Mido, Zaki out of Djibouti game

Egypt’s strike duo Amr Zaki and Mido have been ruled out of Sunday’s World Cup qualifier against Djibouti due to injury.“Mido is suffering from a groin problem. He has been left out of Egypt’s 18-man squad for the Djibouti match,” team doctor Ahmed Maged told FilGoal.com.“Zaki has a torn calf muscle that will prevent him from taking part in the game.”Wigan Athletic frontman Zaki initially sustained the injury during the Latics’ goalless draw with Tottenham Hotspur on September 21st.He aggravated the problem during Wigan’s 2-1 victory over Manchester City seven days later, but still managed to feature against Middlesbrough the following week.Zaki was entitled to play against Djibouti after coming through several training sessions unscathed. But he will have to sit out the game as the problem came to haunt him again.The 25-year-old could also miss Wigan’s clash against Liverpool next week as he needs 10 days of rest, according to agent Mohamed Saied.Egypt coach Hassan Shehata now have just two recognized strikers at his disposal – Ittihad Jeddah’s Emad Meteb and Harras Al-Hodoud’s Ahmed Abdul-GhaniA draw for Egypt against minnows Djibouti in Cairo would be enough to send them through to the last phase of the World Cup qualifiers as Group 12 winners.