Salah seals win on penalties and advances to the World Cup quarterfinals against Egypt

• Egypt vs Australia in the Round of 16 ended 1-1 after regulation time.
• Mohamed Salah converted his third penalty in a panenka, while Mathew Ryan saved.
• In the Round of 16, Egypt faced Argentina or Cape Verde, with the match being decided by the group stage.

As ESPN and L'Équipe explain, Salah's panenka came after the shootout against Australia.

According to ESPN, Mohamed Salah had to score in the Round of 16 match against Australia. The match ended 1-1 after regulation time, and Salah converted his third penalty, successfully scoring a panenka, which proved decisive against Mathew Ryan.

ESPN's material says that it was not clear whether Salah's penalty would be saved by Australia goalkeeper Harry Souttar. The article adds that Salah had already scored the penalty with the same panenka technique, which was not saved by Ryan.

According to ESPN, Salah scored the match-winning penalty after BBC Sport noted that if anyone was going to take such a penalty, it would be him, and that he had already done something similar at an earlier stage.

L'Équipe reports that Salah's goal was unstoppable at the moment: at the moment, described in the text, with five successful shots from the penalty spot to eight attempts in total. L'Équipe also adds that Salah's panenka was a different thing, and that he had already done it earlier with Omar Marmoush.

In the penalty shootout, as L'Équipe writes, Australia advanced from the group stage, but Salah scored the third penalty, which turned out to be the deciding one for Egypt. The text also notes that Lucas Herrington, who scored the fourth penalty for Australia, missed.

The match in Dallas ended for Egypt their first FIFA World Cup victory in the round of 16, as ESPN writes. L'Équipe also adds that Egypt's previous win over New Zealand came in the group stage 3-1, which had been Egypt's first FIFA World Cup win since 1934.

ESPN also states that in the Round of 16, Egypt's opponents could be Argentina or Cape Verde, depending on the result of the match. L'Équipe, meanwhile, says that Egypt will face Cuba in the Round of 16.

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