Ex-Egypt star Abdelhamid: Hossam Hassan lucky, Salah deserves special treatment

Former Egypt international Gamal Abdelhamid has criticized national team coach Hossam Hassan, saying Mohamed Salah deserves special treatment and that luck has repeatedly saved the coach.

• On the Al-Defender program on Al-Shams channel, Abdelhamid said Salah is a global icon deserving special treatment, not a technical-issue exclusion.
• He criticized Hassan's remark that Egypt has 120 million people and the national team does not stand on anyone.
• Abdelhamid said Hassan is lucky in football and technical matters but not in statements, making 70 mistakes that luck saved him from.
• He said Ibrahim Hassan's presence limited further errors and expressed hope he would replace Hossam Hassan at press conferences.