{"id":631618,"date":"2018-03-22T04:13:49","date_gmt":"2018-03-22T04:13:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2018\/03\/22\/football-in-the-spotlight\/"},"modified":"2018-03-22T04:13:49","modified_gmt":"2018-03-22T04:13:49","slug":"football-in-the-spotlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2018\/03\/22\/football-in-the-spotlight\/","title":{"rendered":"Football in the spotlight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Egypt\u2019s participation in the 2018 World Cup is also getting a lot of attention in the foreign press.<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/4ff8c2d7963c4b0da83cded252ade66a\/Egypt-looking-wobbly-ahead-of-Portugal,-Greece-warmups\">The Associated Press<\/a> says the team looks \u201cwobbly\u201d ahead of its first warm up games with Portugal and Greece in Zurich, as players seem to be struggling with \u201cSiberia-like\u201d weather, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/sport\/football\/mohamed-salah-led-egypt-use-zurich-camp-as-world-cup-warm-up-despite-contrary-weather-conditions-1.715022\">The National<\/a>. <strong>Liverpool star Mohamed Salah also got his share of international coverage,<\/strong> with <a href=\"https:\/\/english.alarabiya.net\/en\/views\/news\/middle-east\/2018\/03\/21\/Mohamed-Salah-Need-for-caution-in-success.html\">Asharq Al Awsat\u2019s Mashari Althaydi<\/a> describing him as a \u201cphenomenon\u201d and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/sport\/football\/5862272\/liverpool-shock-swoop-mohamed-salah-egyptian-team-mate-ramadan-sobhi-stoke\/\">The Sun noting<\/a> he may soon not be the only Egyptian in Liverpool, as the club looks to bag Stoke winger Ramadan Sobhi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Egypt\u2019s participation in the 2018 World Cup is also getting a lot of attention in the foreign press. 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