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Salah will not play in a friendly match with Zenit because of the call to the national team

The friendly match between Zenit and Trabzonspor, for which Salah acts, will be held in St. Petersburg on November 15. The footballer was called to the national team of Egypt for the matches of qualification of the African Cup of Nations, which will be held on 13 and 17 November

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Salah will not play in a friendly match with Zenit because of the call to the national team

Forward of the Turkish “Trabzonspor” Mohamed Salah will miss a friendly match with St. Petersburg “Zenit” because of the call to the national team of Egypt. The composition was published on Instagram (owned by Meta, the company is recognized as extremist and banned in Russia) of the Egyptian Football Association.

Salah is called to Egypt for the Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Malawi on November 13 and 17. And Trabzonspor on November 15 will hold a friendly match with Zenit in St. Petersburg.

Salah, 34, moved to Trabzonspor in the summer.

Before that, he played for the English “Liverpool” since 2017 and became the best scorer-legionnaire in the history of the Premier League. With the team, he won two English Championships (2020, 2025), the Champions League (2019), the Cup (2022) and the FA Super Cup (2022), two League Cups (2022, 2024), the Club World Championship (2019) and the UEFA Super Cup (2019).

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