Egypt vs Malawi 5-0: Mohamed Salah scores twice to set Egypt record
Salah's late header and chipped penalty took him past Hossam Hassan, AFP said, as Egypt crushed Malawi. Plus Morocco's 5-1 win over Niger.
Egypt beat Malawi 5-0 in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier at Cairo International Stadium on Friday, 13 November, and Mohamed Salah scored the last two goals. AFP and ESPN reported that the pair took him to 70 goals for Egypt, past Hossam Hassan as the country’s all-time top scorer.
There was an extra twist. Hassan was Egypt’s coach until the federation sacked him the week before, and this was the first game for his replacement, Ali Maher.
Egypt vs Malawi goals
Egypt were 3-0 up by half-time. Nasser Maher scored in the 6th minute from a Mohamed Hany cross, Omar Marmoush added the second in the 10th after a Malawi mistake, and Hany hit a long-range shot into the top corner before the break, according to beIN Sports and Daily News Egypt.
Salah, 34, missed a one-on-one chance in the 71st minute but made up for it. In the 84th minute he headed in Ibrahim Adel’s cross at the far post. Five minutes into stoppage time he chipped a penalty down the middle, Panenka style, after Hamza Abdelkarim was fouled.
Is Salah Egypt’s record goalscorer?
Most reports say yes. AFP, carried by Dawn and France 24, and ESPN put Salah on 70 goals, ahead of Hassan, who played for Egypt from 1985 to 2006.
Not everyone counts the same way. Daily News Egypt, citing the Egyptian site FilGoal, has Salah on 68 and only level with Hassan. Either way, Salah now has at least a share of the record, and one more goal would settle the argument.
Group B table and next match
The win puts Egypt top of Group B with 7 points from three games, three ahead of Angola, who host South Sudan on Saturday. The return match is on Tuesday, 17 November, when Malawi host Egypt at Bingu National Stadium in Lilongwe. The finals in 2027 are being co-hosted by Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.
Morocco vs Niger: Hakimi scores twice in 5-1 win
Morocco vs Niger was also searched widely in Pakistan on Friday. Morocco won 5-1 in Casablanca, with Achraf Hakimi scoring twice in the first half, Dawn and Morocco World News reported. Yassir Zabiri opened the scoring in the 4th minute, Hakimi struck from long range and then from a free kick, Youssef En-Nesyri made it four and debutant Ayoub Oufkir added the fifth late on. Mohamed Abdourahmane scored for Niger.
Morocco top Group A with 9 points from three games and play Niger again in Rabat on Tuesday.
