{"id":297289,"date":"2023-11-16T21:24:23","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T21:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?p=297289"},"modified":"2023-11-16T21:24:23","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T21:24:23","slug":"mohamed-salah-scores-four-goals-for-egypt-in-convincing-6-0-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/soccer\/mohamed-salah-scores-four-goals-for-egypt-in-convincing-6-0-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"Mohamed Salah scores FOUR goals for Egypt in convincing 6-0 victory"},"content":{"rendered":"
Liverpool star Mohamed Salah scored four goals as Egypt got their World Cup qualifying campaign off the mark with a convincing 6-0 victory.<\/p>\n
The 31-year-old took his overall goal tally for Egypt up to 53 in 93 appearances, and is now his country’s most prolific scorer in World Cup qualification matches.<\/p>\n
He has scored 15 goals from 21 qualifying matches, overtaking Mohamed Aboutreika who scored 14 in 25 appearances between 2001 and 2013.<\/p>\n
The winger continues to shatter records for his country, as he does at Liverpool, where he has scored 12 goals and provided four assists from his opening 17 games.<\/p>\n
Salah and Egypt will be determined to make the next World Cup due to take place in North America in 2026, after they missed the last tournament in Qatar.<\/p>\n
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Mohamed Salah continued his excellent start to the season with four goals for Egypt\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Salah took his tally to 53 goals for Egypt during their 6-0 World Cup qualifying win over Djibouti<\/p>\n
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The Liverpool star opened the scoring after 17 minutes, before doubling their lead five minutes later from the penalty spot.<\/p>\n
He added two more in the 48th and 69th minutes of the game, before Mostafa Mohamed and former Aston Villa winger Trezeguet also got onto the scoresheet.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It was Egypt’s first World Cup qualifying game since Salah missed a vital penalty in March 2022, which led to Senegal winning 3-1 on a penalty shootout to make the tournament in Qatar.<\/p>\n
There was a shock elsewhere in qualifying for the 2026 World Cup as Nigeria were held to a 1-1 draw by Lesotho – who are 113 places below them in the FIFA rankings.<\/p>\n
Nigeria were without injured Napoli striker Victor Osimhen, and had to come from behind to salvage a point in their opening game.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Salah will next be in action for Egypt on Sunday when they face Sierra Leone in the World Cup qualifiers.<\/p>\n
It will be their last game before the African Cup of Nations which gets underway in January, and could see Salah miss a number of games for Liverpool.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Salah missed a penalty for Egypt during their World Cup qualifying play-off loss to Senegal last year as they missed out on participating in the last tournament in Qatar<\/p>\n
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