Iran wait on World Cup progress after late goal disallowed in Egypt draw
Key takeaways
- Egypt finish second with five points in Group G, while Iran finish third with three points.
- Egypt, whose qualification for the last 32 was already guaranteed, took the lead inside five minutes through Mahmoud Saber, before Ramin Rezaeian equalised from a tight angle in the 14th minute of a frantic start.
- The early action fizzled out as the game became scrappy until a remarkable finale in which Iran hit the woodwork before snatching what seemed a famous win, only to have VAR intervene.
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Egypt finish second with five points in Group G, while Iran finish third with three points.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Egypt's Mohamed Salah shakes hands with Iran's Ramin Rezaeian after the match [Troy Wayrynen/Reuters]By Reuters Published On 27 Jun 202627 Jun 2026Iran face an anxious wait to see if they will progress to the World Cup knockout stage after they came from behind to hold Egypt to a 1-1 draw, which ended dramatically with an apparent last-ditch Iranian winner ruled out for offside.
Egypt, whose qualification for the last 32 was already guaranteed, took the lead inside five minutes through Mahmoud Saber, before Ramin Rezaeian equalised from a tight angle in the 14th minute of a frantic start.