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Egypt is \u201cwell equipped to go farther than any African team\u201d at the 2018 World Cup thanks to the draw placing it in a preferable group-stage pool, Complete Sports\u2019 Sam Lee says<\/a>. Uruguay\u2019s national team is not as strong as it once was, Saudi Arabia is \u201cnot expected to ruffle any feathers,\u201d and Russia is at a disadvantage because it doesn\u2019t have many players in European teams. In contrast, Egypt\u2019s Mohamed Salah \u201cis having a super season at Liverpool; he\u2019s one of the best players in the Premier League at the moment, so you expect him to do great things for the national team at the World Cup.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Egypt is \u201cwell equipped to go farther than any African team\u201d at the 2018 World Cup thanks to the draw placing it in a preferable group-stage pool, Complete Sports\u2019 Sam Lee says. 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