{"id":1704,"date":"2018-05-28T09:40:39","date_gmt":"2018-05-28T05:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/?p=1704"},"modified":"2018-05-28T09:40:39","modified_gmt":"2018-05-28T05:40:39","slug":"world-cup-2018-mohamed-salah-confident-of-playing-for-egypt-despite-champions-league-final-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/2018\/05\/28\/world-cup-2018-mohamed-salah-confident-of-playing-for-egypt-despite-champions-league-final-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"World Cup 2018: Mohamed Salah ‘confident’ of playing for Egypt despite Champions League final injury"},"content":{"rendered":"

Liverpool and Egypt forward Mohamed Salah says he is “confident” of playing in the World Cup after suffering a shoulder injury in the Champions League final defeat by Real Madrid.<\/p>\n

Salah, 25, left the pitch in Kiev in tears after a first-half challenge with Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos.<\/p>\n

“Your love and support will give me the strength I need,”\u00a0said Salah.<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

Egypt play their first game of the World Cup in Russia on 15 June against Uruguay in Yekaterinburg.<\/p>\n

After the game in Kiev, Reds boss Jurgen Klopp described the injury as “really serious” and it did not “look good” on the\u00a0Liverpool website.<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

But the\u00a0Egyptian FA tweeted<\/i><\/a>\u00a0that Salah’s X-ray showed he had a “sprain in the shoulder ligaments” and that it was “optimistic” he would be fit for Russia.<\/p>\n

Salah, who scored 44 goals for his club last season, tried to carry on after the tangle with Ramos in the 26th minute.<\/p>\n

However, he was forced to leave the pitch a few minutes later and was replaced by Adam Lallana.<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

BBC Sport<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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