File photo: Egypt's coach Bradley leads a training session in cairo (Photo: Bassam Al-Zoghby)
Egypt coach Bob Bradley has agreed to postpone the Pharaohs’ friendly match with Saudi Arabia until October, goalkeeping coach Zaki Abdel-Fattah revealed on Wednesday.
The game was due to take place in London on 11 September, but Saudi Arabia asked on Tuesday for it to be played at home on 16 October.
"Bradley agreed in principle to changing the match date during today's meeting with EFA executive committee head Amer Hussein," Abdel-Fattah was quoted as saying by Ahram Sport.
"He requested two other friendly matches in September," he added.
Egypt, who held were to a 1-1 draw with Oman last week, will not play a competitive game until next year when they face Zimbabwe in the 2014 World Cup qualifiers. They are on top of Group G with six points from two games after beating Mozambique and Guinea.
The seven-time African champions, who have not played at the World Cup since 1990, unexpectedly failed to qualify for the 2012 and 2013 African Nations Cups.
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