{"id":398570,"date":"2017-07-07T15:07:03","date_gmt":"2017-07-07T15:07:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/07\/07\/ghana-will-not-qualify-for-2018-world-cup-former-egyptian-footballer\/"},"modified":"2017-07-07T15:07:03","modified_gmt":"2017-07-07T15:07:03","slug":"ghana-will-not-qualify-for-2018-world-cup-former-egyptian-footballer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/07\/07\/ghana-will-not-qualify-for-2018-world-cup-former-egyptian-footballer\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana will not qualify for 2018 World Cup &#8211; Former Egyptian footballer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Thursday,  6 July 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>www.ghanaweb.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-07-06<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/10792256.295.jpg\" alt=\"Black Stars Together Happy\" title=\"Black Stars Together Happy\" width=\"295\" height=\"235\" \/><span class=\"play-icon\">play video<\/span><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Black Stars<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=149916385178506\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=149916385178506\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/1499440023_637_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Magdy Abedelghany is confident his country will make it to the 2018 World Cup ahead of Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>Egypt is leading Group E with 9 points and the man credited with Egypt\u2019s first ever goal at the World Cup is adamant his side but not Ghana will feature in the tournament that will be staged in Russia.<\/p>\n<p>In an exclusive interview with Ghanaweb at the unveiling of the new PFAG office,  Magdy who disclosed his love Ghana football believes that his country is better positioned to make a return to football\u2019s greatest event after close to three decades of hibernation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t stick my neck out and say Egypt will qualify but when you look at the points gathered so far Egypt stands a better of qualifying than Ghana. If we can get favourable results against Madagascar and Ghana then we will surely qualify. Let\u2019s see what will happen\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana is third in Group E with just a point in two games and now stand an outside chance of making a fourth straight appearance at the World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana will lock horns with Congo in Kumasi on August 27 before the return leg in Brazzaville.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B-XlSJK2N2U\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 33 updated by: 4 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sports News of Thursday, 6 July 2017 Source: www.ghanaweb.com 2017-07-06 play videoBlack Stars &#13; Magdy Abedelghany is confident his country will make it to the 2018 World Cup ahead of Ghana. 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