M Salah leads Egypt to World Cup history with awesome penalty shootout triumph
M Salah leads Egypt to World Cup history with awesome penalty shootout triumph
M Salah leads Egypt to World Cup history with awesome penalty shootout triumph
M Salah leads Egypt to World Cup history with awesome penalty shootout triumph
Only Mohamed Salah.” It’s a phrase that has become synonymous with the legendary Egypt forward during his storied career.
During his nine glittering years at Liverpool, those three words surfaced every time he sent a record tumbling. Often, when his peers in the Premier League checked an impressive milestone off their lists, they found their accomplishment came affixed with that dreaded caveat.
Only Mohamed Salah had run harder, or dribbled quicker, or shot sharper. Only Mohamed Salah had been audacious enough to not only strive to rewrite history but to succeed in doing so, signing off chapter after glorious chapter with his distinctive
It was therefore fitting that, in Egypt’s FIFA World Cup round-of-32 clash with Australia, Salah still found uncharted territory to traverse. With the two teams tied at 1-1 after extra time in Dallas, the 34-year-old stepped up to take Egypt’s third penalty, knowing that failure to convert would bring Australia back into the contest after Harry Souttar’s earlier miss.
