FIFA, through the official World Cup account on Twitter, celebrated the 30th anniversary of the goal that the Egyptian team tied with its Dutch counterpart in the 1990 World Cup in Italy.
Magdi Abdel Ghani scored the goal against goalkeeper Van Brooklyn, with a penalty awarded by the referee as a result of Pharaohs striker Hossam Hassan catching Egypt 1-1.
"This goal was a draw for us as a team, but I personally brought me history,"
30⚽️ years, after the famous goal of Magdi Abdel-Ghani in the World Cup.
June 12, 1990 🇪🇬🇳🇱 pic.twitter.com/NGEB8DBF1O
- @fifaworldcup_ (@ @fifaworldcup_) June 12, 2020
The goal is historically because it was the first goal scored by Egypt in the World Cup after the first participation in 1934, as it achieved a valuable tie with the star-studded team, and Abdel Ghani's only goal was the World Cup in which the Pharaohs came out of the first round.
# On _like_ this_ today from 1990!
Belgium 2-0 South Korea 🇰🇷
Netherlands 1-1 Egypt 🇪🇬 # World Cup | # Italy 1990 pic.twitter.com/GmnbdPfZwL
- @fifaworldcup_ (@ @fifaworldcup_) June 12, 2020
The FIFA World Cup account commented on the tweet with a famous statement by goal owner Abdel-Ghani saying, "This goal achieved a draw for us as a team, but it personally brought me history."
# Super_Kora | Zay El-Naharda .. Magdy Abdel-Ghani's goal in the Netherlands .. Jules “the humiliation” of Egypt 27 years pic.twitter.com/5wdZnojP0b
- Super Kora (@superkora) June 12, 2017
This goal remained a funny material for the banter between the Egyptians as a result of Abdel-Ghani's keenness to remind the football fans of him on an occasion and inappropriate occasion through his work commenting on the matches or his TV programs, to the point that the audience wished that any player in the World Cup would register in the future until Abdel-Ghani ceased to be proud. What was achieved by the star Mohamed Salah in the World Cup 2018 in Russia.
#Mohammed Salah ends the legend of the goal of Magdi Abdel-Ghani pic.twitter.com/5QuK1E3qJ6
- Ibrahim Al-Dahali (@ Ibrahim_Al1) June 19, 2018