Egypt is through to the Round of 16 after defeating Australia in a dramatic penalty shootout on Friday, marking a historic first World Cup knockout-round win for the Pharaohs.
The match finished 1-1 after 120 minutes and Egypt won 4-2 on penalties.
Egypt opened the scoring in the 13th minute through a brilliant header from Emam Ashour, who snuck behind the Australian defense and powerfully directed the ball into the bottom left corner. Aussie keeper Patrick Beach couldn’t do anything about it, such was the quality of the cross from Karim Hafez, with the Aussie defense looking unprepared to deal with the problem.
Ashour couldn’t stop smiling after the goal. Minutes later, the cameras went back to him, and he was still grinning at scoring in a World Cup knockout match.
As the half wore on, the Aussies grew into the game and were arguably the team more in control by the time the whistle blew for halftime.
