Full Reason Why Mo Salah AND Wataru Endo will miss Carabao Cup semi-finals

Liverpool has advanced to the Carabao Cup semifinals, where they will take on Fulham without Mohamed Salah and Wataru Endo, having defeated West Ham 5-1.

Dominik Szoboszlai opened the score for the Reds, who then dominated West Ham at Anfield behind braces from Curtis Jones, goals from Salah, and Cody Gakpo.

It guaranteed them a spot in the Carabao Cup semifinal for the second time in three years, with Fulham scheduled to play them in two legs in January.

These games, which fall essentially during the winter break of the Premier League, will prolong Liverpool’s hectic schedule while two of their most important players are out.

Due to their commitments to the Asia Cup and the Africa Cup of Nations, respectively, Salah and Endo will miss both matches.

The Ivory Coast will host the Africa Cup of Nations from January 13 to February 11. Salah, a hopeful for Liverpool, will play against Arsenal in the FA Cup third round on January 7 before traveling with the Egyptian team.

Concurrently, the Asian Cup is scheduled to occur in Qatar from January 12 to February 10, and Endo might have to adhere to a comparable schedule for his Japan assignment.

In the group stage, Japan faces Vietnam (Jan 14), Iraq (Jan 19), and Indonesia (Jan 24), while Egypt faces Mozambique (Jan 14), Ghana (Jan 18), and Cape Verde (Jan 22).

This implies that Salah and Endo will at the very least miss the following games, including the first leg against Fulham:

January 9–10: Fulham (H) – Carabao Cup semi-final
Premier League: Bournemouth (A) – January 21
January 23–24 is Fulham (A)’s Carabao Cup semi-final.
Should one or both players advance further with their nations, they might miss four more matches, which might include a probable FA Cup fourth-round match on January 27–28.

Liverpool’s victory in Group E and straight-forward advancement to the round of 16 has at least spared them from having to play in the Europa League knockout playoff.

If they hadn’t, they would have needed to play a home and away pair of legs in February against one of the following teams: Galatasaray, Lens, SC Braga, Benfica, Feyenoord, AC Milan, Young Boys, and Shakhtar Donetsk.

Egypt is predicted to advance out of their group and play in a last-16 match on January 27–28, 29–30, while Japan is the clear favorite to win the Asian Cup.

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