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Salah Hails PSG as Best Team in Europe After Champions League Exit
Mohamed Salah has hailed Paris Saint-Germain as the best team in Europe following Liverpool’s elimination from the Champions League by the French side.
After PSG knocked the Reds out of the competition, Salah congratulated their players, shaking their hands and wishing them luck in the final. PSG will meet Inter Milan in the Champions League final later this month, after both teams triumphed over Arsenal and Barcelona in the semifinals.
“I have to be honest, PSG played really well in the first leg,” Salah said in an interview with L’Equipe. “We were fortunate that Alisson had one of his best performances for the club. Then in the second leg, we were unlucky, hitting the post a few times. But it was their day.”
Salah acknowledged PSG’s superiority in the tie, adding, “After the game, I shook their hands and told them, ‘Congratulations, go and win.’ We faced the best team in Europe in that matchup.”
Super Eagles defender Calvin Bassey has opened up about a difficult period in his career, revealing that he almost stepped away from football.
Speaking during a recent interview, Bassey shared that he once made a personal promise to himself to quit pursuing football professionally if he failed to secure a spot at a professional club.
“I remember being 15 and going into my final year, and I told myself that if I didn’t get into a professional club, I would quit football. It was that simple,” he said.
“I would just stop pursuing it seriously and only play for fun. Thank God I eventually got a club, because I honestly don’t know where I would be otherwise.”
It has been reported that the Confederation of African Football (CAF) fined Egypt $5,000 following their clash with Zimbabwe for failing to manage post-match media obligations.
It was noted that after the match, the Egyptian players ignored the media. This action was said to be a violation of CAF’s media regulations, which led to the fine being imposed.
Head of the Super Eagles, Eric Chelle, shared that the big-name players on the team are not happy about being benched.
He recalled when he took out Samuel Chukwueze during the match against Tanzania.
“Yes, of course, we’ve in this team a lot of big names. They are competitors; they aren’t happy when they go to the bench,” Chelle said at his post-match interview.”
“My job is to make choices, and we’re playing a 4-4-2 diamond, and at this moment I feel we have to protect the wing.”
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