CAIRO: Rui Vitoria has been sacked as Egypt head coach after the African football giants hopes of a record-extending eighth Africa Cup of Nations triumph were dashed last week, the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) announced.
In a statement, the EFA board of directors “thanked Portuguese manager Rui Vitoria and his staff,” adding it was “reviewing foreign coaches’ resumes”.
In the interim, former al-Ahly coach Mohamed Youssef would take charge of the national side, who were knocked out of
the competition last week in a dramatic penalty shoot-out against the Democratic Republic of Congo.