Egypt’s footballers in the first round of Group A qualifiers for the World Cup in Cairo beat Djibouti at home with a score of 6:0.
Most deserving in this deep victory was Mohamed Salah, who scored four goals and became Egypt’s top scorer in the history of the qualifiers.
Salah has now registered 15 goals, overtaking Mohamed Aboutrika, who held the record with 14 goals.
The Egyptians justified the title of the big favorite in the 22nd minute, when they took a double advantage 2:0, with both goals scored by the Liverpool player.
The first in the 17th minute after a beautiful assist from Mohamed, and the second five minutes later from the penalty. Salah completed the hat-trick in the 48th minute, while in the 69th minute he scored 4:0 after another good action by Egypt.
Four minutes later, Mostafa Mohamed scored the fifth goal for the Egyptians, and the final 6:0 epilogue was set by Trezeguet a minute before the end of the match.
The group winners from the African qualifiers will advance to the 2026 World Cup.
