The Al-litthad club presented its initial list of 35-man Club World Cup participation, which is the initial list allowed to be sent in accordance with the rules and regulations of the tournament, according to press reports as the team prepares to participate in the tournament hosted by Saudi Arabia from 12 to 22 December.
The initial list included 10 professionals: Brazilian goalkeeper Marcelo Grohi, Egyptian Ahmed Hijazi, Brazilian Lélois Felipe, compatriot Fabinho, Portuguese Jota, French Ngolo Kante, Brazilian Romarino, Moroccan Abdelrazak Hamdallah, Brazdallah and Igor Igor Cornado, and French gor Coronado.
Al-itthad administration is due to reduce this list of players to 23, the final list officially allowed in the tournament, with the deadline for sending out the final lists of all participating teams will be on December 4.
The players’ position will be closely monitored by the staff of the Al-litthad in the coming days. and, above all, Egyptian international Ahmed Hijazi, returning after recovering from a knee injury that kept him out of action for months. as it will be monitored and monitored during the team’s training, in preparation for the final decision on its presence on the final list at the Club World Cup or raise his name from it if he is not 100 percent ready.
The Argentine Marcelo Gallardo, the technical director of the itthad team, reportedly The Egyptian star Ahmed Hijazi can take part in the AFC Champions League competition in which the team will play against Ajmak Uzbekistan first and then against Spahan of Iran, Then it will become fully visible about the readiness of the players who will participate in the Club World Cup. They include Ahmed Hijazi, who is entitled to participate in the AFC Champions League this season after recovering from injury.
The 2023 Club World Cup is scheduled to take place in Jeddah, the twentieth edition of the competition organized by the International Football Federation, where it will be the last seven-team edition before being expanded to 32 teams in 2025, with Champions League.
The al-ittihad team will cut the bar for their participation in the tournament against Auckland City, and if they win, the Egyptian National will meet the champions of Africa in the second round. The winner will face South American champions Fluminense in the semi-finals, while Manchester City will be at the other end, awaiting the victor from Japan’s Lyon Mexico and Urawa Red Diamonds.
