Egypt is through to the Round of 16 after defeating Australia in a dramatic penalty shootout on Friday, marking a historic first World Cup knockout-round win for the Pharaohs.
The Match
The match finished 1-1 after 120 minutes and Egypt won 4-2 on penalties. Egypt opened the scoring in the 13th minute through a brilliant header from Emam Ashour, who snuck behind the Australian defense and powerfully directed the ball into the bottom left corner.
The game settled into a stalemate over the next half hour as both teams had a couple opportunities, but no one really had a clear-cut shot at breaking the deadlock. The Aussies started breaking the game open a bit with just minutes to play and the Egyptians answered by earning their first corner of the game as the second half entered stoppage time.
Penalty Shootout
The Egyptians took the early 1-0 lead after Mahmoud Saber blasted the ball past Ryan following an Aussie miss. Jackson Irvine for Australia calmly put his penalty into the top right corner to give his team hope, and Ramy Rabia restored Egypt’s advantage with a calmly taken strike.
Hossam Abdelmaguid stepped up for Egypt with the chance to win it. He buried it in the bottom left corner, securing Egypt’s historic win.
Original reporting: KTBS 3 (Shreveport) — read the source article.
