{"id":975341,"date":"2022-02-03T22:03:35","date_gmt":"2022-02-03T22:03:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/02\/03\/not-at-mbappe-level-mohammed-salah-criticised-by-afcon-rival-ahead-of-semi-clash\/"},"modified":"2022-02-03T22:03:35","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T22:03:35","slug":"not-at-mbappe-level-mohammed-salah-criticised-by-afcon-rival-ahead-of-semi-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/02\/03\/not-at-mbappe-level-mohammed-salah-criticised-by-afcon-rival-ahead-of-semi-clash\/","title":{"rendered":"Not at Mbappe level &#8211; Mohammed Salah criticised by AFCON rival ahead of semi clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"461\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Mohamed-Salah-of-Egypt-696x461.jpg\"   alt=\"Mohamed Salah of Egypt celebrates victory after scoring winning penalty during the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations Afcon Finals Last 16 match between Ivory Coast and Egypt at Japoma Stadium, Douala, Cameroon on 26 January 2022 \u00a9Gavin Barker\/BackpagePix\" title=\"Mohamed Salah of Egypt celebrates victory after scoring winning penalty during the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations Afcon Finals Last 16 match between Ivory Coast and Egypt at Japoma Stadium, Douala, Cameroon on 26 January 2022 \u00a9Gavin Barker\/BackpagePix\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Cameroon striker, Vincent Aboubakar, has stirred up tension hours before the two countries locked horns for the last Africa Cup of Nations semi finals tie.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>He claimed the Liverpool star, Mohammed Salah doesn\u2019t impress him, accusing the forward of not having much influence during games.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large td-caption-align-https:\/\/www.adomonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/vincent-aboubakar-220109-aftergoal-bpp-1050.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"566\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/vincent-aboubakar-220109-aftergoal-bpp-1050-1024x566.jpg\" alt=\"Vincent Aboubakar of Cameroon celebrates after scoring a goal during the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations Afcon Finals football Cameroon ad Burkina Faso at Olembe Stadium in Yaounde, Cameroon on 09 January 2022 \u00a9Muzi Ntombela\/BackpagePix\" class=\"wp-image-2065443\"  \/><figcaption>Vincent Aboubakar of Cameroon celebrates after scoring a goal during the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations Afcon Finals football Cameroon ad Burkina Faso at Olembe Stadium in Yaounde, Cameroon on 09 January 2022 \u00a9Muzi Ntombela\/BackpagePix<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Speaking with Then24, Aboubakar made a controversial statement against the Egyptian striker <\/p>\n<p>Salah meanwhile has been recognized by many to be one of the best players in the world at present, following his stunning start to the Premier League this season.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI see it as before. He is having a great season in the Premier League, he is helping his country to advance in the competition,\u201d Aboubakar said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wish him a lot of luck. May the best win!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe doesn\u2019t impress me much. I say it clearly because I\u2019m an honest person and I have my way of seeing things.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf he impressed me, I would say so. But he doesn\u2019t impress me much. He\u2019s a good player, he scores a lot but he doesn\u2019t produce a lot of stuff in the game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course, he\u2019s doing good stuff in the Premier League because he\u2019s been in a team that\u2019s been there for years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s a good player but not at the level of some like Mbapp\u00e9.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Salah might face Liverpool strike-partner Sadio Mane in the final if Egypt beat the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"4sHVgM7SYrc\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Obra on Adom TV (3-2-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4sHVgM7SYrc?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cameroon striker, Vincent Aboubakar, has stirred up tension hours before the two countries locked horns for the last Africa Cup of Nations semi finals tie.\u00a0 He claimed the Liverpool star, Mohammed Salah doesn\u2019t impress him, accusing the forward of not having much influence during games. 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