Portuguese manager Carlos Queiroz has resigned as Egypt national team head coach following the defeat to Senegal in Diamniadio on Tuesday evening as Pharaohs missed out on World Cup ticket.
Egypt needed only a draw in Senegal to book their place for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
However, the failed to score that goal which will see them through as Boulaye Dia’s early opener was the only goal in the encounter until the final whistle at the end of the extra time.
Mohamed Salah, Ahmed Sayed and Mostafa Mohamed missed their shoots in the penalties as Kalidou Koulibaly and Saliou Ciss also missed for Senegal.
However, their key player Sadio Mane scored the last penalty as he did in the AFCON 2021 final tos end Senegal to a second consecutive World Cup for the first time in the country’s history.
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Speaking during the post-match press conference, Carlos Queiroz said it is time for him to leave the Egypt national team.
“It’s time for me to leave the leadership of Egypt to someone else,” Queiroz said, as per KingFut.
“Today my dream was to get Egypt for the fifth time to me to the World Cup, but it was Cissé who qualified with Senegal.
“The game is over. We, unfortunately, failed to reach the World Cup. It’s all over and there’s not a lot of things to say.
“Just some nice words for the players and I congratulate them on the game they played and I also congratulate Senegal after playing a big game. We should not forget that Senegal will represent Africa in the World Cup and we wish them good luck.
“We got to the penalty shootout and I think the Senegalese fans suffered a little bit during the game.
“You saw for yourself that we conceded an early goal in the opening five minutes. We started the game out of focus and at a high temperature, we don’t say these are reasons for the defeat, but they are contributing factors.
“Egypt will start preparing for the upcoming tournaments as well as the qualifying campaign for the 2026 World Cup.”