Egypt 3 – 1 New Zealand

WORLDCUP · June 22, 2026 · Final

🎧 Post-Game Report (audio)

Post-Game Recap

Egypt put New Zealand away three goals to one in a dominant World Cup showing that never really looked in doubt once the All Whites fell behind. Egypt controlled this game from the start, holding fifty-five percent of the possession and generating nineteen total shots to New Zealand's eleven, and that pressure told on the scoreboard.

Mohamed Salah was the engine of it all — five total shots, constantly threatening, constantly forcing decisions. When Egypt struck first, New Zealand had no real answer, and any momentum the All Whites tried to build was quickly snuffed out. They did pull one back to make it interesting for a spell, but Egypt responded and then responded again, and that was the game.

Marawan Attia was exceptional in the middle, completing eighty-two accurate passes and keeping Egypt's rhythm relentless. On the other side, Joe Bell worked hard with fifty accurate passes and Finn Surman threw himself into it with twelve defensive interventions, but New Zealand were simply outgunned. Max Crocombe made four saves in goal and kept the scoreline from getting uglier — Egypt put seven shots on target and could have had more.

Egypt were the better team, the more composed team, and the numbers back it up completely. That's your post-game report. Sports Desk, signing off.

AI-generated post-game report composed from the official play-by-play and box score.

Complete Play-by-Play

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Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

First Half begins.

Omar Marmoush (Egypt) wins a free kick in the defensive half. 2'

Foul by Finn Surman (New Zealand). 2'

Foul by Joe Bell (New Zealand). 3'

Emam Ashour (Egypt) wins a free kick in the defensive half. 3'

Attempt blocked. Mohamed Salah (Egypt) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mohanad Lasheen. 6'

Attempt missed. Sarpreet Singh (New Zealand) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Liberato Cacace. 7'

Delay in match (New Zealand). 8'

Delay over. They are ready to continue. 8'

Handball by Elijah Just (New Zealand). 12'

Liberato Cacace (New Zealand) wins a free kick in the defensive half. 14'

Foul by Mostafa Zico (Egypt). 14'

Attempt saved. Elijah Just (New Zealand) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Mostafa Shobeir (Egypt). Assisted by Marko Stamenic. 14'

Corner, New Zealand. Conceded by Mostafa Shobeir. 14'

Goal! New Zealand 1, Egypt 0. Finn Surman (New Zealand) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Tim Payne with a cross following a corner. 15'

Sarpreet Singh (New Zealand) wins a free kick in the defensive half. 17'

Foul by Mohanad Lasheen (Egypt). 17'

Mohanad Lasheen (Egypt) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. 17'

Attempt blocked. Elijah Just (New Zealand) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. 19'

Attempt saved. Callum McCowatt (New Zealand) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the bottom left corner by Mostafa Shobeir (Egypt). 19'

Mostafa Zico (Egypt) wins a free kick in the defensive half. 20'

Foul by Sarpreet Singh (New Zealand). 20'

Sarpreet Singh (New Zealand) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. 20'

Attempt blocked. Mohamed Hany (Egypt) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mohamed Salah. 20'

Corner, Egypt. Conceded by Marko Stamenic. 20'

Attempt missed. Mostafa Zico (Egypt) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Marwan Attia with a cross following a corner. 21'

VAR Decision: Other Decision Cancelled. 21'

Delay in match for a drinks break. 22'

Delay over. They are ready to continue. 25'

Attempt blocked. Joe Bell (New Zealand) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Chris Wood. 26'

Attempt saved. Omar Marmoush (Egypt) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Max Crocombe (New Zealand). Assisted by Emam Ashour. 27'

Attempt missed. Chris Wood (New Zealand) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Liberato Cacace with a cross. 27'

Mohamed Salah (Egypt) wins a free kick in the attacking half. 30'

Foul by Michael Boxall (New Zealand). 30'

Foul by Callum McCowatt (New Zealand). 34'

Emam Ashour (Egypt) wins a free kick in the attacking half. 34'

Callum McCowatt (New Zealand) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. 34'

Attempt missed. Mohamed Salah (Egypt) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Omar Marmoush from a direct free kick. 35'

Offside, New Zealand. Chris Wood is caught offside. 38'

Delay in match because of an injury Hamdi Fathy (Egypt). 40'

Delay over. They are ready to continue. 41'

Substitution, Egypt. Ramy Rabia replaces Hamdi Fathy because of an injury. 41'

Offside, New Zealand. Chris Wood is caught offside. 42'

Foul by Tim Payne (New Zealand). 43'

Ahmed Fatouh (Egypt) wins a free kick on the left wing. 43'

Foul by Joe Bell (New Zealand). 44'

Omar Marmoush (Egypt) wins a free kick on the left wing. 44'

Attempt missed. Emam Ashour (Egypt) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Mostafa Zico with a cross. 45'+1'

Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time. 45'+2'

Foul by Finn Surman (New Zealand). 45'+3'

Omar Marmoush (Egypt) wins a free kick in the defensive half. 45'+3'

First Half ends, New Zealand 1, Egypt 0. 45'+5'

Second Half begins New Zealand 1, Egypt 0. 45'

Attempt saved. Mohamed Salah (Egypt) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Max Crocombe (New Zealand). Assisted by Mohamed Hany with a cross. 46'

Foul by Callum McCowatt (New Zealand). 47'

Omar Marmoush (Egypt) wins a free kick in the attacking half. 47'

Attempt missed. Omar Marmoush (Egypt) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Mohamed Salah following a set piece situation. 47'

Liberato Cacace (New Zealand) wins a free kick in the defensive half. 49'

Foul by Mostafa Zico (Egypt). 49'

Attempt blocked. Mostafa Zico (Egypt) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mohamed Salah. 49'

Attempt missed. Emam Ashour (Egypt) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Marwan Attia. 50'

Attempt blocked. Omar Marmoush (Egypt) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mohamed Salah. 50'

Attempt saved. Callum McCowatt (New Zealand) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Mostafa Shobeir (Egypt). Assisted by Marko Stamenic. 52'

Corner, New Zealand. Conceded by Mostafa Shobeir. 52'

Foul by Finn Surman (New Zealand). 53'

Mostafa Shobeir (Egypt) wins a free kick in the defensive half. 53'

Attempt blocked. Mostafa Zico (Egypt) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ahmed Fatouh with a cross. 55'

Attempt missed. Emam Ashour (Egypt) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. 55'

Corner, Egypt. Conceded by Liberato Cacace. 57'

Goal! New Zealand 1, Egypt 1. Mostafa Zico (Egypt) header from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Mohamed Hany with a cross. 58'

Foul by Liberato Cacace (New Zealand). 61'

Emam Ashour (Egypt) wins a free kick on the right wing. 61'

Liberato Cacace (New Zealand) wins a free kick in the defensive half. 62'

Foul by Ramy Rabia (Egypt). 62'

Attempt blocked. Marko Stamenic (New Zealand) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Joe Bell. 65'

Sarpreet Singh (New Zealand) wins a free kick in the defensive half. 65'

Foul by Ramy Rabia (Egypt). 65'

Substitution, New Zealand. Ben Old replaces Callum McCowatt. 66'

Goal! New Zealand 1, Egypt 2. Mohamed Salah (Egypt) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mostafa Zico. 67'

Delay in match for a drinks break. 72'

Delay over. They are ready to continue. 75'

Substitution, New Zealand. Jesse Randall replaces Liberato Cacace. 76'

Substitution, New Zealand. Ryan Thomas replaces Sarpreet Singh. 76'

Substitution, Egypt. Trezeguet replaces Omar Marmoush. 76'

Substitution, Egypt. Hamza Abdelkarim replaces Mostafa Zico. 76'

Ben Old (New Zealand) wins a free kick in the defensive half. 78'

Foul by Emam Ashour (Egypt). 78'

Ryan Thomas (New Zealand) wins a free kick in the attacking half. 79'

Foul by Trezeguet (Egypt). 79'

Foul by Chris Wood (New Zealand). 79'

Yasser Ibrahim (Egypt) wins a free kick in the defensive half. 79'

Attempt saved. Ahmed Fatouh (Egypt) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Max Crocombe (New Zealand). 80'

Attempt blocked. Mohamed Salah (Egypt) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Emam Ashour. 81'

Corner, Egypt. Conceded by Joe Bell. 81'

Goal! New Zealand 1, Egypt 3. Trezeguet (Egypt) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mohamed Salah with a cross following a corner. 82'

Michael Boxall (New Zealand) wins a free kick in the defensive half. 84'

Foul by Hamza Abdelkarim (Egypt). 84'

Substitution, Egypt. Zizo replaces Emam Ashour. 85'

Substitution, Egypt. Hossam Abdelmaguid replaces Mohamed Salah. 85'

Substitution, New Zealand. Tyler Bindon replaces Tim Payne. 85'

Substitution, New Zealand. Francis de Vries replaces Elijah Just. 85'

Corner, New Zealand. Conceded by Mohanad Lasheen. 88'

Offside, New Zealand. Chris Wood is caught offside. 89'

Fourth official has announced 7 minutes of added time. 90'

Foul by Tyler Bindon (New Zealand). 90'+2'

Mostafa Shobeir (Egypt) wins a free kick in the defensive half. 90'+2'

Attempt saved. Zizo (Egypt) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal by Max Crocombe (New Zealand). 90'+3'

Corner, New Zealand. Conceded by Ramy Rabia. 90'+3'

Delay in match because of an injury Hossam Abdelmaguid (Egypt). 90'+4'

Delay over. They are ready to continue. 90'+7'

Attempt missed. Marko Stamenic (New Zealand) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. 90'+8'

Attempt saved. Tyler Bindon (New Zealand) left footed shot from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal by Mostafa Shobeir (Egypt). Assisted by Marko Stamenic. 90'+8'

Substitution, Egypt. Mohamed Abdelmonem replaces Hossam Abdelmaguid because of an injury. 90'+9'

Corner, Egypt. Conceded by Michael Boxall. 90'+10'

Second Half ends, New Zealand 1, Egypt 3. 90'+11'

Match ends, New Zealand 1, Egypt 3.