Egyptian winger Mostafa Zico scored to make it 2-0 against reigning world champions Argentina in what could be one of the shocks of the 2026 World Cup.<\/strong><\/p>\n The African nation is just over 15 minutes away from a big win against world giants Argentina, who have won this trophy at least three times.<\/p>\n Download the official CaughtOffSide app to get all the latest news and updates straight to your phone. above apple<\/u><\/span> & Google play<\/u><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Watch below as Zico scores from Egypt’s stunning counter-attack that almost beats Argentina and Lionel Messi…<\/p>\n Messi also missed a penalty in the first half, so a lot of attention will be on him and how he ultimately failed to step up for his country in this important match.<\/p>\n Want more catchoffside coverage? Add us <\/i><\/b>Google recommended sources<\/span><\/i><\/b> Add trusted news to your favorites list<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n This was an impressive performance from Egypt and shows that this team is about more than Mohamed Salah and 10 others.<\/p>\n Goalkeeper Mostafa Chobeir was particularly impressive, saving Messi’s penalty and also denying what looked like a sure-fire goal from Juli\u00e1n Alvarez in the first half.<\/p>\n Latest News: As I write this, Argentina have pulled one back with a goal from Cristian Romero, so the game could be back on track!<\/p>\n Still, the South American giants made a late exit, leaving underdog Egypt in a good position to pick up a big win here.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Egyptian winger Mostafa Zico scored to make it 2-0 against reigning world champions Argentina in what could be one of the shocks of the 2026 World Cup. The African nation is just over 15 minutes away from a big win against world giants Argentina, who have won this trophy at least three times. Download the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49829,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[40],"class_list":["post-49828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49828\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Egypt deserves a lead against Argentina<\/h2>\n