Football’s uneasy relationship with plastic pitches has followed Mohamed Salah for years, and it resurfaced again as Egypt navigated a string of fixtures on artificial surfaces during their build-up to the 2026 World Cup. The pattern is familiar by now: a qualifier is scheduled on turf, questions swirl about whether the Egyptian captain will play, […]
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