Egypt converts penalties after Australia keeper switch in World Cup match
Yahoo Sports • 1 min read • Latest: Jul 4, 2026, 1:01 PM
Last updated Jul 4, 2026
During the World Cup round-of-32 match on July 4, Egypt faced Australia in an intense encounter. In the final moments of extra time, Australia coach Tony Popovic replaced first-choice keeper Patrick Beach with Mathew Ryan, hoping to disrupt Egypt's penalty shooters. Egypt capitalized on the break, observing Ryan's penalty footage, and converted all four of their penalties, advancing to the round of 16 for the first time in their history. The surprising decision by the Australian coach ultimately proved detrimental for his team.
- •Match took place on July 4 as part of the World Cup
- •Egypt advanced to the round of 16 for the first time
- •Australia substituted keeper Patrick Beach with Mathew Ryan
- •Egypt watched penalty footage during the break before shootout
- •Egypt scored all four penalties during the shootout
- 1:01 PMYahoo Sports — 📸 Keeper switch backfired badly: how Egypt outfoxed the penalty trick
"The World Cup round-of-32 match between Egypt and Australia was definitely not a footballing spectacle. Even so, we fans certainly couldn’t complain about a lack of entertainment.Shortly before the ...
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