كتب : Omar Zaazou
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.
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.