Israeli football has been abuzz with rumors that Egypt's coach Hassan Shehata would soon switch camps to train the national side. Until Tuesday, that is, when Shehata put an end to speculation in the bluntest possible terms:
"I'd rather die of hunger than entertain the possibility of coaching Israel," he told Egyptian daily al-Masry al-Youm.
"I can understand Israel's jealousy of the Egyptian team and its successes," Shehata was quoted as saying. "But it would be impossible from my perspective to visit Israel or train its team, even if Israel were the only country in the world that wanted to hire me."
He continued: "How can these Zionists think that I would take on the task of coaching a side that includes murderers of children and pensioners? How could I work to help a team that represents a nation of occupiers?"
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Maybe.<span><span> It's also that many Egyptians still see Israel as an enemy (and rightly so).
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