Mo Salah stands in Socceroos’ World Cup path as he strives to become Egypt’s greatest | Jack Snape

Despite a softening of his cutting edge and an international career defined by near misses, the forward is expected to cause problems for AustraliaIt was fitting that it was Mo Salah who scored to put Egypt ahead in their World Cup match against New Zealand a little over a week ago. The Pharaohs, for all their achievements in Africa, had never won a World Cup match. Fighting back from 1-0 down to the All Whites, Salah helped engineer a long-awaited victory, at the same time moving to within one of…