the national teams of Egypt and Ivory Coast will take place tomorrow at 21:00 Kyiv time.