The Athletic FC Podcast

How Salah's AFCON descended into chaos

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Episode notes

As Egypt scraped through to the knockout stages on another night of pure drama at AFCON, Mo Salah was resigned to cheering on his teammates from the stands, with a hamstring injury...

With Salah returning to Liverpool for treatment - confusion reigns over how it was communicated by his club and country.

So is his tournament really over? How has Egypt's perception of one of African football's biggest stars changed in recent years and was he put in an impossible position by both Liverpool and the Egyptian FA?

Produced by Adonis Pratsides

Additional Production: Mike Stavrou

Executive Producer: Adey Moorhead

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