Playing Against Super Eagles Won’t Be Easy – Egypt Coach El-Badry

Egypt head coach Hossam El-Badry admitted that playing against the Super Eagles and the two other teams in Group D won’t be an easy task.

The draw for the biennial competition , which took place on Tuesday, put Egypt in Group D alongside Nigeria, Sudan and Guinea-Bissau.

The Super Eagles and the Pharaohs are considered favorites to qualify from the group but El-Badry has warned his players not to take their two other group rivals for granted.

“Our group was quite balanced and not easy due to the improvement of all these teams, who also have great players,” El-Badry was quoted by Kingfut.com.

“I have great confidence in God and in the capabilities the players to overcome this group and perform well to satisfy the aspirations of the Egyptian fans.

“The coaching staff and I are thinking about each stage separately. Currently we are only focusing on the team’s journey in the World Cup qualifiers to achieve our target to qualify for the finals. As we already reached our first target, which was to qualify for the African Cup of Nations.

“All the parties involved in the national team, starting with the president of the federation, Ahmed Megahed and members of its normalization committee, passing through the players and members of the technical, administrative and medical staff, bear a great responsibility in satisfying the fans and fulfilling their aspirations to be present in the World Cup.

“This would be a great honor for everyone who contributes to this great achievement. I ask everyone to continue to support the national team in this difficult and exceptional period that Egyptian football is going through,” he concluded.

Egypt will open their campaign against Nigeria at the Roumdé Adjia Stadium, Garoua on January 11.

The competition will take place between January 9 2022 and February 6 2022 across five cities in Cameroon.