Mohamed Salah Misses Penalty After Being 'Attacked', Egypt Coach Carlos Queiroz: Not Many Words To Say

JAKARTA - The Egyptian national team failed to reach the 2022 World Cup finals after losing to Senegal in the third round of qualifying for the African zone. Mohamed Salah's failure to execute a penalty also played a role in this failure.

The match between Senegal versus Egypt had to end in a penalty shootout after the two countries drew 1-1 on aggregate. After winning 1-0 in Cairo in the first leg, Egypt suffered a 0-1 defeat when they traveled to the Leopold Sedar Senghor Stadium, Dakar, Wednesday, March 30, early morning, western Indonesia time.

In the penalty shootout, Egypt had to admit the advantage of Senegal with a score of 1-3. Mohamed Salah became one of Egypt's executioners who failed.

Unlike usual, the ball from Salah's kick bounced over the crossbar. However, there is something to be noted behind this failure.

Before executing the penalty, Salah was "attacked" with multiple lasers in his face. The laser is believed to have come from the Senegal supporters sitting behind the goal.

Fox Sport reported, this sparked the anger of the world's football lovers. Many feel this situation is very unfair.

The reason is, it is not only Salah who is the target of the laser, but also the Egyptian goalkeeper, Mohamed El Shenawi. This has become a hot topic of discussion on social media.

Egypt coach, Carlos Queiroz did not want to talk much. He just wanted to give appreciation to his players.

"Not many words to say, just nice words to the players for their game. Congratulations to Senegal," he said.