FIFA Suspends Egypt Coach Hossam Hassan For Three Matches

• Egypt coach Hossam Suspended for 3 matches.

• Mostafa Zico handed 5-match restriction.

• Argentina beat Egypt 3-2 to advance to the quarter-final World Cup.

October 20, (THEWILL)– FIFA has actually suspended Egypt coach Hossam Hassan for 3 matches following remarks he made after the group’s World Cup round-of-16 defeat to Argentina.

Forward Mostafa Zico was likewise handed a 5-match restriction following the group’s 3-2 defeat to Argentina at the 2026 World Cup.

Hassan declared his side was “cheated” out of a location in the quarterfinals after Argentina’s sensational late resurgence.

” I do not wish to put it well and discuss tough luck. We have actually been cheated unjustly today; we have actually suffered oppression “, Hassan stated in an explosive post-match press conference.

Ibrahim Hassan, Hossam’s twin sibling and Egypt’s nationwide group director, has actually likewise been suspended for 3 matches.

The Egyptian Football Association revealed the sanctions in a declaration on Monday.

The declaration checked out: “The Egyptian Football Association got the choices of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee relating to Hossam Hassan, the nationwide group coach, Ibrahim Hassan, the group supervisor, and gamer Mostafa Zico.”

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Zico’s five-match suspension is anticipated to keep him out of action till June.

The suspensions might rule the Hassan siblings out of Egypt’s upcoming Africa Cup of Nations certifying matches versus Malawi in November, along with the very first match of the March global window.

Argentina resisted from a 2-0 deficit to beat Egypt 3-2 to schedule a location in the quarter-finals.

A member of Egypt’s training personnel was likewise revealed a red card after Argentina scored the winning objective.