Mohamed Salah turned the primary Egyptian participant to attain in 5 consecutive editions of the African Cup of Nations together with his late strike in a 2-1 win over Zimbabwe on Monday.
Egypt’s captain, beginning his first sport after 4 successive matches on the bench at Liverpool, fired house a left-footed effort within the 91st minute to provide the seven-time champions a late victory and Hossam Hassan’s facet a snug begin in Morocco, setting a report for Egypt.
“Our nationwide group captain Mohamed Salah turns into the primary Egyptian participant to attain in 5 consecutive editions of the Africa Cup of Nations,” the Egyptian FA posted on X.
Liverpool’s talisman — who has been struggling to get within the Reds’ facet this season — scored within the 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023, and now 2025 editions, matching Ivory Coast’s trio of Didier Drogba, Abdoulaye Traore and Yaya Toure, in addition to Tunisian winger Youssef Msakni.
Salah now has the prospect to extend his tally with two AFCON tournaments scheduled throughout the subsequent three years in 2027 and 2028.
A objective in every version would permit the Egypt worldwide to interrupt the report held by Cameroon’s Samuel Eto’o, Zambia’s Kalusha Bwalya and the Ghanaian duo Andre Ayew and Asamoah Gyan.
The 33-year-old has scored eight objectives in 20 AFCON video games — 4 fewer than Hassan El-Shazly, Egypt’s all-time prime scorer within the event, and three fewer than his present coach Hassan.
Egypt will face South Africa on Friday after which Angola on December 29, as Salah goals to lastly raise the Africa Cup after dropping the ultimate in 2017 and 2021.
Reuters
