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Mohamed Salah scored the go-ahead extremity and Egypt went connected to decision New Zealand 3-1 connected Sunday nighttime and unafraid its first-ever World Cup win.
Salah celebrated his 68th planetary extremity by pumping his fist earlier helium was mobbed by his teammates successful the 67th minute, to the thrill of the red-clad Pharaohs fans successful the sellout assemblage astatine BC Place Vancouver.
FIFA World Cup, Egypt vs New Zealand highlights
When Salah was subbed disconnected successful the 85th infinitesimal helium was treated to a lasting ovation.
Egypt moved to the apical of the standings successful Group G with the win, but was not yet assured a spot successful the knockout round. The Pharaohs volition play a deciding crippled against Iran connected Friday successful Seattle, needing astatine slightest a gully to advance.
Egypt is making its 4th World Cup quality aft missing the tract successful Qatar 4 years ago. Salah scored a brace of goals successful the 2018 World Cup successful Russia.
Finn Surman enactment New Zealand successful beforehand successful the 15th infinitesimal with a flying header disconnected a country footwear delivered by Instagram sensation Tim Payne. It was the 3rd planetary extremity for the 6-foot-3 defender who plays for the Portland Timbers successful MLS.
Omar Marmoush dropped a escaped footwear disconnected to Salah successful the 35th infinitesimal but it went conscionable wide and bent into the broadside netting.
Egypt turned up the unit coming retired of the fractional and Mostafa Zico broke done with equalizer, uncovering abstraction betwixt Surman and Payne for a header that goalkeeper Max Crocombe got a manus connected but couldn’t halt successful the 58th minute. Zico celebrated by gesturing for the fans successful the assemblage to cheer.
Salah took a back-heel walk from Zico for his goal, which puts him conscionable 1 distant from tying his manager Hossam Hassan for the nationalist team's all-time scoring lead. Trezeguet's diving header wrapped up scoring for Egypt successful the 82nd.
Egypt’s Hamdy Fathy was subbed disconnected precocious successful the archetypal fractional aft an evident wounded distant from the ball. He was replaced by Ramy Rabia.
In the opener against Belgium, Emam Ashour scored the aboriginal extremity for Egypt but past Romelu Lukaku subbed into the lucifer and caused chaos successful the box, resulting successful an ain extremity for a 1-1 draw.
New Zealand doubly took the pb against Iran successful their radical opener, lone to cede it for a 2-2 gully successful the end. Elijah Just scored some goals for the All Whites.
New Zealand antecedently appeared astatine the World Cup successful 2010 and drew each 3 of its games.
Iran and Belgium played to a scoreless gully earlier successful the time successful Inglewood, California, giving some teams 2 consecutive draws astatine the tournament. New Zealand returns to Vancouver connected Friday to look Belgium.
