Captain Salah spoke on Egypt’s historic victory, said – the biggest success in the country’s football history

FIFA World Cup 2026: In the FIFA World Cup 2026, Egypt performed brilliantly and won against New Zealand. This is Egypt’s first ever victory in World Cup history. Captain Mohammad Salah looked elated with this performance of the team.

Egypt created history

Salah said that this success will be remembered as one of the best victories in the country’s football history. Egypt created history with the help of goals from Mustapha Zico, Mohamed Salah and Trezeguet. The Egyptian team was trailing 0-1 after the first half. However, in the second half the team made a strong comeback and scored three goals.

This victory is tremendous – Mohammad Salah

After the match Salah said, “It is tremendous. I don’t know how to put it into words. This is a huge success for all the players and staff. Hopefully we will continue like this in the group, and we will write history and qualify for the next round. This victory will be remembered for years to come as one of the greatest successes in Egyptian football history.”

While scoring a goal in this historic victory of the team, Salah also made many big records in his name. He became the first player for Egypt to score a goal in two editions of the World Cup. With this he also became the oldest player to score a goal for Egypt. He scored this goal at the age of 34 years and 9 days. In this matter, he left behind Magdy Abdelghani, who scored a goal for Egypt at the age of 30 years and 320 days.

After being named the best player of the match, Mohammed Salah said that his team performed brilliantly, especially in the second half. He said that the players played with better coordination, due to which the team scored three goals and maintained constant pressure on New Zealand.

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Salah said he and his teammates are determined to make Egypt’s fans happy and go as far as possible at the World Cup. He said, ‘We are currently on top of our group, but the next match will be very important for us. Today we will celebrate this victory and then start preparing for the match against Iran from tomorrow.”

With IANS inputs