Egypt vs Iran Highlights, FIFA World Cup 2026: History for Egypt as Pharaohs enter knockouts for first time after draw

England, Portugal, Egypt, Ghana and Paraguay secured places in the World Cup Round of 32 before their final group matches after results elsewhere confirmed four points would be enough to progress. Uruguay's defeat by Spain and Cape Verde's draw with Saudi Arabia in Group H guaranteed qualification for the five teams.

France will face Sweden in the Round of 32 after winning Group I. Germany will take on Paraguay in the last-32 after the South Americans advanced from Group D.

And that's it. Egypt play out a 1-1 draw against Iran to advance into the round of 32 for the first time in the history of World Cup. Elsewhere, Belgium rout New Zealand 4-1 to finish as group toppers an advance. Iran will have to wait for their fate.

GOAL RULED OUT!! Destiny robs Iran. There is a scramble inside the Egyptian box after a cross from a free-kick. Khalilzadeh gets the opportunity to slot the ball into the goal as massive celebration starts in Iran dugout. But wait. the referee is checking the VAR and the goal is ruled off side. Egypt survives a scare.

Time is running out for Iran, specifically. Iran’s Ezatolahi is shown a yellow card after a foul on Marmoush. Meanwhile, Egypt are down to 10 men temporarily as El Fotouh is receiving medical attention on the sideline. Egypt have run out of substitutions. Seven more minutes to go.

In the other game of the day, Leonardo Trossand and Kevin de Bruyne have scored two more for Belgium as they go 3-0 up against New Zealand. That means, if Egypt do not score, Belgium will enter the round of 32 as group toppers. Egypt will go down in the second spot. 10 more minutes to go.

If the scoreline stays like this in both the games, then Egypt and Belgium will finish at five points each to take the top two spots to enter the round of 32. Egypt will take the top spot due to their better goal difference. Iran will finish at third place with three points and await their fate for a round of 32 spot. New Zealand will stand eliminated then.

Manchester City forward Omar Marmoush comes in as a substitute for Egypt in the second half.

Meanwhile, in the other match of the group, Belgium are leading 1-0 against New Zealand, following a strike by Leandro Trossard. Both BelgIum and Iran need a win to go through the second round.

At half-time, both teams remained on one goal each. Iran need a win to reach the knockouts. Can they do it in the final 45 minutes?

meanwhile, the Egypt vs Iran has been described as a Pride Match by the FIFA. A lot of fans were seen carrying the Pride Flag into the game.

GOOOAALLLL!!! Iran equalise in the 14th minute. Mohammad Mohebi runs down on the left and takes a shot across the goal. Mohammed Shobeir dives low to palm the ball away, but it falls in front of Ramin Rezaeian, who scores on rebound. The scores are level.

SAVEDDD!!! Mohamed Abdelmonem clips Mehdi Taremi inside the box and Iran are being awarded a penalty early in the game. Taremi steps up with a weak right-footed shot to the left. Mostafa Shobeir judges it correctly to save the shot.

A lot has happened in the first 20 minutes here at Seattle. Mahmoud Saber gets Egypt the lead in the fifth minute on counter-attack. Mohamed Salah cuts in inside the box and shoots. The shot is blocked which falls in front of Saber who fires it past the Iranian goalkeeper Alireza Beiranvand through the latter's legs.

Egypt: Mostafa Shobeir; Mohamed Hany, Rami Rabia, Mohamed Abdelmonem, Ahmed Fattouh; Mohannad Lasheen, Mahmoud Saber; Mostafa Abdel Raouf "Zico", Mohamed Salah, Emam Ashour; Mahmoud Hassan “Trezeguet”

Iran: Alireza Beiranvand; Ramin Rezaeian, Shojae Khalilzadeh, Ali Nemati, Hossein Kanaani, Milad Mohammadi; Mohammad Mohebi, Saman Ghoddos, Saeid Ezatolahi, Mohammad Ghorbani; Mehdi Taremi

Iran make two changes as they seek to reach the knockout stage for the first time. Forward Mehdi Taremi is leading the side. Alireza Jahanbakhsh and Ehsan Hajsafi are the first Iranian players to play in four editions of the tournament.

For Egypt, forward Omar Marmoush starts on the bench. Egypt midfielder Hamdi Fathi, who was substituted in the 3-1 win over New Zealand on Sunday, is among four changes. Pharaohs captain Mohamed Salah on 68 international goals is one away from Egypt's record held by coach Hossam Hassan.

Egypt have already qualified for the round of 32 with four points from two games. With Belgium and Iran also on two points each, the top two spots are yet to be decided. Belgium play New Zealand in the other Group G game.

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