Salah scores four, and Egypt scores in their African Qualifiers debut

Mohamed Salah shone with the shirt Egypt at the premiere of African qualifiers to the 2026 World Cupthis Thursday, 16. For the first time in his entire career, the striker from Liverpoolfrom the Englandscored four goals in the same game for the national team, during the rout against Djibouti 6-0 in the Cairo International Stadium. Mohamed It is Trezeguet completed the elastic score.

Salah opened the scoring in the 17th minute and, five minutes later, converted a penalty. Three minutes into the second half, number 10 scored what would be his second hat-trick for Egypt. At 24, he scored again. As usual, at the end of the match, Salah left with the ball under his arm.

Now, Egypt, which is the top seed in group A, started in the lead. Mohamed Salah’s team takes the field again this Sunday, 19, against Sierra Leonein Monroviaat Liberia. In addition to Djibouti, the group has Burkina Faso,Ethiopia It is Guinea Bissau. The African Qualifiers are divided into nine groups, facing each other in rounds. The leaders qualify for the World Cup and the four best runners-up participate in a playoff to define the continental representative in the repechage.