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3-0, 33-year-old Salah’s invincible double blast helped Egypt qualify for the US-Canada-Mexico World Cup one round ahead of schedule

9:43am, 9 October 2025【Football】

The Djibouti team, ranked 193rd in the world, ushered in the ninth round of the African Group Stage of the World Preliminaries. Djibouti played at its home court against the Egyptian team, ranked 35th in the world.

Egypt ranked first in Group A with 20 points before the game, while Djibouti ranked last with 1 point before the game. Since the Egyptian team leads the second-placed Burkina Faso team by 5 points before the game, as long as Egypt draws in this game, it can ensure that it will be first in the group and advance in advance. Because Djibouti is too weak, more than 80% of the fans were confident that Egypt could defeat Djibouti as a guest before the game.

In the 8th minute of the first half, Zizo sent a wonderful pass, and Adele took the lead to help Egypt take the lead.

Six minutes later, Mahmoud sent a wonderful pass, and the 33-year-old Liverpool star Salah unsheathed his sword to help the Egyptian team expand its lead with another victory.

In the 84th minute, Malwan made a wonderful pass and Salah scored twice to help Egypt seal the victory.

In the end, Egypt defeated the Djibouti team as expected. After the game, the Egyptian team accumulated 23 points and was 5 points ahead of the second-placed Burkina Faso team. With only the last round left, the Egyptian team directly advanced to the World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Congratulations to Egypt and Salah.

The Egyptian team's ball possession rate reached 70% in the whole game, and the number of corner kicks, shots, and shots on target were also higher in Egypt than in Djibouti.