Egypt's friendly against South Africa will be held according to schedule on Wednesday after solving all the organizational problems, the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) said. The match was jeopardized after the organizers failed to meet the terms of the contract signed with the African champions “We actually had to threaten not to play the game so the organizers would live up to their part of the contract,” EFA spokesman Medhat Shalabi told FilGoal.com early on Wednesday. “But now that they came through after all this pressure, the match will be played according to schedule,” he added.
Mido The match is set to be staged at Griffin Park in London on Wednesday, 21:45 (CLT). On the other hand, Shalabi confirmed that striker Ahmed Hossam 'Mido' will not recover in time for the game. Shalabi also revealed that Wael Gomaa could also miss the game as he is undergoing a trial period with Premiership side Blackburn Rovers and has not trained with the national team so far.