Egypt's football star, Mohamed Salah, is now set upon humbling his bosses

In Egypt, Salah's outburst came across as more than just a global star railing at domestic failings

When Mohamed Salah is on the offensive, you better watch out. That’s the lesson countless soccer opponents have learned from Salah, Egypt’s goal-scoring maestro and sports superstar. But this week Salah trained his devastating focus on a new target: the bungling bosses of Egypt’s national soccer association.
 
In a blistering series of Twitter messages, video posts and leaked letters, Salah, 26, vented a summer’s worth of frustrations against the leadership of the Egyptian Football Association for what he called its grossly incompetent handling of Egypt’s short-lived World Cup campaign in Russia in June.
 
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