Mohamed Salah confirmed to be injured ahead of Egypt's maiden knockout game

[p][b]"Dr. Mohamed Abou El-Ela, doctor of the Egyptian national football team, revealed that the tests carried out on [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/salah-mohamed/08FBycgB/"]Mohamed Salah[/a], the team captain, confirmed a hamstring strain. This injury comes after the pain felt by the player during the match against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/iran/xrRx85iA/"]Iran[/a], which forced his substitution. The player has already started his recovery program," [/b]wrote the Egyptian federation on its social media.[/p][embed guid="89198065-5d7d-4937-acc2-53e5bf038482" url="https://x.com/EFA/status/2070986218439856147" social-type="twitter" /][p]Salah, it should be noted, started in all three of Egypt's group stage matches. In addition to his goal against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/new-zealand/rLctHkpU/"]New Zealand[/a], he also provided two assists, one against the Kiwis and another against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/belgium/GbB957na/"]Belgium[/a].[/p][image alt="Salah's numbers" id="84a704c4-cf24-460d-b5f6-8a43a428ef47" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="29bbab34-f89d-4c29-87f8-9990db9aba4f" original-width="1200" original-height="1200" /][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/australia-xSrf6qMM/egypt-bejDn7NN/?mid=Whg00tL7"]Follow Egypt's round of 32 game against Australia on Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]