Ahmed Hossam "Mido" attends his first soccer training session in the club at Helmy Zamora Stadium in Cairo, January 23, 2014. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany
CAIRO - 20 June 2018: Former international player, Ahmed Hossam (known as Mido), revealed on Wednesday that Egyptian fans should not forget Egypt national team manager, Hector Cuper’s achievements with the national team.
“We should be grateful for Cuper and his staff. They deserve a better treatment after their achievement with the national team,” Mido told press.
Cuper led the national team to qualify to the World Cup for the first time since 1990 but the national team suffered in their first two games of the group stage.
Egypt lost the opening game 1-0 to Uruguay and lost to the host nation, Russia, 3-1 on Tuesday night.
“Cuper took charge of a team that failed to reach three African Cup of nations tournaments in a row and he led them to the 2017 African Cup of nations final and the World Cup, we should not forget this,” Mido added.
The loss to Russia left Egyptian fans disappointed as they were hoping to achieve their first victory ever in the history of the tournament.
However, Mido believes that this feeling is good for the national team's future, saying “It is good to feel sad after the loss. This means we will do everything to reach the World Cup in 2022 and perform better.”
Egypt will play their last game in the group stage on Monday against their Arab rivals, Saudi Arabia.
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