{"id":17393,"date":"2026-01-11T17:09:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T17:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/17393\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T17:09:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T17:09:13","slug":"mohamed-salah-says-moroccos-afcon-hosting-is-africas-best-tournament-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/17393\/","title":{"rendered":"Mohamed Salah Says Morocco\u2019s AFCON Hosting Is Africa\u2019s Best Tournament Ever"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rabat \u2013 Egyptian football star Mohamed Salah has commended Morocco\u2019s hosting of the AFCON 2025 during a match press conference, saying that there \u201chas never been an African tournament better than this.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Egypt secured its spot for the semi-finals after defeating Cote d\u2019Ivoire 3-2 in a thrilling game on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Salah expressed satisfaction with the training camp, stating that it is the best camp he has ever experienced in his life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI sincerely thank Morocco for their world-class hosting and security,\u201d Salah <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reels\/DTWPBmJDf0-\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said<\/a>, extending his gratitude and continued success in the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Egypt national team coach Hosam Hassan echoed the same remarks throughout the tournament, commending Morocco\u2019s sports infrastructure and their premier role as hosts.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, he said Morocco\u2019s infrastructure offers ideal conditions for players during the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe infrastructure and conditions here are ideal. This makes every match more exciting,\u201d Hassan said.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the competition history,\u00a0 Egypt has won seven AFCON trophies, including 2006, 2008, and 2010 \u2014 with three consecutive victories.<\/p>\n<p>The Egyptian team also appeared in the final game 10 times in the competition\u2019s history.<\/p>\n<p>In a similar statement on Saturday, Cameroon also thanked Morocco for the good hosting of the tournament and hospitality.<\/p>\n<p>The Cameronean football federation extended its appreciation, saying: \u201cThe hospitality shown in all the places we visited reflects the remarkable preparatory work carried out by the Royal Moroccan <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoworldnews.com\/2026\/01\/274571\/more-than-a-game-how-afcon-reflects-africas-identity\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Football<\/a> Federation.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rabat \u2013 Egyptian football star Mohamed Salah has commended Morocco\u2019s hosting of the AFCON 2025 during a match&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17394,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[527,63],"class_list":{"0":"post-17393","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-africa","8":"tag-afcon-2025","9":"tag-africa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17393\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}