Egypt officials sacrifice cow for better fortune at AFCON - ESPN
Team spokesman Mohamed Morad told The Associated Press on Friday the federation killed the cow and distributed the meat to needy people in Cairo the day before.
Who are the Soccer Gods to which you sacrifice? Further down in the article, it mentions they did this before a couple of years ago, and then won:
Egypt players reportedly sacrificed a calf during training before going on to win the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations in Ghana.
Maybe they’re onto something?
Egypt officials sacrifice cow for better fortune at AFCON - ESPN