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And Cuper hinted on Thursday that it was the player who had the final decision whether to play.
Cuper parted ways with the Pharaohs after their disastrous 2018 FIFA World Cup campaign last month and four candidates are now running to take over the national side.
Cuper shrugged off any doubts over whether Salah, who turns 26 on the day of the match, would feel sufficiently confident of his physical state to be able to perform at his best.
Egypt coach Hector Cuper had little option but to play him, of course, given a second consecutive match missed would likely mean Salah being fitter only for a dead rubber against Saudi Arabia.
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — Hector Cuper doesn’t know what his future holds now that Egypt is on the brink of World Cup elimination.
The team now heads home to an uncertain future with Cuper set to depart and the domestic game in turmoil as clubs feel the financial pinch of spectator restrictions imposed by authorities in the wake of the Arab Spring uprising some seven years ago.