Honestly, Uruguay is their hardest matchup in the group, with that in mind, I would go defensive mode, try to get a draw, and rest Salah for the upcoming games, no need to rush him back. Godín and company are not gonna go easy on Salah if he's 100% fit, and if something goes wrong tomorrow then Mo won't be able to play for the next two games, which are far more important than the match tomorrow. But we'll see, I'd like to see him play but I don't want them to rush him back.
I would agree if it was an injury to a different body part, but it's the shoulder. Something which isn't easy to target without giving away a foul or getting a possible yellow card. If it's a injury to the leg it's much easier to go in hard, and injure it again. A shoulder doesn't really effect your footballing ability. Yeah, it can prevent you from running as fast, and you might not go in as strong as usual, but Salah isn't one to normally be involved with shoulder barges or anything like that.
Rugby players often dislocate their shoulders, and some just pop it straight back in, and continue playing. They will then get ice on it right after the match or at half time, and would likely do light training for the following weeks. Some have different recovery paths. I would argue that Rugby involves a lot more shoulder work than football. I'm not dismissing shoulder injuries, because some are worse than others. But, a few days after the injury they confirmed it wasn't that bad. I believe a pundit made a rather controversial comment on why he left the pitch in the first place.
It's not something that can be injured again easily, and that's why if he's fit or near fit I don't see a problem with starting him. You want to pick up points wherever you can in the World Cup.
Fast forward to tomorrow where he injures it again, and I'll have to eat my hat
In fact I think it's worth a bet for Suarez biting Mo on the shoulder, and injuring it again.
against one of the weakest teams in the WC
according to the FIFA World Ranking, Saudi Arabia is 67th, worst position in the table (after Russia who are 70th) among the 32 teams in the competition.
Yeah against one of the weakest teams, however how many people predicted them to keep a clean sheet, and beat them convincingly like they did? So far no one in this thread did. Russia also have some decent players (Denis Cheryshev)