CAIRO (The Thursday Times) — Mohamed Salah ne header se goal kiya aur phir injury time mein penalty chip kar ke Egypt ke liye apne goals ki tadaad 70 tak pohancha di. Is tarah unhon ne Hossam Hassan ko peechhe chhor diya, jabke Egypt ne Friday ko Cairo mein Africa Cup of Nations qualifier mein Malawi ko 5-0 se raund dala.
34 saala Salah ne Cairo International Stadium mein yeh karnama aakhri lamhaat mein anjaam diya. Unhon ne 84wein minute mein door wali post par header se goal kar ke Hassan ki barabari ki, aur phir izafi waqt ke panchwein minute mein Hamza Abdelkarim ko box mein giraye jane ke baad Panenka penalty se un se aage nikal gaye.
Yeh Ali Maher ka bataur coach pehla match tha, jinhon ne sabiq striker Hassan ko guzishta hafte bartaraf kiye jane ke baad un ki jagah li. Nasser Maher, Omar Marmoush, aur Mohamed Hany half time tak Egypt ko 3-0 ki bartari dila chuke the.
Liverpool ke sabiq forward Salah, jo ab Trabzonspor ke liye khelte hain, 2011 mein debut ke baad se Egypt ke liye 123 match khel chuke hain.
Is jeet ke baad Egypt teen matches mein saat points ke saath Group B mein sar-e-fehrist hai, aur Angola se teen points aage hai, jo Saturday ko South Sudan ki mezbani karega.
Morocco ke liye Hakimi ke do goal
Agle maah musalsal doosri baar Africa ke behtareen footballer ka award jeetne ke liye favourite Achraf Hakimi ne bhi do goal kiye, aur Group A mein sar-e-fehrist Morocco ne Casablanca mein Niger ko 5-1 se hara diya.
Nigeria ne Uyo mein Tanzania ko 3-1 se shikast di. Alhassan Yusuf ne 103 seconds mein goal kiya aur Alphonce Msanga ne 32wein minute mein barabari ka goal kiya, jis ke baad substitute Tolu Arokodaro ne, jo Ajax ke liye apne aakhri paanch matches mein chhe goal kar chuke hain, break ke baad aath minute ke andar do goal kar diye.
Tunisia ko apne maidan par Libya ke haathon 2-0 se shikast hui, jabke Kenya ne aakhri minute mein goal kar ke South Africa ke maidan par 2-2 se match barabar kar liya.
Europe mein Tijjani Reijnders ne pehle half mein hat-trick ki aur Netherlands ne Nations League mein Greece ko 7-0 se hara diya.
