Egypt defeated Australia on penalties to claim their first ever win in the World Cup knockout stage and set up a last-16 tie with Argentina.
Mohamed Salah calmly slotted home a Panenka before defender Hossam Abdelmaguid scored the decisive spot-kick for the Pharaohs, who won the shootout 4-2 after Australia defenders Harry Souttar and 18-year-old Lucas Herrington missed their efforts.
Egypt took the lead against the run of play at the Dallas Stadium in their first knockout match since 1934 when an unmarked Emam Ashour powered in Karim Hafez’s right-wing cross beyond Patrick Beach after 13 minutes.
His second goal of the tournament meant his side have scored more goals at these finals (six) than they managed across their previous three appearances in 1934, 1990 and 2018.
Australia levelled when Egypt defender Mohamed Hany diverted Aiden O’Neill’s free-kick from the left past Shobeir, becoming only the second player in World Cup history to score two own goals at a single tournament.
A 111th-minute Diney Borges own goal saved holders Argentina from one of the biggest shocks in World Cup history as they scraped past heroic debutants Cape Verde in the last 32.
The team lying 64th in the Fifa rankings twice came back to equalise against opponents who are second in the world.
With the score locked at 1-1 after 90 minutes, the outsiders forced their illustrious opponents into extra time. Lisandro Martinez then thought he had won it for Argentina with a superb finish in the 92nd minute.
But Sidny Lopes Cabral produced one of the World Cup’s great goals 11 minutes later when he cut inside to the left of the box and whipped a curling strike over goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez and into the top corner to make it 2-2.
Colombia progressed to the World Cup last 16 with another convincing display as Jhon Arias’ first-half winner eliminated a disappointing Ghana side in sweltering Kansas City.
Playing in temperatures above 30C until well after 10pm, Nestor Lorenzo’s men booked a date with Switzerland in Vancouver on Tuesday (21:00 BST), with the mouth-watering prospect of a quarter-final meeting with Argentina looming beyond that – and the only surprise is that they did not win by a wider margin.
Ghana ended the night without a shot on target and registered just four in total across their four games – only Iraq had fewer at this World Cup. Indeed, Colombia had twice as many shots on target in the game as Ghana managed in the entire tournament.
Thomas Partey came closest for the Black Stars as he fizzed a long-range shot inches past the post inside 60 seconds.
