UCL: Egypt doctor says Salah wasn’t fit for Liverpool’s Champions League final
Egypt’s national team doctor has revealed why Mohamed Salah couldn’t function during Liverpool Champions League final duel against Real Madrid.
The doctor said Salah wasn’t fit for the all-important match in France.
Mohamed Abou El Ela, the Egyptian team doctor, has revealed the forward was still nursing the injury he picked up in the FA Cup final when he joined up with his international teammates at the start of this month for their Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.
Speaking to On Time Sports, he said: “Salah’s injury occurred during the FA Cup final in the adductor muscles, then he played against Wolves and in the Champions League final, and all of this in just 14 days.
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“We read a statistic that he’s the second-highest player in terms of minutes played this season.
“We send and receive players with medical reports, and Liverpool’s said that he had pain and should get an x-ray, there’s not a 100% fit player, but there’s the question of whether he can push himself and play without risk.
“The club thought one game is enough and we chose the Guinea game because the second against Ethiopia would be hard for him to travel in a long flight. He couldn’t play another game after three days.”