There were tears of joy for hero Mohamed Salah and tears of regret from Australia after losing the ultimate gamble.
Australia rolled the dice by changing their goalkeeper minutes before the penalty shoot-out – but it backfired as substitute Mat Ryan saved no spot-kicks and Egypt triumphed.
Starting keeper Patrick Beach has been the Socceroos‘ star man at the tournament and kept them in this game with a reflex save at point-blank range.
But he was hauled off and boss Tony Popovic was left with egg on his face as former Brighton and Arsenal man Ryan did not get near any of them.
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