{"id":1801,"date":"2026-06-22T15:18:44","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T07:18:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/?p=1801"},"modified":"2026-06-22T15:18:45","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T07:18:45","slug":"egypt-sink-new-zealand-3-1-for-claim-first-world-cup-win-in-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/22\/egypt-sink-new-zealand-3-1-for-claim-first-world-cup-win-in-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Egypt sink New Zealand 3-1 for claim first World Cup win in history"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Egypt earned the first World Cup win in their history by beating New Zealand 3-1 on Sunday, putting them on track to reach the knockout round for the first time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mohamed Salah, Mostafa Zico and Trezeguet were Egypt’s scorers after Finn Surman had given New Zealand the lead after 15 minutes of the Group G match in Vancouver. The victory puts Egypt top of Group G on four points and needing just a draw against Iran in Seattle on Friday to move into the last 32.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Salah’s goal came after he exchanged passes with Zico – named after the Brazilian legend – and then curled in a shot with his left foot in the 67th minute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Salah then provided the assist for substitute Trezeguet – who himself is named after former France forward David Trezeguet – to make the game safe with a low header.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“In years to come we will remember that this was one of the achievements in history,” Salah said. He praised the large Egyptian contingent in the crowd, saying: “It feels like we are playing in Egypt. It’s a great win and great vibe.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Egypt had trailed the Kiwis, who opened the scoring through Surman’s towering header after 15 minutes. But Zico equalized when he headed in a cross from Mohamed Hany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belgium and Iran drew 0-0 earlier in the other Group G game. The Belgians face New Zealand in Vancouver on Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Egypt earned the first World Cup win in their history by beating New Zealand 3-1 on Sunday, putting<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1802,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1801"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1801\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1803,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1801\/revisions\/1803"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}