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    ‘I decided last minute!’ – Salah on Panenka penalty

    BBC Sport ·

    Australia Australia 1
    FIFA WC26 1-1 Finished
    Egypt Egypt 1
    Key moments
    1. 13'
      Goal EMAM ASHOUR (Egypt) scores!!
    2. 55'
      Goal MOHAMED HANY (Egypt) scores an own
    3. 91'
      Yellow card SAAFAN ELSAGHIR (Staff) (Egypt) is booked
    4. 104'
      Yellow card HAISSEM HASSAN (Egypt) is booked by
    5. 120'
      Yellow card YASSER IBRAHIM (Egypt) is booked by
    Squads
    Australia squad
    • Selected
    • 3 Alessandro CIRCATI Defender
    • 5 Jordan BOS Defender
    • 8 Connor METCALFE Midfielder
    • 13 Aiden ONEILL Midfielder
    • 16 Aziz BEHICH Defender
    • 17 Nestory IRANKUNDA Forward
    • 18 Patrick BEACH Goalkeeper
    • 19 Harry SOUTTAR C Defender
    • 20 Cristian VOLPATO Forward
    • 22 Jackson IRVINE Midfielder
    • 25 Lucas HERRINGTON Defender
    • 1 Mathew RYAN Goalkeeper
    • 2 Milos DEGENEK Defender
    • 6 Jason GERIA Defender
    • 9 Mohamed TOURE Forward
    • 10 Ajdin HRUSTIC Forward
    • 11 Awer MABIL Forward
    • 12 Paul Izzo Goalkeeper
    • 14 Cameron DEVLIN Midfielder
    • 15 Kai TREWIN Defender
    • 21 Cameron BURGESS Defender
    • 23 Nishan VELUPILLAY Forward
    • 24 Paul OKON-ENGSTLER Midfielder
    • 26 Tete YENGI Forward
    • Full squad
    • 4 Jacob ITALIANO Defender
    • 7 Mathew LECKIE Forward
    Egypt squad
    • Selected
    • 2 YASSER IBRAHIM Defender
    • 3 MOHAMED HANY Defender
    • 5 RAMY RABIA Defender
    • 8 EMAM ASHOUR Midfielder
    • 10 MOHAMED SALAH C Forward
    • 11 MOSTAFA ZICO Midfielder
    • 14 HAMDY FATHY Midfielder
    • 15 KARIM HAFEZ Defender
    • 19 MARAWAN ATTIA Midfielder
    • 22 OMAR MARMOUSH Forward
    • 23 MOSTAFA SHOUBIR Goalkeeper
    • 1 MOHAMED ELSHENAWY Goalkeeper
    • 4 HOSSAM ABDELMAGUID Defender
    • 7 TREZEGUET Forward
    • 9 HAMZA ABDELKARIM Forward
    • 12 Haissem HASSAN Forward
    • 16 MAHDY SOLIMAN Goalkeeper
    • 18 NABIL DONGA Midfielder
    • 20 IBRAHIM ADEL Forward
    • 21 MAHMOUD SABER Midfielder
    • 24 TAREK ALAA Defender
    • 25 ZIZO Forward
    • 26 MOHAMED ALAA Goalkeeper
    • Full squad
    • 6 MOHAMED ABDELMONEIM Defender
    • 13 AHMED FATOUH Defender
    • 17 MOHANAD LASHIN Midfielder

    Mo Salah explains it was a last-minute decision to "Panenka" his penalty for Egypt after they beat Australia in a shootout to progress to the last 16 of the 2026 World Cup.

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