{"id":544996,"date":"2022-03-30T03:45:18","date_gmt":"2022-03-30T03:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2022\/03\/30\/can-we-never-play-senegal-again-please\/"},"modified":"2022-03-30T03:45:18","modified_gmt":"2022-03-30T03:45:18","slug":"can-we-never-play-senegal-again-please","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2022\/03\/30\/can-we-never-play-senegal-again-please\/","title":{"rendered":"Can we never play Senegal again, please?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Leading the conversation in the foreign press this morning:<\/strong> Egypt\u2019s woeful performance against Senegal, which saw us crash out of World Cup contention with one of the worst set of penalties we\u2019ve seen in a long time. <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/soccer-sports-africa-international-soccer-middle-east-75c52f26d55e96d48f2a58e613e6c617\">AP<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/live-news\/20220329-mane-sinks-egypt-again-partey-strike-upsets-nigeria\">AFP<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/bbc.com\/sport\/football\/60881797\">BBC<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/cbssports.com\/soccer\/news\/2022-world-cup-qualifying-sengeal-defeat-egypt-in-penalty-shootout-marred-by-lasers\/\">CBS<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/football\/report?gameId=629216\">ESPN<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leading the conversation in the foreign press this morning: Egypt\u2019s woeful performance against Senegal, which saw us crash out of World Cup contention with one of the worst set of penalties we\u2019ve seen in a long time. 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