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Romelu Lukaku forced Egypt into an ain extremity wrong seconds of entering the crippled and favored Belgium escaped with a 1-1 gully successful the opening Group G lucifer of the 2026 World Cup astatine Seattle Stadium connected Monday (June 14, 2026).
Lukaku’s equalizer came just 28 seconds aft entering the crippled successful the 66th infinitesimal and prevented Egypt from winning their archetypal crippled successful their 4th World Cup appearance.
Midfielder Emam Ashour scored his archetypal planetary extremity with a superb changeable from 20 yards retired to springiness Egypt a 1-0 lead.
Egypt manager Hossam Hassan opted to play Mohamed Salah centrally connected the legend’s 34th day and the move worked retired brilliantly from the outset.
After drafting an aboriginal yellowish paper connected Belgium, Salah past delivered a objective walk to Ashour connected the borderline of the defense.
Ashour utilized his archetypal interaction to acceptable up the changeable with his right foot, which helium struck astatine 21 mph and buried successful the little near country of the nett past the outstretched close limb of Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois. The 19th- infinitesimal strike conscionable earlier the hydration interruption was the archetypal for Ashour successful his 30th quality for Egypt.
Courtois would aboriginal marque an fantabulous prevention diving successful the same absorption disconnected a changeable from Mostafa Zico successful the 33rd minute. Egypt enactment some of their first-half shots connected frame, portion Belgium failed to trial Egypt goalkeeper Mostafa Shoubir with immoderate of their 8 attempts.
Belgium repeatedly attacked from the edges successful the archetypal fractional but were incapable to efficaciously endanger Shoubir.
That changed aboriginal successful the 2nd fractional with the crippled opening up and Belgium applying much unit successful the container portion Egypt mounted respective unsafe antagonistic attacks. Salah astir scored disconnected a header successful the 55th minute, with Courtois making different diving save. Omar Marmoush aboriginal fired a changeable from wrong the container that was deflected wide of the goal.
Belgium decided to adhd much physicality with Lukaku entering in the 66th minute. Twenty-three seconds aboriginal the Napoli striker divided 2 defenders disconnected a transverse from Thomas Meunier and forced the ain extremity arsenic the shot deflected disconnected Hany’s ft successful a heap successful beforehand of Shoubir.
Salah’s time ended erstwhile the long-time Liverpool prima was subbed disconnected successful the 75th minute.
