{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_x2wqus6qlwbte3cvcmta","title":"Salah walks, Hassan talks - and Egypt have a problem","title_en":null,"outlets":1,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/salah-walks-hassan-talks-and-egypt-have-a-problem-x2wqus6qlw","count":1,"items":[{"id":"n_x2wqus6qlwbte3cvcmta","seq":577523,"kind":"article","title":"Salah walks, Hassan talks - and Egypt have a problem","url":"https://www.thenationalnews.com/sport/football/2026/09/29/salah-walks-hassan-talks-and-egypt-have-a-problem","summary":"Egypt head coach Hossam Hassan went into full damage control mode on Monday while talking to reporters ahead of the Pharaohs’ Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against South Sudan. Hassan walked back many of the statements that landed him in hot water with fans, pundits, and even his own players over the past week. Just two months after he was given a hero’s welcome alongside the Egyptian squad that made a historic run to the last-16 at the 2026 World Cup, Hassan went through…","published":"2026-09-29T03:38:27Z","seen":"2026-09-29T04:41:28Z","lang":"en","source":{"id":"kite-thenationalnews-com-2cb87a","name":"thenationalnews.com","domain":"thenationalnews.com","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q2544289","name":"The National","type":"newspaper","country":"AE","designations":["newspaper"]}},"via":"kite-thenationalnews-com-2cb87a","topics":["middle-east"],"authors":["Reem Abulleil"],"entities":[{"id":"Q234869","name":"salah","type":"person"},{"id":"Q47264","name":"Hassan","type":"person"},{"id":"Q79","name":"Egypt","type":"place"}],"image":"https://www.thenationalnews.com/resizer/v2/AECFJOSLEZCW7DY5Z2H5ZGWZWQ.jpg?auth=da5f22e56b29dd8ebf2b7e861c07c9dd22a194620d0f7c99b48e898ca3e8b417&height=648&smart=true&width=1152","story":"st_x2wqus6qlwbte3cvcmta","category":"politics","category_p":0.5299999713897705,"sentiment":"negative","tone":-0.3700000047683716,"political":0.699999988079071}]}