Egypt national team head coach Hossam Hassan made two changes to the squad preparing for the friendly match against South Africa.
The Egyptian national team will conclude the current international break with a match against South Africa at Cairo Stadium at 9:00 PM.
Karim Hafez starts in the left-back position instead of Ahmed Fattouh, who started the match against South Sudan, and Ibrahim Adel replaces Haitham Hassan.
Mohamed Salah, Mohamed Abdelmonem, and Haitham Hassan are absent from the match after leaving the Egypt national team camp.
Egypt's starting lineup is as follows:
Goalkeeper: Mostafa Shobier
Defense: Mohamed Hany – Hossam Abdelmagid – Rami Rabia – Karim Hafez
Midfield: Marwan Attia – Mohanad Lashin – Emam Ashour
Attack: Ibrahim Adel – Omar Marmoush – Mostafa Ziko
On the bench: Mahdi Soliman – Mohamed Alaa – Abdel Aziz El-Belouty – Tarek Alaa – Omar Fayed – Ahmed Fattouh – Mahmoud Saber – Ali Mahmoud – Ahmed Sayed "Zizo" – Osama Faisal – Hamza Abdelkarim.
Egypt began the current international break by playing two matches in the 2027 AFCON qualifiers, drawing 0-0 with Angola and winning 5-0 against South Sudan.
