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A former winner of the Nations of Africa has criticized Jamie Carragher's comments on the tournament in a pointed response to the former Liverpool defender.
Carragher, 47, landed in Hot Agua after it seems to rule out the notion that the African Nations Cup (AFCON) is an important tournament.
Speaking in Sky Sports after Liverpool's 2-0 victory over Manchester City on Sunday, the former Reds center felt that Mohamed Salah playing in AFCon counted against his case as the best player in the world.
Carragher said: “I think that the problem (s) is with Egypt, and is probably not playing in the main tournament as such, or perhaps has a great opportunity to win, I think it is the Champions League or the main tournament.
Salah, 32, has never raised the African continental title, but has twice twice, doing it in 2017 and 2021.
Now, a former winner of the tournament has gotten into the controversy by saying that Carragher “does not know what an important tournament is because he never won one.”
Carragher, 47, landed in Hot Agua after it seems to rule out the notion that the African Nations Cup (AFCON) is an important tournament
In an X post, previously Twitter, Ahmed Elmohamady was the last individual to make an exception to the comments of former Liverpool defender
In an X post, previously Twitter, Ahmed Elmohamady was the last individual to make an exception to Carragher's comments.
He said: 'Jamie Carragher does not know what an important tournament is because he never won one. AFCON is an important tournament. Very proud to win it twice.
Elmohady, a compatriot of Salah, was part of the Egypt team who won the tournament in 2008 and 2010 and made 92 appearances for his country between 2007 and 2019.
Pharaohs are the most successful team in the history of competition with seven impressive titles and will have the opportunity to win the competition for the eighth time at the end of 2025.
Elmohamady's comments occur after Carragher was also labeled as “intentionably ignorant” by former Sky Sports Richard Keys presenter to minimize the importance of the tournament.
Writing in his Blog Post, Keys, 67, did not mentally mentioned Carragher, but made a clear reference to the debate about his comments.
Keys wrote: 'No matter the best of the PL, Mo Salah could be the best of Liverpool, despite the fact that he has never played in a great tournament. Oh really. What ignorance. Unforgivable ignorance '.
Elmohamady's comments occur after Carragher was also labeled as 'unforgivably ignorant' by former Sky Sports Richard Keys host
'Again and again in the years, I have referred to the arrogance of the so -called experts who live and work within the borders of the United Kingdom who think nothing beyond their territory.
'That is why our WC here in Qatar was fired by so many of them, although it is the best climax with the best football games I have seen. “Qatar?” They asked. “Don't England? Because? How could that happen? ''
'I'm a bit out of course, so let me correct that. In a world -based world, here is one to think. In Egypt alone, in Beinsports we probably had more than 100 meters seeing the confrontation of the Egyptian kings on Sunday. And that number does not take into account the other 22 nations in our territory.
'Yeah. Egypt, who is the most successful team in AFCon's story, has won it seven times. Salah has not yet won it, but he has another opportunity for the end of the year. Even so, it is not one of the great tournaments, right? It is not played in England, or in Europe, so it cannot be.