Essam Al-Hadari is willing the get back to the pitch soon after he sustained a serious facial injury in Sion's 2-0 defeat to Bellinzona on Saturday. The Egypt guardian was taken to hospital after just 35 minutes of the Swiss league game, following a heavy collision with an opposition player. The veteran keeper aggravated a serious facial injury that he picked up with Ahli last season. "It was a fierce collision with an opponent, there was a lot of blood and I had four stitches," he told FilGoal.com. "I will do my best to get back as soon as possible, I hope to be fit for the Sudan game." Egypt will visit neighbors Sudan on August 20th for an international friendly, in preparation for the 2010 World Cup qualifier with DR Congo next month.