Soccer Football - World Cup - Egypt Training - Ekaterinburg Arena, Yekaterinburg, Russia - June 14, 2018 Egypt's Mohamed Salah during training REUTERS/Damir Sagolj
YEKATERINBURG, Russia, June 15 (Reuters) - Egypt named a starting lineup without striker Mohamed Salah for their World Cup opener against Uruguay on Friday, a day after coach Hector Cuper had said he was nearly 100 percent certain to play.
Salah, who injured his shoulder in the Champions League final on May 26, came out with other players to inspect the pitch in Yekaterinburg. However, he was missing from the starting 11 named on the team's official Twitter account, which showed Marwan Mohsen leading the attack
