Performance of the week Midfielder Ibrahim Salah was the only foreign-based Egyptian to help his team pull off a vital result this week, featuring for the whole game in Orouba's 1-1 Saudi League draw at giants Ahli Jeddah. No goals and Hegazi blow Following an auspicious start for new Kuwaiti club Al-Salmiya, Amr Zaki was included in the team's starting Xl in the 1-1 league draw with Al-Fahahil, but couldn't find the net on his second appearance. In Europe, Swiss champs Basel managed to march to the Swiss Cup quarter-finals with a 1-0 win over third-tier Münsingen, with Mohamed Salah rested and Mohamed Elneny ruled out through shoulder injury. Mahmoud 'Kahraba', however, featured in Switzerland, coming on as a 71st minute substitute for Luzern in the 4-1 cup thrashing of Terre Sainte. Another sub was Rio Ave striker Ahmed Hassan 'Koka' who was introduced in the 64th minute in the 1-0 home league defeat to Vitória Guimarães. Defender Ali Ghazal played the full match for Nacional but was unlucky as well to see his side suffer a 1-0 home loss to Arouca as he was cautioned at the end of the game. In England, Hull City's Ahmed Elmohamady must have hoped for a victory over fellow promoted opponents Cardiff, only to be held to a 1-1 stalemate in a fixture that saw him play full 90 minutes. Egypt center-half Adam El-Abd still remained out of favor for Brighton as he was confined to the bench throughout the 0-0 draw at Reading. The blow of the week was received by Fiorentina defender Ahmed Hegazi who is now poised for another six-month layoff after aggravating his cruciate ligament injury. In Belgium, Hossam Ghaly and Ahmed Samir Farag had a night to forget with Lierse after succumbing to a thumping 4-1 defeat at Club Brugge, with the former replaced two minutes from the end.
