“The dates of the World Cup qualifiers are the responsibility of FIFA,” Al-Sayed told FilGoal.com.
The Football Association had said in an official statement that the FIFA had agreed to hold the match between Egypt and Gabon at the end of the Sixth African Group for World Cup qualifiers at 3:00 pm on November 16 instead of 9:00 pm on November 15.
Al-Sayed explained, “The setting of a date for 3:00 pm on November 16 came from FIFA because that day is the last on the international agenda, and FIFA prefers that its last international matches be on that date.”
And he concluded, “We postponed the announcement of the full list of Egypt’s national team until after the match between Zamalek against Al-Ahly in the league on November 5, due to the importance of the match and in order to follow the largest number of matches before announcing the list completely in anticipation of any circumstances.”
The Egyptian Football Association announced the change of the date of the match between Egypt and Gabon in the last round of the second stage of the World Cup qualifiers.
The match will be held at 3 pm on November 16, instead of 9 pm on November 15.
The Egyptian national team will face Angola outside its bases on November 12 at nine oclock in the evening in the fifth round.
The Egyptian Federation has designated the Army Stadium in Borg El Arab as a stadium for the match between Egypt and Gabon at the end of the group competitions.
The federation asked the security authorities to allow 30,000 fans to attend.
The Egyptian team leads the group with 10 points from three victories and one draw.
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