The Egyptian national team bid farewell to the World Cup from the round of 16 after losing to the defending champions Argentina 3-2 in the most exciting match of the World Cup.
After the Egyptian national team took a two-goal lead, the Tango turned the score around in the final minutes and scored 3 goals.
So the Egyptian national team exited the World Cup with their heads held high after delivering a strong and distinguished performance throughout the tournament matches.
We left America for you
The Egyptian national team will leave America and return to Cairo after spending a wonderful period in the United States since the start of the World Cup.
Before the Egyptian national team, 38 teams exited the World Cup, and now only 9 teams remain in the tournament.
The Egyptian national team created wonderful atmospheres throughout the tournament in every city they played in, starting from Spokane, Dallas, and Vancouver in Canada, Seattle, and Atlanta.
And now the Egyptian national team will leave America and its fans who created atmospheres that no other fans created in the tournament will depart.
Match description
The match started strongly from both teams, and the Egyptian national team succeeded in taking the lead in the 14th minute with a goal scored by Yasser Ibrahim.
The goal came after a short corner kick, and Imam Ashour passed the ball to Marwan Attia, who sent a cross that Yasser Ibrahim met with a wonderful header that nestled into the net of Emiliano Martínez, who could only watch.
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Egypt's first goal came with a precise header from Yasser Ibrahim ⚽🇪🇬pic.twitter.com/HZcNn75GHI
— FilGoal (@FilGoal) July 7, 2026
Argentina were awarded a penalty immediately after the goal in the 19th minute after a foul by Haitham Hassan on Nicolás Tagliafico.
Messi stepped up to take the penalty, but Mustafa Shobier performed heroically in front of him and saved it brilliantly, sparing Egypt's net from a certain goal.
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Shobier, the world-class player 🤩
— FilGoal (@FilGoal) July 7, 2026
Mustafa Shobier's save of Messi's penaltypic.twitter.com/UKMVwzLDmk
Shobier continued his brilliance and saved a header from inside the penalty area from Alexis Mac Allister in a certain chance for the Tango.
Messi took a direct free kick from outside the penalty area, but the ball hit the post and went out of play.
Shobier completed his brilliance with a save on the most dangerous chance of the match by Julián Álvarez after a dangerous cross that the Argentine striker met with a low shot from in front of the goal, but Shobier was there and cleared the ball with all brilliance.
Before the end of the first half, Imam Ashour suffered an injury and requested a substitution, and Hamdy Fathy prepared to come on in his place, before the referee blew the whistle for the end of the half with Egypt leading.
With the start of the second half, Hamdy Fathy came on in place of Imam Ashour.
With a wonderful counter-attack, the Egyptian national team scored the second goal in the 59th minute through Zizo after a run from Haitham Hassan followed by a precise pass from Salah.
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Video technology deprives Egypt of a world-class goal by Zizo ⚽❌pic.twitter.com/hCEgUGBewQ
— FilGoal (@FilGoal) July 7, 2026
But the referee went to the video and disallowed the goal due to a foul by Marwan Attia on Lisandro Martínez.
The referee disallowed Zizo's goal? No problem, because the Egyptian national team star, with a similar counter-attack to the one the referee disallowed, scored Egypt's second goal.
Zizo added the second goal in the 67th minute after a run from Salah with a quick counter-attack, then a pass to Haitham Hassan who sent him a low cross that he placed into the Tango's net with all confidence.
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Oh our country, oh our country 😍
— FilGoal (@FilGoal) July 7, 2026
Zizo doubles the score against Argentina ⚽🇪🇬pic.twitter.com/AZaRPDhV05
Trézéguet came on in place of Haitham Hassan in the 74th minute after the latter suffered an injury.
Trézéguet wasted a chance to add a third after he ran towards the goal and shot the ball outside the net.
The Tango's return
Argentina came back into the game, turned the tables, and scored 3 consecutive goals, the first by Romero with a header in the 79th minute.
Then Messi added the second goal in the 84th minute, and finally Enzo Fernández scored the third in the 90+3 minute with a header after a counter-attack.
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The two Argentine national team goals against Egyptpic.twitter.com/IfFN0L3LvTpic.twitter.com/hqGgdMicAb
— FilGoal (@FilGoal) July 7, 2026
The referee showed a yellow card to both Hamdy Fathy and Mustafa Shobier for protesting his decisions, and also sent off Saafan Al-Sagheer, the goalkeepers' coach.
The match ended with the Egyptian national team exiting the World Cup.
