Mo Salah wins the penalty shootout for Egypt 👏🇪🇬 /3wvh3iq0T6

🗣 “Liverpool’s Egyptian King reigns supreme, again!!.” He always starts it with three side-steps before confidently taking on a 45-degree angle run and soundly striking the ball.Īfter wrong-footing Ivorian keeper Badra Ali Sangare, he leapt onto his team-mate’s back and pumped his fist, visibly enraptured. It has to be said that Liverpool’s curly-haired virtuoso has a graceful run-up. Both sides created a slew of goalscoring chances, but failed to capitalise on any of them, sending the match into penalty kicks.Īfter Manchester United centre-half Eric Bailly - third in the Ivory Coast’s set-up - lofted a penalty kick that was duly saved, everyone anticipated Salah scoring the final penalty, which would be the winning goal.Įric Bailly misses for Ivory Coast! ❌ /Eu8EDycKHn The round of 16 match between Ivory Coast and Egypt was a balanced showdown.

Very few would contest that he is one of the very best players in the world, but until he wins an Africa Cup of Nations, his footballing legacy will feel incomplete, and that was absolutely evident in Douala on Wednesday evening. He’s one of the faces of Adidas, and his face litters the innumerable Pepsi and Vodafone billboards in Cairo. Mohamed Salah has won the Premier League, the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Super Cup and the Club World Cup.

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