Málverjin hjá Egyptalandi, El-Hadary, er 45 ár og 161 dagar gamal, og í dystinum í dag móti Saudi Arabia HM-debuteraði hann við eini brotssparksbjarging.
El-Hadary hevur leikt 154 dystir fyri sítt heimland, men dysturin í dag var fyrsti HM-dysturin. Og av tí sama gjørdist hann elsti leikari nakrantíð sum hevur leikt í heimsmeistaraskapi. Metið frammanundan átti kolumbianski Faryd Mondragón.
2y 158d - Essam El-Hadary (45y 161d) breaks the record for the oldest player to appear at a World Cup finals, with the Egyptian goalkeeper aged two years & 158 days older than Colombian Faryd Mondragón, who previously held the record. Golden.#KSAEGY #EGY #WorldCup pic.twitter.com/rewgRJGaWE
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) June 25, 2018
45y 161d - Egypt goalkeeper Essam El-Hadary (45y 161d) is older than three of the managers at the 2018 World Cup finals:
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) June 25, 2018
179 days older than Roberto Martínez
413 days older than Mladen Krstajic
1164 days older than Aliou Cissé#WorldCup #KSAEGY #EGY pic.twitter.com/zLX4bEbhQP
4 - Essam El Hadary has become the 4th goalkeeper to save a penalty on his World Cup debut since 1966:
— OptaJean (@OptaJean) June 25, 2018
El Hadary v Saudi Arabia in 2018
Halldorsson v Argentina in 2018
Meola v Czechoslovakia in 1990
Quiroga v Scotland in 1978
Clutch.#WorldCup pic.twitter.com/YDcoqbvOnf
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