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Egypt's star and captain, Mohamed Salah, known as the "Egyptian King," said his team is aiming to finish top of their group after securing Egypt's historic first-ever World Cup victory against New Zealand.
He added that the team simply wanted to make people in Egypt happy.

Salah scored Egypt's second goal to put the Pharaohs ahead as they came from 1-0 down at half-time to defeat New Zealand 3-1 after 90 minutes.

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