EgyptvsAustralia
EGY 1/AUS 1
Things to say
Egypt beat Australia on penalties after a 1-1 draw in normal time.
01
opener
Egypt got through on penalties. Ended one-all after extra time, then they held their nerve from the spot. Real gut-check of a match.
02
key player
Emam Ashour was Egypt's engine. Five shots, carried them all night when it looked flat.
03
hot take
Australia bottled it. You can't sit that deep and expect to win a shootout.
04
deep cut
Marawan Attia quietly stitched together 96 accurate passes. Nobody's talking about him but he ran that midfield.
05
exit
Anyway, Egypt march on. Curious who they draw in the next round.
The recap
Egypt and Australia went the distance in Dallas and couldn't be separated, deadlocked at one apiece through extra time before it all came down to penalties. Egypt held their nerve from the spot to knock the hosts out, with Mostafa Shoubir coming up big in the shootout after Emam Ashour ran the show going forward with five shots.
Australia will feel sick about this one, dominating stretches through Harry Souttar at the back but never finding the killer goal. Cruel way to go out, but that's tournament football for you.