Marwan Ateya and Trezeguet's status for the Malawi match

Former Al Ahly FC and national team goalkeeper Ahmed Shoubeir has reported that Egypt's head coach Ali Maher intends to make a change to the starting lineup for the upcoming return match against Malawi, scheduled to take place next Tuesday, by excluding one of the key players from the start of the match.

Ahmed Shobair stated in radio comments today: "Captain Ali Maher will work on physical and technical aspects in the coming days before the second match against Malawi. He impressed everyone with his first appearance, and he also made great changes in the first match and managed to stabilize the defensive area in midfield."

Shobeir explained: "My personal opinion is that Ali Maher may rely on Marwan Ateya alongside Mohanad Lasheen in the return match against Malawi. You might ask me, who will Marwan replace? He will replace Zizo to secure the defensive side, and there will be no changes in the other positions across all lines."

Shobeir continued: "Trezeguet could also be an option because he has been absent from the Egypt national team for a while and wasn't in his best form, but he remains a very important player. I see things going well, and even if we draw, I think we will qualify because we will have 8 points and we will have an easy match at home against South Sudan."

He added: "The match is on Tuesday at 3 PM, and for your information, Egypt has the strongest attack in all the qualifiers and the strongest defense; we have scored 10 goals and have not conceded any goals."