An exceptional night for the Pharaohs… a historic achievement for Zico and a new record for Salah

Egypt’s national team secured a valuable 3-1 win over New Zealand in their second round match of the 2026 World Cup Group 7 at the BC Place Stadium today, Monday.

New Zealand started strongly and managed to open the scoring in the 15th minute after Finn Surman produced a perfect pass in the box and headed it powerfully past goalkeeper Mustafa Schubert, taking advantage of poor defensive coverage by Egypt’s players.

In the second half, the Pharaohs managed to return to the atmosphere of the match, because Mustafa Zico equalized the score in the 58th minute. The goal came after a great pass into the box by Mohamed Hani, and Zico met a powerful header that hit the New Zealand keeper’s hand before hitting the net.

The Egyptian team continued to press in search of the leading goal, which was achieved in the 67th minute through Mohamed Salah. The goal came after a quick and organized attack that saw the ball reach the Egypt captain, who passed it to Mostafa Zico, before the latter back-heeled it to Salah, who fired it into the net from inside the penalty area to the right of the New Zealand keeper.

Egypt extended their lead with a third goal in the 82nd minute, scored by substitute Mahmoud Trezeguet, who took a perfect corner into the box and sent a powerful header that the New Zealand keeper couldn’t stop and the ball found its way into the net.

The match was marked by a remarkable display of brilliance by Mustafa Zico, who scored the equalizer and assisted the winner to seal a historic achievement. And I mentioned Opta Statistics Network Zico became the first player in the history of the Egyptian national team, who scored a goal and assisted another goal in the same match of the World Cup.

For his part, Mohamed Salah continued to make history for Egypt, taking his World Cup tally to three goals. He pointed out French “Stats Foot” network. While Salah became Egypt’s all-time leading scorer in World Cup history, overtaking Abdel Rahman Fawzi, who scored two goals.

added network Mohamed Salah moved closer to Africa’s top scorer at national team level as he took his international goals tally to 68, overtaking Hossam Hassan on 69, while Zambia’s Godfrey Chitalu tops the list with 79, followed by Malawi’s Kenna Phiri with 71 and Didier Drogba with 65.