The Egyptian Football Association has suspended six players from the national team training camp.

Ihab Komi, a member of the Egyptian Football Association board of directors, commented that the Egyptian national team training camp started with only six players to prepare for two important matches in the African Nations qualifiers against Cape Verde and South Africa. On the 10th of the same month, Botswana will participate in the second round of the 2026 African Nations qualifiers.

“The Egyptian national team training camp will start with just six players, with more joining every day until the first of next month, after the Egyptian Cup final at the Pyramids, and after the tournament,” Ihab Alkomi said in a televised statement. “All its players will join the camp, as well as professional players.”

The Egyptian national team training camp has caused controversy on Sports Street. There are only 6 players in the Pharaohs training camp, but Ihab Komi, a member of the Football Association’s board of directors, revealed the progress of the Egyptian training camp. He said: “The strength of our main team has been negatively rested. Joining the national team requires time to recover physical strength. This is a challenge for technical personnel. So I said that in the world of football, if a player has a day of rest, he needs two days of training to make up for that day.”

He added: “May God help captain Hossam Hassan, he will face a very strong team, as we saw in the last Africa Cup of Nations, a team of 30 homogeneous players who play in Europe and they are very well prepared against Egypt.”

He pointed out: “Professional players will be ready because of playing in local clubs, but can Hossam Hassan get Al Ahly and Zamalek players ready in four or five days? Hossam Hassan needs our support and encouragement before the next two games.”