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Egypt’s Soccer Star Aims for a New Goal: Humbling His Own Bosses

CAIRO — When Mohamed Salah is on the offensive, you better watch out.

That’s the lesson countless soccer opponents have learned from Mr. Salah, Egypt’s goal-scoring maestro and sports superstar. But this week Mr. Salah trained his devastating focus on a new target: the bungling bosses of Egypt’s national soccer association.

In a blistering series of Twitter messages, video posts and leaked letters, Mr. Salah, 26, vented a summer’s worth of frustrations against the leadership of the Egyptian Football Association for what he called its grossly incompetent handling of Egypt’s short-lived World Cup campaign in Russia in June.