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The Egyptian Football Association slaughtered a calf in an attempt to improve the fortunes of the “Pharaohs” and expel the jinx in the African Cup of Nations football tournament held in Ivory Coast.
Egyptian Football Association spokesman Mohamed Murad told The Associated Press that the federation slaughtered a calf and distributed its meat to the needy in Cairo last Thursday to untie the team.
The players of the Egyptian national team suffered several injuries in the current continental tournament, where the “Pharaohs” lost their star Mohamed Salah due to an injury to the back thigh muscles in their second match in the second group, then goalkeeper Mohamed El-Shenawy dislocated the shoulder in the third and final match of the group, and Imam Ashour was transferred to the hospital on Wednesday night for treatment of a concussion after suffering a head injury during training.
Egypt officials had slaughtered a calf during training before winning the 2008 African Cup of Nations in Ghana.
And “slaughter calves” in Egypt and in the Egyptian football league in order to bring luck and expel the jinx, is an old custom of the pharaohs, dating back to the first chapters in the Egyptian stadiums to the sixties of the last century, has been started by Zamalek Club.
Egypt, who have not won a match so far in the current edition of the continental tournament (drawn in three matches), face DR Congo in the round of 16 (final price) on Sunday.