Monday 08/Sep/2025 – 03:46 AM
Chase Mohamed Salah The captain of the Egyptian national team and the Liverpool star is a historical number in the World Cup qualifiers, during the decisive Burkina Faso confrontation in the qualification of the Pharaohs to the World Cup 2026.
The date of the match between Egypt and Burkina Faso in the World Cup qualifiers
Egypt will be a guest of Burkina Faso at 7 pm tomorrow, Tuesday, as part of the eighth round of the African qualifiers for the World Cup.
A goal separates Mohamed Salah from a historical number in the World Cup qualifiers
Mohamed Salah is seeking to score at least one goal, to be the most African player to score goals in the World Cup qualifiers throughout history.
Mohamed Salah scored 18 goals in his World Cup qualifiers for 33 games, as he is equal in the lead with 4 players, who are the Algerian Islam Soleimani, Ivorian Didier Drogba, Burkinabi Momoini Dajano and Camerooni Samuel Eto’o.
The Pharaoh needs to score one goal, to reach the 19th goal in the World Cup qualifiers, to force the clash with the former quadruple and the top scorer of the African qualifiers.
It is noteworthy that Mohamed Salah tops the top scorer in Africa qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup, equally with Gabonese Denis Bouanga, after his goal against Ethiopia in the seventh round of the qualifiers.
3 points separating Egypt from the World Cup Finals
Egypt is close to qualifying for the World Cup for the fourth time in its history, as the Pharaohs need to win over Burkina Faso, to qualify for the official World Cup finals 2026, without looking at the results of his competitors.
