Fact No 1: Egypt has been the dominant force in African football.
Save for the Ethiopian-Kenyan domination of middle distance athletics, or South
African chokehold on African Rugby; you would be hard pressed to find a nation
so dominant in a sport in Africa.
Fact No 2: Factors without football, domestic upheaval following
the Arab spring of 2011, conspired to keep the Africa’s best football team from
the past three subsequent AFCON editions.
These two stubborn facts set the tone for the narrative around Egypt’s
participation in this year’s AFCON in Gabon.
رجل المباراة بلا منازع: الأسطورة 👑 pic.twitter.com/Aix2SNdF6n— Arqam (@ArqamFC) February 1, 2017
