Salah becomes Egypt’s all-time leading scorer in Malawi rout

Salah etched his name into the history books on Friday night after bagging a late brace to become Egypt’s all-time leading goal scorer in a 5-0 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifier demolition of Malawi in Cairo.

The Pharaohs skipper took his international tally to 70 goals, eclipsing the previous record held by former striker and national team coach Hossam Hassan, who was dismissed last week following a 20-year playing career and managerial stint with the North African giants.

With Egypt already cruising at 3-0, Salah struck twice in the dying stages to seal the comprehensive Group B victory.He opened his account in the 84th minute, outpacing a defender in front of goal to tap home an Ibrahim Adel pass. The forward broke into a wide grin and pointed in celebration before being mobbed by Adel and Ahmed Fatouh.

Salah then wrapped up the scoring in stoppage time from the penalty spot after Malawi’s goalkeeper tripped Hamza Abdelkarim inside the box. Keeping his composure, the veteran stepped up, skipped to his right and calmly slotted home. Following the final whistle, Salah took to social media platform Instagram, posting a photograph of himself in the dressing room holding up a sheet of paper inscribed with the number “70”.

The milestone caps a remarkable year for the Trabzonspor forward, who joined the Turkish Süper Lig outfit in August following his departure from English Premier League giants Liverpool. Earlier this year, Salah also spearheaded Egypt’s historic World Cup campaign. Despite nursing an injury, he inspired the Pharaohs to their maiden World Cup victory a 3-1 group-stage triumph over New Zealand in which he found the back of the net before guiding them past Australia on penalties in the first knockout round. Egypt’s run eventually ended in the round of 16 following a controversial defeat to Argentina.

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