In a scoreless week for all foreign-based Egyptians, Mohamed Salah was the closest to a an impressive performance having set up Marco Streller with a goal in Basel’s 4-1 win over Thun.

Despite not starting, the Egypt ace also came close to scoring when his left-footed strike bounced off the post.

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Mohamed Elneny as well had a fine night as he was heavily involved in the Swiss champs' first goal in a game that saw him play full 90 minutes.

Unlike his Egypt teammates in Switzerland, Mahmoud 'Kahraba' remained confined to the bench throughout Luzern's 3-1 Swiss league win over St. Gallen.

Geddo finally made his English Premier League debut for Hull City when he came on as a 77th minute sub against rock bottom Crystal Palace but was unfortunate to see his side concede a goal five minutes following his introduction.

Even so, the Egypt forward could have notched a last-gasp equalizer, only to see his injury-time effort cleared off the line to eventually succumb to a 1-0 home defeat.

Ahmed Elmohamady featured for the whole game but was shown a yellow card late in the first half.

In Portugal, Rio Ave’s Ahmed Hassan 'Koka' played for 72 minutes in the 2-0 league home defeat to Estoril in a game that saw him booked late in the first half.

Young defender Ali Ghazal missed Nacional's impressive 1-1 draw at holders Porto through automatic suspension after being shown red in the previous league draw with Olhanense.

Egypt midfielder Hossam Ghaly was involved in Lierse's 4-2 win at Cercle Brugge when his cross was converted by a defender into his own goal.

Unlike Ghaly, who featured for the whole match, Ahmed Samir Farag and Ahmed Yasser kept warming the bench during the Belgian league triumph.

In Saudi Arabia, Ibrahim Salah played 90 minutes in Al-Orouba's goalless draw with Ittifaq.

Egypt striker Amr Zaki missed Al-Salmiya's at Al-Nasr after picking up an injury in the 2-1 win over Ghana.