Salah withdrawn from Egypt's clash with South Sudan due to artificial surface

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/egypt/bejDn7NN/"]Egypt[/a] were ‌held to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/angola-rTRqsooo/egypt-bejDn7NN/?mid=MaPrnm2l"]a goalless draw by Angola[/a] at Cairo International Stadium ‌on Friday in their opening ⁠qualifier.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/salah-mohamed/08FBycgB/"]Salah[/a], who joined Turkey's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/trabzonspor/MmsYDc03/"]Trabzonspor[/a] from Liverpool ​recently, started against Angola but did not complete the ​match after coach Hossam Hassan substituted him midway through the second ⁠half.[/p][p][b]"The Egypt ​national team's technical staff, led by Hossam Hassan, has decided to rest Mohamed Salah for the match against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/south-sudan/bBswuetq/"]‌South Sudan[/a] scheduled for September 29th because of the playing surface,"[/b] EFA said on social media.[/p][image alt="Salah's recent player ratings" id="ac8a20c7-34d9-4b1f-b8c1-2fa1b786a17a" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="77a0141b-fc08-44a1-b9ff-77f74de37b7d" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /][p][b]"It was agreed between the national team's technical staff and Mohamed Salah before the Angola match that he would not play against South ‌Sudan, and the technical staff ​preferred this approach in order ‌to protect the player,"[/b] EFA added.[/p][p]The match between South Sudan and Egypt [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/egypt-bejDn7NN/south-sudan-bBswuetq/?mid=UqJp68gK"]will be played at Juba Stadium[/a], which has an ⁠artificial turf ⁠surface.[/p][infobox id="db74bfd9-cd62-42c7-8f2b-4dfcbe20d17f" /]