Egypt to fly to Qatar for a football friendly

The Pharaohs are heading to Doha on Friday to play a friendly against Qatar as part of their preparations for the 2014 World Cup qualifiers Egypt’s national football team will face Qatar in a friendly on Friday as part of their preparations for the 2014 World Cup qualifiers. The Pharaohs’ coach Bob Bradley named his 25-man squad last week as the team prepare to face Zimbabwe in March next year. Ahly players finally joined the squad after months of absence due to their participation in the CAF Champions League and Club World Cup. However, Ahly defender Mohamed Naguib remains missing after going AWOL. The club said they could not reach the player. Egypt top Group G of the World Cup qualifiers with six points from two games, three ahead of second-placed Guinea. Zimbabwe and Mozambique have one point each. Egypt squad:                 Goalkeepers: Essam El-Hadary (Merreikh), Ahmed El-Shennawy (Zamalek) Defenders: Omar Gaber (Zamalek), Mohamed Abdel-Shafi (Zamalek), Wael Gomaa (Ahly), Mohamed Naguib (Ahly), Mamoud Fathallah (Zamalek), Ahmed Shedid Qenawi (Ahly), Rami Rabea (Ahly), Moaz El-Hennawy (Maqassa) Midfielders: Bassem Ali (Arab Contractors), Islam Ramadan (Haras El-Hodoud), Mohamed El-Nenny (Arab Contractors), Ibrahim Salah (Zamalek), Saleh Gomaa (ENPPI), Abdullah El-Said (Ahly), Mohamed Abou-Treika (Ahly), Amr El-Solaya (Ismaily) Strikers: Mohamed Ibrahim (Zamalek), Ahmed Temsah (Dakheliya), Ahmed Hassan Mekki (Haras El-Hodoud), Sherif Ashraf (FF Jaro), Mohamed Nagy ‘Geddo’ (Ahly), El-Sayed Hamdy (Ahly), Marwan Mohsen (Petrojet). From Ahramonline