On Friday, July 3, as part of the 1/16 finals of the 2026 World Cup, a match was held between the teams of Australia and Egypt. After the end of normal and extra time, which ended in a 1:1 draw, the opponents had to decide who would advance to the next round of the playoffs through a penalty shootout, which was won by the Egyptians. From the very beginning of the meeting, Australia showed great activity, and at one point Egypt was saved from a goal thanks to the crossbar. However, it was the African team that was the first to open the scoring in the match, taking advantage of their chance in the 13th minute. After a free kick and a blocked shot, the attack continued - Karim Hafez made a cross from the right flank, which was headed in by Emam Ashour. At the beginning of the second half, Egypt had the opportunity to double their lead, but Omar Marmoush was unable to realize a one-on-one situation with the goalkeeper, shooting wide of the goal. Australia, in turn, managed to quickly restore balance. In the 55th minute, Aiden O'Neill crossed from the left flank from a free kick, and Mohamed Hani, in a struggle, cut the ball into his own goal. During the added time to the match, the Egyptians had two real chances to snatch victory, but were unable to convert them. Patrick Beach made a stunning save from Rami Rabia's header under the crossbar, while defender Harry Souttar denied Haysem Hassan a goal.. In extra times the score remained the same. The teams did not take risks and brought the matter to a penalty shootout. For penalty kicks, the coach of the Australian national team even changed the goalkeeper, releasing Matthew Ryan, but this did not bring success to his team. The Egyptians successfully completed all four of their attempts, while the Australians made mistakes on their first and fourth shots - Souttar fired over the goal and Lucas Gerrington hit the crossbar. The icing on the cake of the series was the cold-blooded “panenka” from Mohamed Salah. In the 1/8 finals of the 2026 World Cup, Egypt will meet the winner of the match between Argentina and Cape Verde, which will take place later. Statistics of the match Australia - Egypt 1/16 finals of the 2026 World Cup Australia - Egypt 1:1 (pen. 2:4) Goals: Hani, 55 (aut.. ) - Ashur, 13 Expected goals (xG): 0. 86 - 1. 36 Ball possession: 42% - 58% Shots: 16 - 14 Shots on target: 1 - 4 Corners: 4 - 7 Fouls: 12 - 14 Australia: Beach (Ryan 119) - Chirkati, Souttar, Gerrington - Boss (Trevin 46), O'Neill (Ocon-Engstler 91), Irwin,. Egypt: Shobeir - Hani, Rabia, Ibrahim, Hafez (Trezeguet, 80) - Fathi (Abdelmagid, 67), Attiyah (Saber, 120+1) - Ashour, Salah, Zico (Hassan, 67) - Marmoush (Abdelkarim, 60). Warnings: Hassan, Ibrahim. Dynamo, on the eve of European Cup matches, wins a sparring match in Austria. News on Telegram and WhatsApp. Subscribe to our channels https://t. me/korrespondentnet and WhatsApp.