Mohamed Salah has stated he did now not inform Sergio Ramos things have been "fine" after the Real Madrid defender injured the Liverpool ahead all through last month's Champions League final.
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Salah used to be forced off in the first half of after locking palms with Ramos and being pulled to the ground. It was later confirmed that he had sprained ligaments in his shoulder, setting his participation at this summer's World Cup with Egypt in doubt.
Ramos was heavily criticised for his role in the incident, but he said things had "been blown out of all proportion" and that he had exchanged messages with Salah, who had told him the whole thing was once OK.
"He sent me a message, but I never informed him it used to be 'fine,'" Salah, who additionally labelled Ramos' feedback as "funny," told Marca on Saturday.
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Ramos even cautioned that Salah may want to have played on if he'd had pain-killing injections at halftime.
Laughing, Salah added: "My remark [to that] is that it is continually good when the one who made you cry at first, then makes you laugh. Maybe he should also inform me if I'm going to be prepared for the World Cup?"
Salah said he does expect to be fit for Egypt's World Cup opener in opposition to Uruguay on June 15 but he feared the worst when he first went down in the Champions League final.
"When I fell to the ground, I had a combination of bodily pain and a lot of concern," he said. "There used to be also anger and disappointment at being unable to continue enjoying in the Champions League final.
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"Moments later, I additionally idea about the possibility of no longer enjoying in the World Cup and that was a devastating thought. It used to be the worst [moment of my career].
"Now I'm better, though. I hope to play the first game against Uruguay, however that will depend on how I experience when it approaches."
Salah conceded that qualifying for the World Cup for the first time in 28 years is an fulfillment in itself for Egypt.
However, after scoring 44 dreams in his debut season with Liverpool, he says he desires to make records with his u . s . a . in Russia -- he's no longer going there with the mentality that accomplishing finals is enough.
"It used to be not normal [not to qualify for 28 years] due to the fact we've got received the [African Nations Cup] seven times," Salah said. "It grew to be common to win the [African Nations Cup], but not to qualify for the World Cup.
"And it was once some thing we all said: 'Wow, we have to do it, we have to do it.' We had no longer completed it for a lengthy time and it was once something very special -- perhaps like triumphing the World Cup for Spain.
"The strain used to be to qualify for the World Cup. Of course, people can now say, 'OK, we've qualified, that's it.' But for me it's no longer like that, we want to make history; reap some thing different.
"In my head, the pressure is to reap some thing specific from what we have finished before. Not just going there, three games and thank you very much. That is no longer going via my head."