Egypt play down shirt changes for World Cup

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The Egyptian Football Association clarified that changes to their World Cup shirts were pre-planned and communicated in advance. FIFA disallowed stars representing Africa Cup of Nations titles, restricting stars to world championships only.

The Egyptian FA has said that changes made to their World Cup shirts were not last-ditch efforts but had been communicated well in advance. The world governing body FIFA has told the team of superstar Mohamed Salah that they can't have the seven stars for their seven Africa Cup of Nations titles above their emblem because World Cup shirts can only have stars for world titles.