Following the "it's over" remarks: Mido opens fire on Hossam Hassan
Ahmed Hossam Mido has laid into Egypt boss Hossam Hassan over the coach's comments about Al Ahly goalkeeper Mohamed El Shenawy.
The former Pharaohs star was reacting to remarks that have landed Hassan in the middle of a storm, with El Shenawy currently absent from the national team squad.
Hassan claimed he had called up El Shenawy during earlier spells with Egypt, even when the goalkeeper was considered "finished" at Al Ahly.
Mido let rip on X: "Hossam Hassan's statements carry a great deal of narcissism and give the impression that he is superior to all the club coaches, starting with his talk about redeploying Mohamed Salah in a deeper role on the pitch, a move he believes did not work under Slot, moving on to his talk about restoring El Shenawy to his level, all the way to belittling the role of Al Ahly's medical staff, on the grounds that it was not able to get Imam Ashour ready, and that his joining the national team was the reason for saving him."
He went on: "Matters did not stop there, but extended to belittling the value of the Egyptian league players, even though they represent the fundamental pillar and the main element in the Egyptian national team's victories throughout its history."
The Zamalek legend did not hold back: "We have entered a dangerous stage, in which the national team coach has become the cause of a great deal of controversy and confusion around the team, and puts the officials in an embarrassing position, especially before an important match for the Pharaohs."
He explained: "Here we are not talking about the coach's personal life or the problems he is going through, but about the way he deals with situations, which makes me see him as a scattered coach under great pressure, who explodes at any simple question from journalists."
His verdict was blunt: "What we are talking about is the loss of any real opportunity to develop the Egyptian national team under Hossam Hassan's leadership. That is why the officials must intervene and take a clear stance, because what is happening cannot be ignored or treated as if it were normal."
Mido added: "The damage resulting from the coach's personality and the way he makes his statements has become, in my opinion, far greater than the benefit that comes to the Egyptian national team."
Signing off, he said: "Al Ahly's fans are angry, Zamalek's fans are sad, and at the time when the fans had finally begun to rally around the national team again, we find that these statements are contributing, for the millionth time, to driving the fans away from their national team because of the head coach's unbalanced statements."
