The Egypt Football Association (EFA) president Bany Abo Rida says that fasting ahead of the World Cup affected the Pharaoh’s campaign in Russia.

The squad chose to fast during the Muslim Holy Month of Ramadan that ended the day before Egypt’s opening game.

Egypt lost all of its group games to Uruguay, hosts Russia and Saudi Arabia.

It is understood that the Egyptian FA has begun its search for a new coach to replace hector Cuper, who left his role as coach after the failure in Russia.

Egypt are yet to win a game at its three appearances at the world cup and now switch their attention to qualifying for the 2019 Africa Cup of nations in Cameroon.