{"id":22369,"date":"2026-06-22T15:12:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T10:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=22369"},"modified":"2026-06-22T15:12:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T10:12:19","slug":"fifa-world-cup-egypt-makes-history-with-victory-over-new-zealand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=22369","title":{"rendered":"FIFA World Cup: Egypt Makes History with Victory Over New Zealand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Egypt secured its first-ever FIFA World Cup victory by defeating New Zealand 3-1 in a memorable Group G encounter.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Star forward Mohamed Salah played a decisive role in the win, helping Egypt strengthen its chances of reaching the knockout stage.<\/p>\n<p>New Zealand started strongly and took the lead in the first half through a header from Finn Surman following a corner kick.<\/p>\n<p>Egypt trailed by one goal at halftime but responded impressively after the break.<\/p>\n<p>In the 58th minute, Mostafa Zeko equalized with a header from a cross delivered by Mohamed Hany.<\/p>\n<p>Mohamed Salah then scored to put Egypt ahead and shift momentum firmly in his team&#8217;s favor.<\/p>\n<p>Late in the match, Salah created another opportunity that was converted by Mahmoud Trezeguet, sealing a historic victory for Egypt.<\/p>\n<p>The result moves Egypt to the top of Group G with four points from two matches, while New Zealand remains at the bottom of the standings with one point.<\/p>\n<p>Egyptian fans celebrated enthusiastically after the final whistle, marking a landmark achievement in the nation&#8217;s football history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Egypt secured its first-ever FIFA World Cup victory by defeating New Zealand 3-1 in a memorable Group G encounter. Star forward Mohamed Salah played a decisive role in the win, helping Egypt strengthen its chances of reaching the knockout stage. New Zealand started strongly and took the lead in the first half through a header [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22370,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAowgLK2DA:productID":"","_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,46,38],"tags":[2451,12509,12512,12380,8948,12513,12510,10379,12511,12508,12506,12507,68,8950,1502],"class_list":["post-22369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-latest","category-sports","tag-egypt","tag-egypt-victory","tag-egyptian-team","tag-fifa-world-cup","tag-football","tag-football-match","tag-group-g","tag-historic-win","tag-knockout-stage","tag-mahmoud-trezeguet","tag-mohamed-salah","tag-mostafa-zeko","tag-new-zealand","tag-sports","tag-world-cup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22369"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22369\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22371,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22369\/revisions\/22371"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}