{"id":39062,"date":"2026-07-08T10:24:42","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T08:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=39062"},"modified":"2026-07-08T10:25:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T08:25:16","slug":"egypt-coach-devastated-by-world-cup-exit","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/egypt-coach-devastated-by-world-cup-exit\/","title":{"rendered":"Egypt coach devastated by World Cup exit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Egypt coach,\u00a0Hossam\u00a0Hassan says he won&#8217;t watch any more International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) World Cup matches after his side&#8217;s heart breaking 3-2 loss to Argentina in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.<\/div>\n<div>He also blamed refereeing errors for the team&#8217;s elimination in the round of 16.<\/div>\n<div>Meanwhile, Swiss fans were delirious after reaching their first World Cup quarterfinal since 1954.Egypt seemed set for a stunning victory after scoring two unanswered goals, one in each half.<\/p>\n<p>But with ten minutes to go, they conceded three goals to Lionel\u00a0Messi&#8217;s\u00a0Argentinean side to give the defending champions the win.<\/p>\n<p>Hassan\u00a0though blasted the officiating in the match and claiming his side was treated unfairly.<\/p>\n<p>The north African side questioned, amongst others, a penalty that they should have been given and a disallowed goal in the\u00a062nd\u00a0minute.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":39065,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-39062","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"Egypt coach,\u00a0Hossam\u00a0Hassan","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/39062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/39062\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39066,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/39062\/revisions\/39066"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=39062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}