Egypt's national team wrote the end of its journey in the 2026 World Cup after a historic epic against Argentina, but it ended with a painful loss.
Egypt's national team was minutes away from celebrating and eliminating Argentina from the World Cup, except that in 14 minutes an exciting and unbelievable scenario occurred.
Egypt was leading 2-0 until the 79th minute, and after that the match turned against the Pharaohs and went to Argentina, which scored 3 goals in about 14 minutes.
Egypt's national team train stopped at the round of 16 in the 2026 World Cup, as the Pharaohs bid farewell to Argentina.
The match witnessed refereeing controversy and exciting decisions that favored Argentina at the expense of Egypt.
The most prominent scene was when the Pharaohs demanded a penalty after Mohamed Salah fell inside the penalty area in the 90+ before the ball rebounded and Argentina scored the killer winning goal.
The match in the final minutes witnessed objections from the technical staff led by Hossam Hassan as well as the players due to not reviewing the exciting scene refereeing-wise.
The referee issued yellow cards to some players such as Mustafa Shobier and Hamdi Fathi, and Saafan Al-Saghir, the goalkeepers' coach, was sent off.
Hossam Hassan also objected by making an "X" shape with his arms, which means "No to racism".
Lionel Messi perhaps did not believe what happened with his country's national team qualifying to the quarter-finals of the 2026 World Cup, as he collapsed in tears after an exceptional night in which he almost bid farewell to the World Cup.
