Salah starts for Egypt against Australia
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ARLINGTON, Texas, July 3 : Mohamed Salah has recovered from a hamstring strain and been included in Egypt’s line-up to take on an unchanged Australia in the World Cup round of 32 on Friday.
• Salah had been a doubt this week although he did take part in training in the build-up to the match.
• Omar Marmoush returns to the starting team up front alongside Salah in place of Mahmoud Trezeguet.
• Left back Ahmed Fatouh and central defender Mohamed Abdelmonem miss out through injury, with Karim Hafez and Yasser Ibrahim taking their places.
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• Hamdy Fathy has recovered from injury and will sit in front of the back four. Marawan Attia slots into the midfield.
• The Australians keep the same side that drew with Paraguay in their final group game, having made six changes going into that match.
• Experienced attacker Mathew Leckie is still sidelined due to injury.
Teams
Australia: Patrick Beach, Alessandro Circati, Jordan Bos, Connor Metcalfe, Aiden O'Neill, Aziz Behich, Nestory Irankunda, Harry Souttar, Cristian Volpato, Jackson Irvine, Lucas Herrington
Egypt: Mostafa Shobeir, Mohamed Hany, Yasser Ibrahim, Rami Rabia, Karim Hafez, Hamdy Fathy, Marawan Attia, Mostafa Zico, Emam Ashour, Mohamed Salah, Omar Marmoush
(Writing by Mark Gleeson in Atlanta; Editing by Ed Osmond)
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