Salah notes as the Egypt Bag

Captain Mohamed Salah found the network for Egypt, since they secured a comfortable 2-0 victory over Ethiopia in his 2026 World Cup qualification on Friday.

Meanwhile, Morocco, semifinalists in 2022, had to trust a late goal of Bilal El Khannuss to overcome Niger.

Egypt extended its advantage in group A to five points in the average stage of the qualifiers, with Zizo adding a second goal to seal their victory.

Burkina Faso obtained a 4-1 triumph over Djibouti, promoting them to second place in the group.

Each group winner among the nine qualification groups ensures a direct place in the World Cup finals that will be held in the United States, Mexico and Canada.

Meanwhile, the four best runners will face an challenging intercontinental playoff for the last available position.

Morocco played his designated match against Niger in his homeland in Oujda, since Niger lacks adequate stadiums for international games.

Despite this advantage, Morocco found himself following Ismael Saibari equaled in the time of the hour, with the Khannuss ensuring the victory in the detention time.

This result put six points ahead of Niger in Group E.

Mo Salah had a goal and an assistance in the first half against Ethiopia.

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South Africa faced a difficult challenge at home against neighbor Lesotho, but finally prevailed 2-0. Rebohile Mofokeng and Jayden Adams scored their inaugural international goals to send their team to the top of Group C.

Then they will travel to Neutral Abidjan for a crucial match against Benin in second place on Tuesday, where a victory could expand their advantage.

Nigeria finally broke his streak without victories in the qualification campaign, ensuring a 2-0 victory over Rwanda in Kigali. Victor Osimhen scored twice, which increases Nigeria points to six, although they still approach South Africa for four points.

Ghana, who could not qualify for the next Cup of Nations of Africa in Morocco, offered a 5-0 dominant performance against Chad in Accra.

Antoine Semenyo, Inaki Williams, Jordan Ayew, Mohammed Salisu and Ernest Nuamah got on the score sheet, placing Ghana two points ahead of Madagascar in Group I.

Movement Top of the Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast climbed to the top of his group after a close 1-0 victory over Burundi in a match organized in Morocco. Evann Gidinand scored his first international goal, ensuring victory.

Algeria moved to the top of group G in the goals difference after a 3-1 victory over Botswana. Mohamed Muroura hit twice, while Amine Gouiri opened the scoring for visitors.

Guinea’s qualification hopes received a blow as they were held to a goalless draw against Somalia in Neutral Abidjan.

In other places, the Democratic Republic of the Congo surpassed South Sudan with a 1-0 victory, thanks to Theo Bongarda’s strike in the first half. This victory placed them in second place in Group B behind Sudan, who will face Senegal on Saturday.

Emilio Nsue made a triumphant return to the Equatorial Guinea team, scoring in his 2-0 victory over Sao Tome and Principe. Nsue had been fulfilling a prohibition imposed by the FIFA of six months due to eligibility problems, despite being the top scorer of all the country’s time.